Ivory Coast host Nigeria in the Africa Cup of Nations on 18 January 2024, Thursday. Get our free predictions, betting tips, odds insights, team form guide & H2H stats for this clash. This fixture is scheduled to kicks off at 17:00 UK Time.
Two strong African teams, Ivory Coast and Nigeria will lock horns on Thursday. Ivory Coast started off this season with a strong 2-0 win over Guinea Bissau while Nigeria drew against Equatorial Guinea. Going on, Ivory Coast are now on an eight-match unbeaten streak and won the past four matches in a row. On the other side, Nigeria is on a four-match winless streak at present.
Ivory Coast vs Nigeria Head to head Stats
The past four overall wins in the head to head clashes was evenly split with two each for both. Their latest clash with Ivory Coast owning the home advantage, ended in a 1-0 win for Ivory Coast.
Moreover, Ivory Coast was unbeaten in four of their total five clashes with hosting advantage. Do also note that the past three clashes between these two teams had goals under 2.5 ft.
Who will win the match?
The home advantage will definitely boost Ivory Coast here as they follows an eight-game unbeaten streak wearing a home jersey. The team won five of those eight matches too. This includes their opening AFCON match against Guinea Bissau too.
Meanwhile, Nigeria is having an inconsistent form on the road. They were winless in seven of the past 10 road trips despite of facing weaker outfits when compared with that faced by Ivory Coast in their recent hosting matches. Considering all these stats, we expect a winning start for Ivory Coast on Friday.
How many goals will be scored?
Ivory Coast’s latest home matches saw plenty of goals but their rivals were weaker ones. Their opening Asian Cup match against the weakest in Group A, Guinea Bissau ended in a 2-0 ft score too. Moreover, their latest clashes had goals under 2.5 ft. In that case, we expect this match to have goals under 2.5.
Nigeria and Ivory Coast are two teams which majority expect to advance from the group stage considering their history in this competition. When these two lock horns, we can expect a stunning match for sure.
We like to start with Ivory Coast to win at 2.15 odds and will place it as the main betting pick for this match. Do also note that Ivory Coast scored 8 goals in their five home clashes against Nigeria. With the current trend and their opening AFCON match display, we like to place a 2-0 correct score tip in favor of Ivory Coast as the second tip at 8.50 odds.
| Game Played | ||
| Wins | ||
| Draws | ||
| Loss | ||
| Goals For | ||
| Goals Against |
| Game Played | ||
| Wins | ||
| Draws | ||
| Loss | ||
| Goals For | ||
| Goals Against |
|
10.10.25
|
Seychelles Ivory Coast |
0-7 |
|
09.09.25
|
Gabon Ivory Coast |
0-0 |
|
05.09.25
|
Ivory Coast Burundi |
1-0 |
|
11.06.25
|
Canada Ivory Coast (Penalties:4 - 5) |
0-0 |
|
08.06.25
|
New Zealand Ivory Coast |
0-1 |
|
24.03.25
|
Ivory Coast Gambia |
1-0 |
|
21.03.25
|
Burundi Ivory Coast |
0-1 |
|
28.12.24
|
Burkina Faso Ivory Coast (Penalties:1 - 0) |
2-0 |
|
22.12.24
|
Ivory Coast Burkina Faso |
2-0 |
|
19.11.24
|
Ivory Coast Chad |
4-0 |
|
15.11.24
|
Zambia Ivory Coast |
1-0 |
|
15.10.24
|
Sierra Leone Ivory Coast |
1-0 |
|
11.10.24
|
Ivory Coast Sierra Leone |
4-1 |
|
10.09.24
|
Chad Ivory Coast |
0-2 |
|
06.09.24
|
Ivory Coast Zambia |
2-0 |
|
11.06.24
|
Kenya Ivory Coast |
0-0 |
|
07.06.24
|
Ivory Coast Gabon |
1-0 |
|
26.03.24
|
Ivory Coast Uruguay |
2-1 |
|
23.03.24
|
Ivory Coast Benin |
2-2 |
|
11.02.24
|
Nigeria Ivory Coast |
1-2 |
|
07.02.24
|
Ivory Coast DR Congo |
1-0 |
|
03.02.24
|
Mali Ivory Coast |
1-2 |
|
29.01.24
|
Senegal Ivory Coast (Penalties:4 - 5) |
1-1 |
|
22.01.24
|
Equatorial Guinea Ivory Coast |
4-0 |
|
18.01.24
|
Ivory Coast Nigeria |
0-1 |
|
13.01.24
|
Ivory Coast Guinea-Bissau |
2-0 |
|
06.01.24
|
Ivory Coast Sierra Leone |
5-1 |
|
20.11.23
|
Gambia Ivory Coast |
0-2 |
|
17.11.23
|
Ivory Coast Seychelles |
9-0 |
|
17.10.23
|
Ivory Coast South Africa |
1-1 |
|
14.10.23
|
Ivory Coast Morocco |
1-1 |
|
09.09.23
|
Ivory Coast Lesotho |
1-0 |
|
17.06.23
|
Zambia Ivory Coast |
3-0 |
|
28.03.23
|
Comoros Ivory Coast |
0-2 |
|
24.03.23
|
Ivory Coast Comoros |
3-1 |
|
27.01.23
|
Algeria Ivory Coast |
1-0 |
|
22.01.23
|
Uganda Ivory Coast |
1-3 |
|
18.01.23
|
DR Congo Ivory Coast |
0-0 |
|
14.01.23
|
Ivory Coast Senegal |
0-1 |
|
19.11.22
|
Burkina Faso Ivory Coast |
2-1 |
|
16.11.22
|
Ivory Coast Burundi |
4-0 |
|
27.09.22
|
Ivory Coast Guinea |
3-1 |
|
24.09.22
|
Ivory Coast Togo |
2-1 |
|
09.06.22
|
Lesotho Ivory Coast |
0-0 |
|
03.06.22
|
Ivory Coast Zambia |
3-1 |
|
29.03.22
|
England Ivory Coast |
3-0 |
|
25.03.22
|
France Ivory Coast |
2-1 |
|
26.01.22
|
Ivory Coast Egypt (Penalties:4 - 5) |
0-0 |
|
20.01.22
|
Ivory Coast Algeria |
3-1 |
|
16.01.22
|
Ivory Coast Sierra Leone |
2-2 |
|
05.09.25
|
Ivory Coast Burundi |
1-0 |
|
24.03.25
|
Ivory Coast Gambia |
1-0 |
|
22.12.24
|
Ivory Coast Burkina Faso |
2-0 |
|
19.11.24
|
Ivory Coast Chad |
4-0 |
|
11.10.24
|
Ivory Coast Sierra Leone |
4-1 |
|
06.09.24
|
Ivory Coast Zambia |
2-0 |
|
07.06.24
|
Ivory Coast Gabon |
1-0 |
|
26.03.24
|
Ivory Coast Uruguay |
2-1 |
|
23.03.24
|
Ivory Coast Benin |
2-2 |
|
07.02.24
|
Ivory Coast DR Congo |
1-0 |
|
18.01.24
|
Ivory Coast Nigeria |
0-1 |
|
13.01.24
|
Ivory Coast Guinea-Bissau |
2-0 |
|
06.01.24
|
Ivory Coast Sierra Leone |
5-1 |
|
17.11.23
|
Ivory Coast Seychelles |
9-0 |
|
17.10.23
|
Ivory Coast South Africa |
1-1 |
|
14.10.23
|
Ivory Coast Morocco |
1-1 |
|
09.09.23
|
Ivory Coast Lesotho |
1-0 |
|
24.03.23
|
Ivory Coast Comoros |
3-1 |
|
14.01.23
|
Ivory Coast Senegal |
0-1 |
|
16.11.22
|
Ivory Coast Burundi |
4-0 |
|
27.09.22
|
Ivory Coast Guinea |
3-1 |
|
24.09.22
|
Ivory Coast Togo |
2-1 |
|
03.06.22
|
Ivory Coast Zambia |
3-1 |
|
26.01.22
|
Ivory Coast Egypt (Penalties:4 - 5) |
0-0 |
|
20.01.22
|
Ivory Coast Algeria |
3-1 |
|
16.01.22
|
Ivory Coast Sierra Leone |
2-2 |
|
13.11.21
|
Ivory Coast Mozambique |
3-0 |
|
11.10.21
|
Ivory Coast Malawi |
2-1 |
|
06.09.21
|
Ivory Coast Cameroon |
2-1 |
|
05.06.21
|
Ivory Coast Burkina Faso |
2-1 |
|
30.03.21
|
Ivory Coast Ethiopia |
3-1 |
|
12.11.20
|
Ivory Coast Madagascar |
2-1 |
|
16.11.19
|
Ivory Coast Niger |
1-0 |
|
20.10.19
|
Ivory Coast Niger |
1-0 |
|
13.10.19
|
Ivory Coast DR Congo |
3-1 |
|
06.09.19
|
Ivory Coast Benin |
1-2 |
|
11.07.19
|
Ivory Coast Algeria (Penalties:3 - 4) |
2-2 |
|
24.06.19
|
Ivory Coast South Africa |
1-0 |
|
19.06.19
|
Ivory Coast Zambia |
4-1 |
|
15.06.19
|
Ivory Coast Uganda |
0-1 |
|
07.06.19
|
Ivory Coast Comoros |
3-1 |
|
26.03.19
|
Ivory Coast Liberia |
1-0 |
|
23.03.19
|
Ivory Coast Rwanda |
3-0 |
|
12.10.18
|
Ivory Coast CAR |
4-0 |
|
05.09.17
|
Ivory Coast Gabon |
1-2 |
|
18.08.17
|
Ivory Coast Niger |
1-0 |
|
31.05.17
|
Ivory Coast Benin |
1-1 |
|
17.11.15
|
Ivory Coast Liberia |
3-0 |
|
10.10.25
|
Seychelles Ivory Coast |
0-7 |
|
09.09.25
|
Gabon Ivory Coast |
0-0 |
|
11.06.25
|
Canada Ivory Coast (Penalties:4 - 5) |
0-0 |
|
07.06.25
|
New Zealand Ivory Coast |
0-1 |
|
21.03.25
|
Burundi Ivory Coast |
0-1 |
|
28.12.24
|
Burkina Faso Ivory Coast (Penalties:1 - 0) |
2-0 |
|
15.11.24
|
Zambia Ivory Coast |
1-0 |
|
15.10.24
|
Sierra Leone Ivory Coast |
1-0 |
|
10.09.24
|
Chad Ivory Coast |
0-2 |
|
11.06.24
|
Kenya Ivory Coast |
0-0 |
|
11.02.24
|
Nigeria Ivory Coast |
1-2 |
|
03.02.24
|
Mali Ivory Coast |
1-2 |
|
29.01.24
|
Senegal Ivory Coast (Penalties:4 - 5) |
1-1 |
|
22.01.24
|
Equatorial Guinea Ivory Coast |
4-0 |
|
20.11.23
|
Gambia Ivory Coast |
0-2 |
|
17.06.23
|
Zambia Ivory Coast |
3-0 |
|
28.03.23
|
Comoros Ivory Coast |
0-2 |
|
27.01.23
|
Algeria Ivory Coast |
1-0 |
|
22.01.23
|
Uganda Ivory Coast |
1-3 |
|
18.01.23
|
DR Congo Ivory Coast |
0-0 |
|
19.11.22
|
Burkina Faso Ivory Coast |
2-1 |
|
09.06.22
|
Lesotho Ivory Coast |
0-0 |
|
29.03.22
|
England Ivory Coast |
3-0 |
|
25.03.22
|
France Ivory Coast |
2-1 |
|
12.01.22
|
Equatorial Guinea Ivory Coast |
0-1 |
|
16.11.21
|
Cameroon Ivory Coast |
1-0 |
|
08.10.21
|
Malawi Ivory Coast |
0-3 |
|
03.09.21
|
Mozambique Ivory Coast |
0-0 |
|
12.06.21
|
Ghana Ivory Coast |
0-0 |
|
26.03.21
|
Niger Ivory Coast |
0-3 |
|
17.11.20
|
Madagascar Ivory Coast |
1-1 |
|
13.10.20
|
Japan Ivory Coast |
1-0 |
|
09.10.20
|
Nigeria Ivory Coast |
0-1 |
|
08.10.20
|
Belgium Ivory Coast |
1-1 |
|
19.11.19
|
Ethiopia Ivory Coast |
2-1 |
|
22.09.19
|
Niger Ivory Coast |
2-0 |
|
10.09.19
|
Tunisia Ivory Coast |
1-2 |
|
08.07.19
|
Mali Ivory Coast |
0-1 |
|
01.07.19
|
Namibia Ivory Coast |
1-4 |
|
28.06.19
|
Morocco Ivory Coast |
1-0 |
|
16.10.18
|
CAR Ivory Coast |
0-0 |
|
09.09.18
|
Rwanda Ivory Coast |
1-2 |
|
02.09.17
|
Gabon Ivory Coast |
0-3 |
|
12.08.17
|
Niger Ivory Coast |
2-1 |
|
13.11.15
|
Liberia Ivory Coast |
0-1 |
|
13.11.25
|
Nigeria Gabon |
4-1 |
|
14.10.25
|
Nigeria Benin |
4-0 |
|
10.10.25
|
Lesotho Nigeria |
1-2 |
|
09.09.25
|
South Africa Nigeria |
1-1 |
|
06.09.25
|
Nigeria Rwanda |
1-0 |
|
19.08.25
|
Nigeria Congo |
2-0 |
|
12.08.25
|
Sudan Nigeria |
4-0 |
|
05.08.25
|
Senegal Nigeria |
1-0 |
|
06.06.25
|
Russia Nigeria |
1-1 |
|
31.05.25
|
Jamaica Nigeria (Penalties:4 - 5) |
2-2 |
|
28.05.25
|
Ghana Nigeria |
1-2 |
|
25.03.25
|
Nigeria Zimbabwe |
1-1 |
|
21.03.25
|
Rwanda Nigeria |
0-2 |
|
28.12.24
|
Nigeria Ghana |
3-1 |
|
22.12.24
|
Ghana Nigeria |
0-0 |
|
18.11.24
|
Nigeria Rwanda |
1-2 |
|
14.11.24
|
Benin Nigeria |
1-1 |
|
11.10.24
|
Nigeria Libya |
1-0 |
|
10.09.24
|
Rwanda Nigeria |
0-0 |
|
07.09.24
|
Nigeria Benin |
3-0 |
|
10.06.24
|
Benin Nigeria |
2-1 |
|
07.06.24
|
Nigeria South Africa |
1-1 |
|
26.03.24
|
Mali Nigeria |
2-0 |
|
22.03.24
|
Nigeria Ghana |
2-1 |
|
11.02.24
|
Nigeria Ivory Coast |
1-2 |
|
07.02.24
|
Nigeria South Africa (Penalties:4 - 2) |
1-1 |
|
02.02.24
|
Nigeria Angola |
1-0 |
|
27.01.24
|
Nigeria Cameroon |
2-0 |
|
22.01.24
|
Guinea-Bissau Nigeria |
0-1 |
|
18.01.24
|
Ivory Coast Nigeria |
0-1 |
|
14.01.24
|
Nigeria Equatorial Guinea |
1-1 |
|
08.01.24
|
Guinea Nigeria |
2-0 |
|
19.11.23
|
Zimbabwe Nigeria |
1-1 |
|
16.11.23
|
Nigeria Lesotho |
1-1 |
|
16.10.23
|
Mozambique Nigeria |
2-3 |
|
13.10.23
|
Saudi Arabia Nigeria |
2-2 |
|
10.09.23
|
Nigeria Sao Tome and Principe |
6-0 |
|
18.06.23
|
Sierra Leone Nigeria |
2-3 |
|
27.03.23
|
Guinea-Bissau Nigeria |
0-1 |
|
24.03.23
|
Nigeria Guinea-Bissau |
0-1 |
|
17.11.22
|
Portugal Nigeria |
4-0 |
|
10.11.22
|
Costa Rica Nigeria |
2-0 |
|
27.09.22
|
Algeria Nigeria |
2-1 |
|
13.06.22
|
Sao Tome and Principe Nigeria |
0-10 |
|
09.06.22
|
Nigeria Sierra Leone |
2-1 |
|
03.06.22
|
Ecuador Nigeria |
1-0 |
|
29.05.22
|
Mexico Nigeria |
2-1 |
|
29.03.22
|
Nigeria Ghana |
1-1 |
|
25.03.22
|
Ghana Nigeria |
0-0 |
|
23.01.22
|
Nigeria Tunisia |
0-1 |
|
13.11.25
|
Nigeria Gabon |
4-1 |
|
14.10.25
|
Nigeria Benin |
4-0 |
|
06.09.25
|
Nigeria Rwanda |
1-0 |
|
19.08.25
|
Nigeria Congo |
2-0 |
|
25.03.25
|
Nigeria Zimbabwe |
1-1 |
|
28.12.24
|
Nigeria Ghana |
3-1 |
|
18.11.24
|
Nigeria Rwanda |
1-2 |
|
11.10.24
|
Nigeria Libya |
1-0 |
|
07.09.24
|
Nigeria Benin |
3-0 |
|
07.06.24
|
Nigeria South Africa |
1-1 |
|
22.03.24
|
Nigeria Ghana |
2-1 |
|
11.02.24
|
Nigeria Ivory Coast |
1-2 |
|
07.02.24
|
Nigeria South Africa (Penalties:4 - 2) |
1-1 |
|
02.02.24
|
Nigeria Angola |
1-0 |
|
27.01.24
|
Nigeria Cameroon |
2-0 |
|
14.01.24
|
Nigeria Equatorial Guinea |
1-1 |
|
16.11.23
|
Nigeria Lesotho |
1-1 |
|
10.09.23
|
Nigeria Sao Tome and Principe |
6-0 |
|
24.03.23
|
Nigeria Guinea-Bissau |
0-1 |
|
09.06.22
|
Nigeria Sierra Leone |
2-1 |
|
29.03.22
|
Nigeria Ghana |
1-1 |
|
23.01.22
|
Nigeria Tunisia |
0-1 |
|
15.01.22
|
Nigeria Sudan |
3-1 |
|
11.01.22
|
Nigeria Egypt |
1-0 |
|
16.11.21
|
Nigeria Cape Verde |
1-1 |
|
07.10.21
|
Nigeria CAR |
0-1 |
|
03.09.21
|
Nigeria Liberia |
2-0 |
|
04.06.21
|
Nigeria Cameroon |
0-1 |
|
30.03.21
|
Nigeria Lesotho |
3-0 |
|
13.11.20
|
Nigeria Sierra Leone |
4-4 |
|
13.10.20
|
Nigeria Tunisia |
1-1 |
|
09.10.20
|
Nigeria Ivory Coast |
0-1 |
|
13.11.19
|
Nigeria Benin |
2-1 |
|
19.10.19
|
Nigeria Togo |
2-0 |
|
10.07.19
|
Nigeria South Africa |
2-1 |
|
06.07.19
|
Nigeria Cameroon |
3-2 |
|
26.06.19
|
Nigeria Guinea |
1-0 |
|
22.06.19
|
Nigeria Burundi |
1-0 |
|
08.06.19
|
Nigeria Zimbabwe |
0-0 |
|
26.03.19
|
Nigeria Egypt |
1-0 |
|
22.03.19
|
Nigeria Seychelles |
3-1 |
|
20.11.18
|
Nigeria Uganda |
0-0 |
|
13.10.18
|
Nigeria Libya |
4-0 |
|
28.01.18
|
Nigeria Angola |
2-1 |
|
15.01.18
|
Nigeria Rwanda |
0-0 |
|
18.08.17
|
Nigeria Benin |
2-0 |
|
10.10.25
|
Lesotho Nigeria |
1-2 |
|
09.09.25
|
South Africa Nigeria |
1-1 |
|
12.08.25
|
Sudan Nigeria |
4-0 |
|
05.08.25
|
Senegal Nigeria |
1-0 |
|
06.06.25
|
Russia Nigeria |
1-1 |
|
31.05.25
|
Jamaica Nigeria (Penalties:4 - 5) |
2-2 |
|
28.05.25
|
Ghana Nigeria |
1-2 |
|
21.03.25
|
Rwanda Nigeria |
0-2 |
|
22.12.24
|
Ghana Nigeria |
0-0 |
|
14.11.24
|
Benin Nigeria |
1-1 |
|
10.09.24
|
Rwanda Nigeria |
0-0 |
|
10.06.24
|
Benin Nigeria |
2-1 |
|
26.03.24
|
Mali Nigeria |
2-0 |
|
22.01.24
|
Guinea-Bissau Nigeria |
0-1 |
|
18.01.24
|
Ivory Coast Nigeria |
0-1 |
|
08.01.24
|
Guinea Nigeria |
2-0 |
|
19.11.23
|
Zimbabwe Nigeria |
1-1 |
|
16.10.23
|
Mozambique Nigeria |
2-3 |
|
13.10.23
|
Saudi Arabia Nigeria |
2-2 |
|
18.06.23
|
Sierra Leone Nigeria |
2-3 |
|
27.03.23
|
Guinea-Bissau Nigeria |
0-1 |
|
17.11.22
|
Portugal Nigeria |
4-0 |
|
10.11.22
|
Costa Rica Nigeria |
2-0 |
|
27.09.22
|
Algeria Nigeria |
2-1 |
|
13.06.22
|
Sao Tome and Principe Nigeria |
0-10 |
|
03.06.22
|
Ecuador Nigeria |
1-0 |
|
29.05.22
|
Mexico Nigeria |
2-1 |
|
25.03.22
|
Ghana Nigeria |
0-0 |
|
19.01.22
|
Guinea-Bissau Nigeria |
0-2 |
|
13.11.21
|
Liberia Nigeria |
0-2 |
|
10.10.21
|
CAR Nigeria |
0-2 |
|
07.09.21
|
Cape Verde Nigeria |
1-2 |
|
04.07.21
|
Mexico Nigeria |
4-0 |
|
08.06.21
|
Cameroon Nigeria |
0-0 |
|
27.03.21
|
Benin Nigeria |
0-1 |
|
17.11.20
|
Sierra Leone Nigeria |
0-0 |
|
17.11.19
|
Lesotho Nigeria |
2-4 |
|
13.10.19
|
Brazil Nigeria |
1-1 |
|
22.09.19
|
Togo Nigeria |
4-1 |
|
10.09.19
|
Ukraine Nigeria |
2-2 |
|
17.07.19
|
Tunisia Nigeria |
0-1 |
|
14.07.19
|
Algeria Nigeria |
2-1 |
|
30.06.19
|
Madagascar Nigeria |
2-0 |
|
17.11.18
|
South Africa Nigeria |
1-1 |
|
16.10.18
|
Libya Nigeria |
2-3 |
|
08.09.18
|
Seychelles Nigeria |
0-3 |
|
23.01.18
|
Equatorial Guinea Nigeria |
1-3 |
|
19.01.18
|
Libya Nigeria |
0-1 |
|
12.08.17
|
Benin Nigeria |
1-0 |
|
18.01.2024
|
Ivory Coast Nigeria |
0-1
|
|
09.10.2020
|
Nigeria Ivory Coast |
0-1
|
|
27.07.2013
|
Ivory Coast Nigeria |
2-0
|
|
06.07.2013
|
Nigeria Ivory Coast |
4-1
|
|
18.01.2024
|
Ivory Coast Nigeria |
0-1
|
|
27.07.2013
|
Ivory Coast Nigeria |
2-0
|