The Super Eagles of Nigeria will conflict with Mozambique in one of many Spherical of 16 fixtures on the ongoing 2025 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) in Morocco.
The 35,000-capacity Complexe Sportif de Fès, Nigeria’s residence floor all through their Group C matches, will host the encounter, which kicks off at 8:00 p.m. on Monday, January 5.
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Nigeria cruised by way of the group stage with most factors, profitable all three matches, scoring eight targets and conceding 4.
Ademola Lookman and Raphael Onyedika have every scored twice, whereas Semi Ajayi, Victor Osimhen, Wilfred Ndidi and Paul Onuachu have additionally discovered the web.
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Mozambique, alternatively, started their marketing campaign with a loss to defending champions Côte d’Ivoire, bounced again with a hard-fought victory over Gabon, after which fell 2–1 to Cameroon’s Indomitable Lions on Wednesday night.
Traditionally, Nigeria have dominated this fixture, profitable 4 of their 5 earlier conferences. This consists of their solely AFCON conflict, a 3–0 victory in Lubango, Angola, in January 2010.
The Tremendous Eagles additionally claimed a 1–0 pleasant win in Maputo in August 1999 and a 3–2 victory in Portugal in October 2023.
Two FIFA World Cup qualifiers resulted in a 0–0 attract Maputo and a dramatic 1–0 win for Nigeria in Abuja, with Obinna Nsofor scoring 5 minutes into added time to maintain Nigeria’s World Cup hopes alive.
