Africa Cup of Nations

FT Wednesday, June 26, 2019
Guinea DDDLD 0
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Nigeria WWDLW 1
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Alexandria Stadium · 10,388 att.

Match Report

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Nigeria beat Guinea to book place in next round of Cup of Nations

Nigeria became the first side to advance to the knockout stage of the Africa Cup of Nations on Wednesday as they beat Guinea 1-0.

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Team Stats

12
Fouls
13
2
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
1
1
Corner Kicks
10
3
Saves
3
51.5
Possession
48.5
8
SHOTS
10
3
ON GOAL
4
0.4
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
309
Accurate Passes
279
386
Passes
359
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
4
Accurate Crosses
3
13
Crosses
19
0.3
Cross %
0.2
53
Long Balls
60
29
Accurate Long Balls
28
0.5
Long Balls %
0.5
0
Blocked Shots
1
5
Effective Tackles
9
11
Tackles
19
0.5
Tackle %
0.5
10
Interceptions
13
26
Effective Clearances
12
26
Clearances
12

Head to Head

GUI leads series 1-0-1

Lineups

NGA · 4-2-3-1

  1. 16Daniel AkpeyiG
  2. 6Leon BalogunCD-L
  3. 22Kenneth OmeruoCD-R
  4. 2Ola AinaLB
  5. 20Chidozie AwaziemRB
  6. 18Alex IwobiAM
  7. 4Wilfred NdidiLM
  8. 8Peter EteboRM
  9. 9Odion IghaloF
  10. 7Ahmed MusaAM-L
  11. 15Moses SimonAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 19John OguSUB
  2. 14Paul OnuachuSUB
  3. 1Ikechukwu EzenwaSUB
  4. 13Samuel ChukwuezeSUB
  5. 23Francis UzohoSUB
  6. 5William Troost-EkongSUB
  7. 17Samuel KaluSUB
  8. 10John Obi MikelSUB
  9. 11Henry OnyekuruSUB
  10. 21Victor OsimhenSUB

GUI · 4-2-3-1

  1. 12Ibrahima KonéG
  2. 6Simon FaletteCD-L
  3. 5Ernest SekaCD-R
  4. 3Issiaga SyllaLB
  5. 18Mikael DyrestamRB
  6. 8Naby KeitaAM
  7. 13Ibrahima CisséLM
  8. 4Amadou DiawaraRM
  9. 21Sory KabaF
  10. 10François KamanoAM-L
  11. 16Ibrahima TraoréAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 11Idrissa SyllaSUB
  2. 23Fodé CamaraSUB
  3. 15Julian JeanvierSUB
  4. 19Bengali-Fodé KoitaSUB
  5. 20Lass BangouraSUB
  6. 22Aly KeitaSUB
  7. 9José KantéSUB
  8. 17Boubacar FofanaSUB
  9. 7Mohamed CamaraSUB
  10. 1Naby-Moussa YattaraSUB
  11. 14Ousmane SidibeSUB
  12. 2Mohamed YattaraSUB

Timeline

  1. 27' Simon Falette (Guinea) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 62' Ahmed Musa (Nigeria) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 65' Ernest Seka (Guinea) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 71' Substitution, Guinea. Lass replaces Naby Keita.
  5. 73' Substitution, Guinea. Ousmane Sidibé replaces Mikael Dyrestam.
  6. 73' Goal! Nigeria 1, Guinea 0. Kenneth Omeruo (Nigeria) header from the right side of the six yard box to the top left corner. Assisted by Moses Simon with a cross following a corner.
  7. 78' Substitution, Nigeria. Samuel Chukwueze replaces Alex Iwobi.
  8. 82' Substitution, Guinea. Bangaly-Fodé Koita replaces François Kamano.
  9. 88' Substitution, Nigeria. Paul Onuachu replaces Odion Ighalo.
  10. 90' Peter Etebo (Nigeria) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  11. 90'+4' Substitution, Nigeria. Samuel Kalu replaces Moses Simon.

Africa Cup of Nations News

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