Nigeria Vs Equatorial Guinea Prediction and Match Preview

Nigeria Vs Equatorial Guinea prediction and match preview. This is a free expert tips from the desk of Hoodtrends Predict. The both teams go head-to-head on Sunday 14th January, 2024 in the Africa cup of nations opening match of 2023.

Preview

Nigeria will be facing their opponents Equatorial Guinea in the second game of the AFCON 2023 at the Stade Olympique Alassane Ouattara in the capital city of ivory coast.

The super eagles will be making their 20th appearance at the CAF Africa Cup of Nation, winning the tournament three times (1980,1994,2013). They will be looking to win the tournament this year.

Nigeria have won 12 of their last 15 CAF Africa Cup of Nations.

Nigeria were beaten in the final the last time cote d’Ivorie hosted the tournament by cameroon in 1984.

Equatorial Guinea will be taking part what will be their 4th appearance in the competition. Till date, they have always reached the knockout stages, reaching the quarter-finals in 2012 and 2021, and finishing fourth in 2015.

Nigeria Vs Equatorial Guinea Head-to-Head Stats

Nigeria will be playing equatorial guinea for the first time since 2018, in the Africa National Championship.

Nigeria will be looking to win their 3rd consecutive against Equatorial Guinea, which previous games in the FIFA world cup qualifiers IN 2008 and Africa national championship.

The super eagles have kept 2 clean sheet in 3 meetings with equatorial Guinea.

Recent Form

Nigeria are not consistent in wining games in recent game, they have won only 2 matches in their last 6 games, their latest defeat was 2:0 to Guinea on a warmup match.

The super eagles are yet to keep a clean sheet in their last 5 games.

Equatorial Guinea have won 4 of their last 6 games while playing home and away.

They are yet to loose in their last 8 games.

How many goals can be expected?

Much goals are not expected in this match, but we are expecting both teams to score because of Nigeria defensive woes.