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FT Saturday, June 2, 2018
Nigeria WLWLD 1
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England WDDWD 2
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NGA011
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Match Report

EPA/FACUNDO ARRIZABALAGA

Harry Kane strikes as England beat Nigeria at Wembley

First-half goals from Gary Cahill and captain Harry Kane helped England to victory at Wembley in their penultimate warm-up match.

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Head to Head

Lineups

ENG · 3-1-4-2

  1. 1Jordan PickfordG
  2. 5John StonesCD
  3. 6Gary CahillCD-L
  4. 4Kyle WalkerCD-R
  5. 8Eric DierSW
  6. 11Dele AlliCM-L
  7. 7Jesse LingardCM-R
  8. 3Ashley YoungLM
  9. 2Kieran TrippierRM
  10. 10Raheem SterlingCF-L
  11. 9Harry KaneCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 21Danny Welbeck
  2. 18Adam Lallana
  3. 13Jack Butland
  4. 20Marcus Rashford
  5. 23Nick Pope
  6. 17Ruben Loftus-Cheek
  7. 24Tom Heaton
  8. 19Jamie Vardy
  9. 16Jake Livermore
  10. 14Harry Maguire
  11. 12Danny Rose
  12. 15Fabian Delph

NGA · 4-2-3-1

  1. 23Francis UzohoG
  2. 6Leon BalogunCD-L
  3. 5William Troost-EkongCD-R
  4. 2Brian IdowuLB
  5. 12Abdullahi ShehuRB
  6. 10John Obi MikelAM
  7. 15Joel ObiLM
  8. 17Ogenyi OnaziRM
  9. 9Odion IghaloF
  10. 11Victor MosesAM-L
  11. 18Alex IwobiAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 16Daniel AkpeyiSUB
  2. 7Ahmed MusaSUB
  3. 14Kelechi IheanachoSUB
  4. 22SimySUB
  5. 1Ikechukwu EzenwaSUB
  6. 26Ola AinaSUB
  7. 21Tyronne EbuehiSUB
  8. 4Kenneth OmeruoSUB
  9. 19John OguSUB
  10. 8Peter EteboSUB
  11. 13Wilfred NdidiSUB
  12. 27Mikel AguSUB
  13. 3Elderson EchiéjiléSUB
  14. 20Chidozie AwaziemSUB

Timeline

  1. 7' Goal! England 1, Nigeria 0. Gary Cahill (England) header from the centre of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Kieran Trippier with a cross following a corner.
  2. 39' Goal! England 2, Nigeria 0. Harry Kane (England) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner.
  3. 45' Substitution, Nigeria. Oghenekaro Etebo replaces Ogenyi Onazi.
  4. 45' Substitution, Nigeria. Tyronne Ebuehi replaces Abdullahi Shehu.
  5. 45' Substitution, Nigeria. John Ogu replaces Joel Obi.
  6. 45' Substitution, Nigeria. Kenneth Omeruo replaces Leon Balogun.
  7. 47' Goal! England 2, Nigeria 1. Alex Iwobi (Nigeria) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner.
  8. 52' Raheem Sterling (England) is shown the yellow card.
  9. 63' Substitution, Nigeria. Ahmed Musa replaces Victor Moses.
  10. 67' Substitution, England. Ruben Loftus-Cheek replaces Jesse Lingard.
  11. 68' Substitution, England. Danny Rose replaces Ashley Young.
  12. 73' Substitution, England. Danny Welbeck replaces Harry Kane.
  13. 73' Substitution, England. Marcus Rashford replaces Raheem Sterling.
  14. 77' Substitution, Nigeria. Kelechi Iheanacho replaces Odion Ighalo.
  15. 77' Ahmed Musa (Nigeria) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  16. 82' Substitution, England. Fabian Delph replaces Dele Alli.

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