Africa Cup of Nations

FT Monday, January 22, 2024
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Nigeria edge Guinea-Bissau 1-0 to seal last-16 place

Nigeria booked their passage into the last 16 of the Africa Cup of Nations after a first-half own goal from Guinea-Bissau's Opa Sangante handed them a 1-0 victory on Monday, which was enough to earn them second place in Group A.

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Team Stats

20
Fouls
12
3
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
6
Offsides
1
2
Corner Kicks
3
5
Saves
1
49.4
Possession
50.6
11
SHOTS
12
1
ON GOAL
5
0.1
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
356
Accurate Passes
372
409
Passes
433
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.9
7
Accurate Crosses
2
23
Crosses
9
0.3
Cross %
0.2
35
Long Balls
39
24
Accurate Long Balls
16
0.7
Long Balls %
0.4
5
Blocked Shots
1
12
Effective Tackles
8
16
Tackles
18
0.8
Tackle %
0.4
6
Interceptions
7
7
Effective Clearances
15
7
Clearances
15

Head to Head

NGA leads series 2-1

Lineups

GNB · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Jonas MendesG
  2. 22Opa SangantéCD-L
  3. 25Edgar IéCD-R
  4. 21NanuLB
  5. 5Houboulang MendesRB
  6. 7DálcioAM
  7. 6NitoLM
  8. 19Janio BikelRM
  9. 9Zinho GanoF
  10. 13Carlos MendesAM-L
  11. 18Famana QuizeraAM-R

NGA · 3-4-2-1

  1. 23Stanley NwabaliG
  2. 22Kenneth OmeruoCD
  3. 21Calvin BasseyCD-L
  4. 6Semi AjayiCD-R
  5. 10Joe AriboCM-L
  6. 8Frank OnyekaCM-R
  7. 2Ola AinaLM
  8. 12Bright Osayi-SamuelRM
  9. 9Victor OsimhenF
  10. 15Moses SimonCF-L
  11. 11Samuel ChukwuezeCF-R

Timeline

  1. 36' Own Goal by Opa Sanganté, Guinea-Bissau. Guinea-Bissau 0, Nigeria 1.
  2. 44' Semi Ajayi (Nigeria) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 45' Substitution, Guinea-Bissau. Marciano Sanca replaces Carlos Gomes.
  4. 45' Substitution, Guinea-Bissau. Franculino Djú replaces Zinho Gano.
  5. 50' Frank Onyeka (Nigeria) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 63' Substitution, Nigeria. Alex Iwobi replaces Joe Aribo.
  7. 63' Substitution, Nigeria. Raphael Onyedika replaces Frank Onyeka.
  8. 68' Substitution, Guinea-Bissau. Zé Turbo replaces Famana Quizera.
  9. 80' Substitution, Guinea-Bissau. Fali Candé replaces Nanu.
  10. 80' Substitution, Nigeria. Ademola Lookman replaces Samuel Chukwueze.
  11. 80' Substitution, Nigeria. Zaidu Sanusi replaces Bright Osayi-Samuel.
  12. 88' Substitution, Guinea-Bissau. Alfa Semedo replaces Dálcio.
  13. 90'+4' Substitution, Nigeria. Chidozie Awaziem replaces Ola Aina.
  14. 90'+4' Calvin Bassey (Nigeria) is shown the yellow card.

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