Head to head

Nigeria vs Zimbabwe

If they played today

Nigeria at home

75% / 16% / 8%

Nigeria win / draw / Zimbabwe win

Nigeria–Zimbabwe

2–0 14.2%
1–0 12.3%
3–0 10.9%
2–1 8.8%
1–1 7.6%

Neutral venue

69% / 19% / 12%

Nigeria win / draw / Zimbabwe win

Nigeria–Zimbabwe

2–0 12.7%
1–0 12.0%
2–1 9.6%
1–1 9.1%
3–0 8.9%

Zimbabwe at home

61% / 22% / 17%

Nigeria win / draw / Zimbabwe win

Nigeria–Zimbabwe

1–0 11.6%
2–0 11.1%
1–1 10.3%
2–1 9.9%
3–0 7.1%

Probabilities come from each team's current Elo rating, so they answer “if they met today” rather than predicting a scheduled fixture. See the methodology for how the model works and where it is weakest.

Elo since debut

Side by side

	Nigeria	Zimbabwe
Current Elo	1883	1476
Elo rank	26th	119th
Peak Elo	1896 (2006)	1672 (2005)
Matches played	661	496
All-time record	311W 192D 158L	190W 139D 167L
Goals for	1008	660
Goals against	662	591
Biggest win	10–0 vs São Tomé and Príncipe · 2022-06-13 · African Cup of Nations qualification	7–0 vs Botswana · 1990-08-26 · Friendly
Biggest loss	0–7 vs Ghana · 1955-10-30 · Friendly	0–7 vs South Africa · 1977-04-09 · Friendly
World Cups won	0	0
Expected World Cups	0.08	0.00
African Cup of Nations won	3	0
Expected African Cup of Nations	2.40	0.08

When they've met

Meetings

Nigeria 7W 4D 1L

Goals

22–6

Nigeria first

First meeting

0–2

Zimbabwe won · 1981-08-01 · Friendly

Most recent

2–0

Nigeria won · 2026-05-26 · Unity Cup

Nigeria's biggest win

5–1

2005-10-08 · FIFA World Cup qualification

Zimbabwe's biggest win

2–0

1981-08-01 · Friendly

Most common result

1–1

Nigeria first · 3 times, last 2025-03-25

Current run

Unbeaten in 11

Nigeria · since 1989-07-16

12 meetings

Date	Score	Venue	Competition
2026-05-26	2–0	Neutral	Unity Cup
2025-03-25	1–1	Nigeria home	FIFA World Cup qualification
2023-11-19	1–1	Neutral	FIFA World Cup qualification
2019-06-08	0–0	Nigeria home	Friendly
2006-01-27	2–0	Neutral	African Cup of Nations
2005-10-08	5–1	Nigeria home	FIFA World Cup qualification
2004-09-05	3–0	Zimbabwe home	FIFA World Cup qualification
1991-09-30	3–0	Neutral	Friendly
1991-09-25	1–0	Neutral	Friendly
1989-07-30	1–1	Zimbabwe home	African Cup of Nations qualification
1989-07-16	3–0	Nigeria home	African Cup of Nations qualification
1981-08-01	0–2	Zimbabwe home	Friendly