Africa Cup of Nations

Nigeria

FIFA #26 · 1stin Group C
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Nigeria beat Egypt (4–2 on penalties)
Nigeria 0 – 0 Egypt
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Match Details

Mohamed V Stadium (Casablanca) · 38,113 fans · beIN Sports View tournament bracket →

Commentary

  • ·Match ends, Egypt 0(2), Nigeria 0(4).
  • 99'Penalty Shootout ends, Egypt 0(2), Nigeria 0(4).
  • 99'Goal! Egypt 0(2), Nigeria 0(4). Ademola Lookman (Nigeria) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
  • 97'Goal! Egypt 0(2), Nigeria 0(3). Mahmoud Saber (Egypt) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the top left corner.
  • 97'Goal! Egypt 0(1), Nigeria 0(3). Alex Iwobi (Nigeria) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
  • 96'Goal! Egypt 0(1), Nigeria 0(2). Rami Rabia (Egypt) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the centre of the goal.
  • 95'Goal! Egypt 0, Nigeria 0(2). Moses Simon (Nigeria) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
  • 93'Penalty saved. Omar Marmoush (Egypt) right footed shot saved in the centre of the goal by Stanley Nwabali (Nigeria).
  • 93'Goal! Egypt 0, Nigeria 0(1). Akor Adams (Nigeria) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
  • 92'Penalty saved. Mohamed Salah (Egypt) left footed shot saved in the bottom right corner by Stanley Nwabali (Nigeria).
  • 91'Penalty saved. Fisayo Dele-Bashiru (Nigeria) right footed shot saved in the bottom right corner by Mostafa Shobeir (Egypt).
  • 90'Penalty Shootout begins Egypt 0, Nigeria 0.

Line Score

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NGA 00004 0
EGY 00002 0

Match Leaders

Nigeria
Egypt

Penalty Shootout

Nigeria · 4/5

  1. Fisayo Dele-Bashiru
  2. Akor Adams
  3. Moses Simon
  4. Alex Iwobi
  5. Ademola Lookman

Egypt · 2/4

  1. Mohamed Salah
  2. Omar Marmoush
  3. Ramy Rabia
  4. Mahmoud Saber

Key Events

90'+3'Substitution, Nigeria. Chidozie Awaziem replaces Semi Ajayi because of an injury.
90'+1'Substitution, Nigeria. Chidera Ejuke replaces Samuel Chukwueze.
87'Igoh Ogbu (Nigeria) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
73'Substitution, Egypt. Ibrahim Adel replaces Mostafa Mohamed.
65'Substitution, Nigeria. Alex Iwobi replaces Bright Osayi-Samuel because of an injury.
60'Substitution, Egypt. Mahmoud Saber replaces Trézéguet.
60'Substitution, Egypt. Omar Marmoush replaces Zizo.
45'Substitution, Nigeria. Ademola Lookman replaces Paul Onuachu.
45'Moses Simon (Nigeria) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
39'Paul Onuachu (Nigeria) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

Team Stats

NigeriaEgypt
General
46.8 Possession % 53.2
4 Shots 5
4 On Target 1
4 Offsides 3
4 Corners 2
16 Fouls 15
Passing & Defense
341 Passes Completed 392
1 Crosses Won 1
9 Tackles Won 13
10 Interceptions 6
17 Clearances 25
Discipline
3 Yellow Cards 0
0 Red Cards 0
1 Saves 4

Recent Form

Egypt W D W W L
Nigeria W W W W L

Starting Lineups

Egypt4-2-3-1
26 Shoubir
3 Hany 14 Fathy 5 Rabia 2 Sobhy
25 Zizo 17 Lashin
10 Salah 8 Ashour 7 Trézéguet
11 Mohamed
19 Onuachu 22 Adams
15 Simon 18 Onyedika 10 Dele-Bashiru 11 Chukwueze
13 Onyemaechi 5 Ogbu 6 Ajayi 2 Osayi-Samuel
23 Nwabali
Nigeria4-4-2
Full lineups and substitutes

Egypt

  1. MS #26 Mostafa ShoubirG
  2. RR #5 Ramy RabiaCD-L
  3. HF #14 Hamdy FathyCD-R
  4. KS #2 Khaled SobhyLB
  5. MH #3 Mohamed HanyRB
  6. EA #8 Emam AshourAM
  7. ML #17 Mohanad LashinLM
  8. Z #25 ZizoRM
  9. MM #11 Mostafa MohamedF
  10. T #7 TrézéguetAM-L
  11. MS #10 Mohamed SalahAM-R
Substitutes · 3 used

Nigeria

  1. SN #23 Stanley NwabaliG
  2. IO #5 Igoh OgbuCD-L
  3. SA #6 Semi AjayiCD-R
  4. BO #13 Bruno OnyemaechiLB
  5. BO #2 Bright Osayi-SamuelRB
  6. RO #18 Raphael OnyedikaCM-L
  7. FD #10 Fisayo Dele-BashiruCM-R
  8. MS #15 Moses SimonLM
  9. SC #11 Samuel ChukwuezeRM
  10. PO #19 Paul OnuachuCF-L
  11. AA #22 Akor AdamsCF-R
Substitutes · 4 used

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