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Niger

Niger
Founded 1961
Nabil Neghiz

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International Friendly Games — season stats

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Matches played50W · 2D · 3L

Win rate0%

Goals2:50.40 / 1.00 per game

Clean sheets1Failed to score: 3

Team character

African Nations Championship 2025 · 4 matches · percentiles among the league's 16 teams

Counter-attacking

Niger: lets the opponent have the ball, plays direct long balls, wins lots of set pieces.

Niger 50 = pool average

Niger playing-style radar (league percentiles)
Metric	Value	Percentile
Possession	42.8%	9
xG created / match	–	–
xG conceded / match	–	–
Shots / match	8.5	16
Corners / match	6.2	91
Tackles + interceptions / 100 passes	6.3	66
Accurate long balls / 100 passes	13.2	91
Card points / match	2.75	22
Pass accuracy	74.5%	34
Accurate crosses / match	3.2	28
Touches in the box / match	10.0	9
Big chances / match	–	–

For defence and discipline a high percentile means less xG conceded and fewer cards. Card points: yellow + 2 × red.

Teams that play like this

Teams in other leagues with a similar style — style, not strength

BulgariaEURO, Qualification · Balanced 88% similar
NorthEast United FCIndian Super League · Direct play 87% similar
Shimizu S-PulseJ1 League · Compact block 86% similar
Blaublitz AkitaJ2 League · Compact block 85% similar
Vendsyssel FFBetinia Liga · Counter-attacking 83% similar

How is it calculated?

From the match statistics of this season's league games (at least 4): possession, xG created and conceded per match, shots, corners, tackles + interceptions per 100 opponent passes (possession-adjusted pressing), accurate long balls per 100 accurate passes and card points. Each axis is a percentile against the teams of the same league (or of similar-level leagues if the league is small). Labels come from fixed threshold rules (no AI). Similar teams: cosine similarity of the eight axes' percentile vectors centred on the average. Updated nightly.