Africa Cup of Nations

FT Thursday, January 18, 2024
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Stade Olympique Alassane Ouattara · 49,517 att.

Match Report

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Nigeria take down hosts Ivory Coast at AFCON

Nigeria handed Africa Cup of Nations hosts Ivory Coast a 1-0 defeat in their Group A clash at the Alassane Ouattara Stadium on Thursday with a second-half penalty settling the encounter.

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Team Stats

20
Fouls
16
1
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
3
6
Corner Kicks
5
3
Saves
0
35.9
Possession
64.1
11
SHOTS
14
1
ON GOAL
3
0.1
On Target %
0.2
1
Penalty Goals
0
1
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
174
Accurate Passes
367
236
Passes
425
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.9
4
Accurate Crosses
8
14
Crosses
27
0.3
Cross %
0.3
56
Long Balls
40
22
Accurate Long Balls
25
0.4
Long Balls %
0.6
3
Blocked Shots
1
10
Effective Tackles
9
20
Tackles
13
0.5
Tackle %
0.7
8
Interceptions
3
21
Effective Clearances
13
21
Clearances
13

Head to Head

Series tied 2-2-1

Lineups

CIV · 4-3-3

  1. 1Yahia FofanaG
  2. 21Evan NdickaCD-L
  3. 2Ousmane DiomandeCD-R
  4. 3Ghislain KonanLB
  5. 17Sèrge AurierRB
  6. 18Ibrahim SangaréCM
  7. 8Franck KessiéLM
  8. 6Seko FofanaRM
  9. 11Jean-Phillipe KrassoF
  10. 13Jérémie BogaLF
  11. 20Christian KouaméRF

NGA · 3-4-3

  1. 23Stanley NwabaliG
  2. 5William Troost-EkongCD
  3. 21Calvin BasseyCD-L
  4. 6Semi AjayiCD-R
  5. 17Alex IwobiCM-L
  6. 8Frank OnyekaCM-R
  7. 3Zaidu SanusiLM
  8. 2Ola AinaRM
  9. 9Victor OsimhenF
  10. 18Ademola LookmanCF-L
  11. 11Samuel ChukwuezeCF-R

Timeline

  1. 55' Goal! Côte d'Ivoire 0, Nigeria 1. William Troost-Ekong (Nigeria) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the centre of the goal.
  2. 66' Substitution, Côte d'Ivoire. Jonathan Bamba replaces Christian Kouamé.
  3. 67' Substitution, Côte d'Ivoire. Nicolas Pépé replaces Jérémie Boga.
  4. 67' Substitution, Côte d'Ivoire. Wilfried Singo replaces Sèrge Aurier.
  5. 72' Substitution, Nigeria. Moses Simon replaces Samuel Chukwueze.
  6. 79' Substitution, Nigeria. Bright Osayi-Samuel replaces Ademola Lookman.
  7. 80' Substitution, Nigeria. Kenneth Omeruo replaces Zaidu Sanusi.
  8. 80' Substitution, Côte d'Ivoire. Oumar Diakité replaces Ghislain Konan.
  9. 84' Substitution, Côte d'Ivoire. Karim Konaté replaces Jean-Philippe Krasso.
  10. 88' Substitution, Nigeria. Paul Onuachu replaces Victor Osimhen.
  11. 90'+2' Stanley Nwabali (Nigeria) is shown the yellow card.

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