Nigeria Shots on Target Stats 2026

Nigeria Shots on Target Stats 2026 - season overview

Nigeria are averaging 3.1 shots on target per game in 2026, with matches involving them seeing 6.5 total SOT on average. That puts them 16th of 49 for team SOT per match among CAF World Cup Qualifiers teams on their 2026 record across all competitions. Below you'll find player SOT-rate forecasts, the matchup read for the upcoming fixture against Russia, and a full match-by-match log.

Frequently Asked Questions

Which Nigeria players hit the most shots on target?

Akor Adams leads with 3 shots on target across 7 qualifying appearances (0.43/g, 43% hit rate). The SOT-rate table below ranks every Nigeria player by SOT per qualifying appearance (≥20 minutes), six-game form mask and current Bet365 1+ SOT price.

How does Nigeria's SOT profile look this season?

Nigeria are averaging 3.1 shots on target per game over 10 games and concede 3.4 for a match-total of 6.5. That ranks 16th of 49 for team SOT among CAF World Cup Qualifiers teams on their 2026 record across all competitions. They take 7 shots per game and create 3.4 key passes per game.

How is the SOT matchup read calculated?

SOT matchup blends our attackers' on-target rate (50%) with the opposition's SOT conceded per game (50%). For the upcoming fixture against Russia, the page weights each Nigeria attacker against the opposition's last-season SOT-conceded rate.

What's the difference between shots and shots on target?

Nigeria take 7 shots per game and put 3.1 on target. Players who shoot speculatively often have a low SOT-per-shot ratio; the context panel surfaces the shots/g funnel so you can see the conversion rate.

Where do these SOT stats come from?

All numbers come from match-level Sportmonks data ingested into Statz - 10 Nigeria fixtures in the active window for 2026. Player odds come from Bet365 player markets when priced.

How is conversion (Goals/SOT) useful?

Nigeria are currently converting 35% of their shots on target into goals. A high conversion rate means finishing well; a low one means SOT volume but not yet goals. Pair this with the shots/g funnel to read how the goals number is built.

Nigeria player shots on target rates

Player	Position	Apps	Shots on target	Per game	1+ hit rate
Moses Usor	attacker	2	2	1	100%
George Ilenikhena	attacker	1	2	2	100%
Calvin Bassey	defender	4	2	0.5	50%
Paul Onuachu	attacker	2	1	0.5	50%
Akor Adams	attacker	7	3	0.43	43%
Ademola Lookman	attacker	6	2	0.33	33%
Samuel Chukwueze	attacker	3	1	0.33	33%
Moses Simon	attacker	7	2	0.29	29%
Raphael Onyedika	midfielder	4	1	0.25	25%
Alex Iwobi	attacker	7	0	0	0%
Semi Ajayi	defender	6	0	0	0%
Bruno Onyemaechi	defender	6	0	0	0%
Bright Osayi-Samuel	defender	5	0	0	0%
Wilfred Ndidi	midfielder	5	0	0	0%
Igoh Ogbu	defender	4	0	0	0%
Fisayo Dele-Bashiru	midfielder	4	0	0	0%
Stanley Nwabali	goalkeeper	4	0	0	0%
Frank Onyeka	midfielder	4	0	0	0%
Chidera Ejuke	attacker	2	0	0	0%
Emmanuel Fernandez	defender	2	0	0	0%
Chibuike Nwaiwu	defender	2	0	0	0%
Maduka Okoye	goalkeeper	2	0	0	0%
Zaidu Sanusi	defender	2	0	0	0%
Terem Moffi	attacker	2	0	0	0%
Tochukwu Nnadi	midfielder	2	0	0	0%

Nigeria shots on target match by match

Date	Competition	Opponent	Venue	Score	Team shots on target	Opposition shots on target	Match total	Top player
29 Sep 2026	Africa Cup of Nations Qualifications	Guinea-Bissau	Away	3-0	5	7	12	Ademola Lookman (1)
25 Sep 2026	Africa Cup of Nations Qualifications	Madagascar	Home	2-1	4	1	5	George Ilenikhena (2)
10 Jun 2026	Friendly International	Portugal	Away	2-1	2	6	8	Calvin Bassey (1)
3 Jun 2026	Friendly International	Poland	Away	2-2	5	8	13
30 May 2026	Friendly International	Jamaica	Away	0-3	0	0	0
26 May 2026	Friendly International	Zimbabwe	Home	2-0	5	2	7
31 Mar 2026	Friendly International	Jordan	Away	2-2	4	4	8
27 Mar 2026	Friendly International	Iran	Away	1-2	1	0	1
17 Jan 2026	Africa Cup of Nations	Egypt	Away	0-0	4	1	5	Samuel Chukwueze (1)
14 Jan 2026	Africa Cup of Nations	Morocco	Home	0-0	1	5	6	Ademola Lookman (1)

Nigeria shots on target 2026: last 10 games

Shots on target for per game: 3.6
Shots on target against per game: 3.4
Match total shots on target per game: 7
Games: 10
League rank for match shots on target: 26 of 41

Nigeria Shots on target for 2026 by venue

Scope	Games	Average	Over 2.5 %	Over 3.5 %	Over 4.5 %	Over 5.5 %	Over 6.5 %
Home	3	3.33	67%	67%	33%	0%	0%
Away	7	3.71	71%	71%	43%	0%	0%
Overall	10	3.6	70%	70%	40%	0%	0%

Nigeria Shots on target against 2026 by venue

Scope	Games	Average	Over 2.5 %	Over 3.5 %	Over 4.5 %	Over 5.5 %	Over 6.5 %
Home	3	2.67	33%	33%	33%	0%	0%
Away	7	3.71	57%	57%	43%	43%	29%
Overall	10	3.4	50%	50%	40%	30%	20%

Nigeria Match total 2026 by venue

Scope	Games	Average	Over 6.5 %	Over 7.5 %	Over 8.5 %	Over 9.5 %	Over 10.5 %
Home	3	6	33%	0%	0%	0%	0%
Away	7	7.43	57%	57%	29%	29%	29%
Overall	10	7	50%	40%	20%	20%	20%

Nigeria Team shots on target 2026: overall, home and away (last 10 games)

Team shots on target	Overall	Home	Away
Shots on target / match	3.6	3.33	3.71
Total shots / match	8.3	10.33	7.43
Share of shots on target	43%	32%	50%
Goals per shot on target	36%	40%	35%
Shots on target per goal	2.8	2.5	2.9
Shots on target over 2.5	70%	67%	71%
Shots on target over 3.5	70%	67%	71%
Shots on target over 4.5	40%	33%	43%
Shots on target over 5.5	0%	0%	0%
Shots on target over 6.5	0%	0%	0%

Nigeria Shots on target against 2026: overall, home and away (last 10 games)

Shots on target against	Overall	Home	Away
Shots on target against / match	3.4	2.67	3.71
Shots on target against over 2.5	50%	33%	57%
Shots on target against over 3.5	50%	33%	57%
Shots on target against over 4.5	40%	33%	43%
Shots on target against over 5.5	30%	0%	43%
Shots on target against over 6.5	20%	0%	29%

Nigeria Match shots on target 2026: overall, home and away (last 10 games)

Match shots on target	Overall	Home	Away
Match shots on target / match	7	6	7.43
Match shots on target over 6.5	50%	33%	57%
Match shots on target over 7.5	40%	0%	57%
Match shots on target over 8.5	20%	0%	29%
Match shots on target over 9.5	20%	0%	29%
Match shots on target over 10.5	20%	0%	29%

Nigeria 1st-half shots on target for 2026 (from 8 of 10 games)

Scope	Games	Average	Over 1.5 %	Over 2.5 %	Over 3.5 %
Home	2	2	50%	50%	0%
Away	6	2.17	83%	33%	0%
Overall	8	2.13	75%	38%	0%

Nigeria 1st-half shots on target against 2026 (from 8 of 10 games)

Scope	Games	Average	Over 1.5 %	Over 2.5 %	Over 3.5 %
Home	2	0.5	0%	0%	0%
Away	6	1.33	50%	17%	0%
Overall	8	1.13	38%	13%	0%

Nigeria 1st-half match total 2026 (from 8 of 10 games)

Scope	Games	Average	Over 2.5 %	Over 3.5 %	Over 4.5 %	Over 5.5 %
Home	2	2.5	50%	0%	0%	0%
Away	6	3.5	67%	50%	33%	17%
Overall	8	3.25	63%	38%	25%	13%

Nigeria shots on target match by match 2026

Date	Competition	Opponent	Score	Shots on target for	Shots on target against	Match total	1st-half total
29 Sep	Africa Cup of Nations Qualifications	Guinea-Bissau (A)	3-0	5	7	12	-
25 Sep	Africa Cup of Nations Qualifications	Madagascar (H)	2-1	4	1	5	-
10 Jun	Friendly International	Portugal (A)	2-1	2	6	8	4
3 Jun	Friendly International	Poland (A)	2-2	5	8	13	6
26 May	Friendly International	Zimbabwe (H)	2-0	5	2	7	3
31 Mar	Friendly International	Jordan (A)	2-2	4	4	8	5
27 Mar	Friendly International	Iran (A)	1-2	1	0	1	1
17 Jan	Africa Cup of Nations	Egypt (A)	0-0	4	1	5	3
14 Jan	Africa Cup of Nations	Morocco (H)	0-0	1	5	6	2
10 Jan	Africa Cup of Nations	Algeria (A)	0-2	5	0	5	2

CAF World Cup Qualifiers shots on target table 2026: every team's shots on target per game

#	Team	MP	For per game	Against per game	Match total per game	Over 8.5 %
1	Gabon	4	4.75	5	9.75	75%
2	Gabon	4	4.75	5	9.75	75%
3	Eritrea	4	4.5	5.25	9.75	75%
4	Guinea-Bissau	4	3.75	6	9.75	50%
5	Cape Verde Islands	10	4.7	4.7	9.4	40%
6	Comoros	3	4.33	5	9.33	33%
7	Seychelles	3	4	5.33	9.33	33%
8	Gambia	3	4.33	4.67	9	67%
9	Togo	3	4.33	4.67	9	33%
10	Senegal	14	5.5	3.36	8.86	50%
11	Benin	7	4.57	4.29	8.86	57%
12	Namibia	4	4.5	4.25	8.75	25%
13	Mauritania	4	4.5	4.25	8.75	50%
14	Tunisia	10	3	5	8	40%
15	Libya	4	5	2.75	7.75	50%
16	Mozambique	4	2.25	5.5	7.75	50%
17	Burkina Faso	6	3.83	3.67	7.5	17%
18	Liberia	6	2.83	4.67	7.5	50%
19	South Africa	10	4.1	3.3	7.4	10%
20	Mali	5	3	4.4	7.4	60%
21	Côte d'Ivoire	11	4.27	3.09	7.36	36%
22	Algeria	11	3.73	3.64	7.36	18%
23	Madagascar	3	2	5.33	7.33	33%
24	Egypt	15	3.73	3.53	7.27	33%
25	Morocco	16	4.44	2.81	7.25	31%
26	Nigeria	11	4.09	3.09	7.18	27%
27	Nigeria	11	4.09	3.09	7.18	27%
28	Rwanda	4	3.75	3.25	7	25%
29	Niger	5	3.2	3.6	6.8	40%
30	Congo DR	9	2.89	3.89	6.78	22%
31	Congo DR	9	2.89	3.89	6.78	22%
32	Guinea	4	3.75	3	6.75	25%
33	Ghana	10	2	4.5	6.5	20%
34	Tanzania	5	4	2.4	6.4	20%
35	Kenya	6	4.17	2.17	6.33	17%
36	Cameroon	6	2.67	3.67	6.33	0%
37	Cameroon	6	2.67	3.67	6.33	0%
38	Zambia	3	2.33	4	6.33	0%
39	Zimbabwe	4	3.25	3	6.25	0%
40	Lesotho	5	2.8	3.4	6.2	20%
41	Sierra Leone	5	2.8	3	5.8	20%

Nigeria shots on target against top-half and bottom-half teams 2026

Opponents	Games	For per game	Against per game	Match total per game	Over 8.5 %
Vs top six	12	4.67	2.17	6.83	50%
Vs top half	12	4.67	2.17	6.83	50%
Vs bottom half	0	-	-	-	-
Vs bottom six	0	-	-	-	-

Nigeria shots on target per game by competition, last three seasons

Competition	Season	Games	For per game	Against per game	Match total per game	Over 8.5 %
Africa Cup of Nations Qualifications	2027	2	4.5	4	8.5	50%
Africa Cup of Nations	2025	7	5.86	1.71	7.57	29%
Africa Cup of Nations Qualifications	2025	5	5.4	1.8	7.2	20%
Friendly International	2025	3	3.33	2.33	5.67	0%
Friendly International	2024	1	6	3	9	100%

Nigeria next three opponents: shots on target per game this season

Kick-off	Opponent	Their match total	Their shots on target for	Their shots on target against	Match total at that venue	For at that venue	Against at that venue
Tue 6 Oct 16:00	Russia (away)	8.17	6	2.17	8.8	7	1.8
Wed 11 Nov 00:00	Tanzania (home)	8.67	3.89	4.78	10.67	4.5	6.17
Sun 15 Nov 00:00	Tanzania (away)	8.67	3.89	4.78	4.67	2.67	2

Nigeria players with the most games of 1+ shots on target 2026

#	Player	Position	Games with 1+	Apps	Hit rate
1	Akor Adams	attacker	5	9	56%
2	Ademola Lookman	attacker	4	8	50%
3	Calvin Bassey	defender	3	6	50%
4	Moses Simon	attacker	3	9	33%
5	George Ilenikhena	attacker	2	2	100%

Nigeria players with the most games of 2+ shots on target 2026

#	Player	Position	Games with 2+	Apps	Hit rate
1	Victor Osimhen	attacker	2	3	67%
2	George Ilenikhena	attacker	1	2	50%
3	Akor Adams	attacker	1	9	11%

Nigeria players with the most games of 3+ shots on target 2026

#	Player	Position	Games with 3+	Apps	Hit rate
1	Victor Osimhen	attacker	1	3	33%

Russia shots on target match by match, last 10 games (next opponent)

Date	Competition	Opponent	Score	Shots on target for	Shots on target against	Match total	1st-half total
29 Sep	Friendly International	Iran (H)	2-0	5	3	8	-
9 Jun	Friendly International	Trinidad and Tobago (H)	3-0	10	1	11	6
5 Jun	Friendly International	Burkina Faso (H)	3-0	6	2	8	5
28 May	Friendly International	Egypt (A)	1-0	1	4	5	-
31 Mar	Friendly International	Mali (H)	0-0	7	2	9	-
27 Mar	Friendly International	Nicaragua (H)	3-1	7	1	8	4
15 Nov	Friendly International	Chile (H)	0-2	2	2	4	3
12 Nov	Friendly International	Peru (H)	1-1	4	2	6	2
14 Oct	Friendly International	Bolivia (H)	3-0	8	4	12	5
10 Oct	Friendly International	Iran (H)	2-1	5	2	7	4