Nigeria vs Cote d'Ivoire. Which team is the best in Africa?
On February 11, in the final match of the African Cup of Nations, the national teams of Nigeria and Cote d'Ivoire will meet. The match will take place at the Alassane Outtara Arena (Abidjan).
The Nigerian national team is a three-time winner of the Nations Cup and the team constantly competes for awards at the continental level. At the current start, Jose Pezeiro's team is also performing powerfully, the team won five out of six possible meetings, and drew in one more case. The “Greens” got a ticket to the final with great difficulty, only breaking the resistance of the South African team on penalties 2:1. Trost-Ekong scored a goal in regulation time for the Super Eagles.
AT CAN, the Nigerians scored 7 goals, conceding two into their own net. The leader of the scoring race for Nigeria is Lookman, with 3 goals and one assist.
Cote d'Ivoire
The Ivory Coast national team is the host of the tournament; the team competes in the tournament with double motivation. The start of the tournament was very difficult for the “elephants”; the Ivorians finished only third in the group, but managed to advance further based on additional indicators. In the playoffs, Emers Fae's boys have already begun to give the maximum result, which allowed them to reach the decisive match of CAN. In the semi-final match, Côte d'Ivoire was stronger than the DR Congo team 1:0. Haller scored the only goal for the “elephants”.
In total, the team scored 5 goals and conceded 7 goals at the home tournament.
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NigeriaThe Nigerian national team is a three-time winner of the Nations Cup and the team constantly competes for awards at the continental level. At the current start, Jose Pezeiro's team is also performing powerfully, the team won five out of six possible meetings, and drew in one more case. The “Greens” got a ticket to the final with great difficulty, only breaking the resistance of the South African team on penalties 2:1. Trost-Ekong scored a goal in regulation time for the Super Eagles.
AT CAN, the Nigerians scored 7 goals, conceding two into their own net. The leader of the scoring race for Nigeria is Lookman, with 3 goals and one assist.
Cote d'Ivoire
The Ivory Coast national team is the host of the tournament; the team competes in the tournament with double motivation. The start of the tournament was very difficult for the “elephants”; the Ivorians finished only third in the group, but managed to advance further based on additional indicators. In the playoffs, Emers Fae's boys have already begun to give the maximum result, which allowed them to reach the decisive match of CAN. In the semi-final match, Côte d'Ivoire was stronger than the DR Congo team 1:0. Haller scored the only goal for the “elephants”.
In total, the team scored 5 goals and conceded 7 goals at the home tournament.
Nigeria vs Cote d'Ivoire facts
- Nigeria are unbeaten in 13 of their last 14 matches;
- Nigeria has had under 2.5 goals scored in their last 9 matches. 1.48.
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