TANGER. Nigeria beats Liberia with a 2-0 win with a penalty scored byV. Osimhen (15′) and a penalty scored byA. Musa (90′).
The match was played at the Grand Stade de Tanger stadium in Tanger on Saturday and it started at 4:00 pm local time. The referee was Youssef Essrayri with the assistance of Aymen Ismail and Youssef Jami. The 4th official was Mehrez Malki. The weather was clear. The temperature was pleasant at 18.6 degrees Celsius or 65.48 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 63%.
Match Statistics
The overall ball possession was just the same with both teams controlling the ball for 50% of the time.
Ball possession
No teams had a vastly superior advantage in terms of ball possession. Liberia was in possession of the ball for 0% of the time vs. Nigeria that controlled the ball for 0% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Nigeria was more aggressive with 69 dangerous attacks and 8 shots of which 2 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Nigeria won the match.
Liberia shot 2 times, 1 on target, 1 off target. On the other side, Nigeria shot 8 times, 2 on target, 6 off target.
Cards
Liberia received 1 yellow card (B. Wynney de Souza). Regarding the opposition, Nigeria didn’t receive any yellow card.
Match Timeline
Standings
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Group E
Group F
Group G
Group H
Group I
Group J
After this match, Liberia will stay with 3 points to remain in the 4th place. Talking about the opposition, Nigeria will have 12 points to sit in the 1st place.
Next matches
In the next match in the WC Qualification Africa, Liberia will host Central African Republic on the 16th of November with a 1-0 head to head stats in favor of Central African Republic (0 draws).
Nigeria will host Cape Verde Islands on the 16th of November with a 1-0 head to head stats in favor of Nigeria (1 draw).
Liberia – Formation
Liberia
90'
65'
Liberia started with a 3-4-1-2 line-up (3-4-1-2).
The manager Peter Butler decided to play with the following team: Boison Wynney, Prince Balde, Arago Jamal, Sampson Dweh, Mark Pabai, Brem Soumaoro, Seth Hellberg, Oscar Dorley, Marcus Macauley, Abu Kamara and Peter Wilson.
The home team had on the bench: Derrick Julu, Tommy Songo, Alvin Maccornel, Carlos Williams, Ben Beniah, Allen Njie, Justin Salmon, Moussa Sanoh, Sylvanus Nimely and Van Dave Harmon.
Substitutions
Liberia made 3 changes: S. Hellberg for M. Sanoh (65′), A. Kamara for A. Njie (65′) and M. Macauley for V. Harmon (82′).
Nigeria – Formation
Nigeria
15'
Nigeria started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).
Gernot Rohr played with: Maduka Okoye, Leon Balogun, William Troost-Ekong, Chidozie Awaziem, Jamilu Collins, Alex Iwobi, Wilfred Ndidi, Joe Aribo, Moses Simon, Victor Osimhen and Kelechi Iheanacho.
These were the players on the bench: Daniel Akpeyi, Kevin Akpoguma, Ola Aina, Zaidu Sanusi, Frank Onyeka, Samuel Chukwueze, Shehu Abdullahi, Chidera Ejuke, Ahmed Musa, Paul Onuachu, John Noble and Kenneth Omeruo.
Substitutions
Nigeria made 2 changes: A. Iwobi for C. Ejuke (62′) and K. Iheanacho for A. Musa (87′).
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the WC Qualification Africa.
- Equatorial Guinea – Tunisia – 1-0
- Zambia – Mauritania – 4-0
- Liberia – Nigeria – 0-2
- Cape Verde Islands – Central African Republic – 2-1
- Malawi – Cameroon – 0-4
- Côte d’Ivoire – Mozambique – 3-0
