Nigeria vs Argentina, Worldcup 2018 GROUP STAGE
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Overview
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Match Details
- Referee Daniele Orsato
- Referee Massimiliano Irrati
- Referee Pawel Sokolnicki
- Referee Bjorn Kuipers
- Referee Sander van Roekel
- Referee Cuneyt Cakιr
- Referee Bahattin Duran
- Referee Tarik Ongun
- Referee Pawel Gil
4 games this season 🟨 4.3/game ⚽ 15.5 goals/game 🟥 1 totalHead-to-Head
Last 5 meetingsRecent Form
Key Stats
100% Both Teams to Score
H2H (1 games)100% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history -
Events
Match Events
- 0' It’s Showtime! The match between Nigeria and Argentina is underway.
- 5' Nigeria is showing some good football. However, Nigeria are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
- 10' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Nigeria needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
- 14' Lionel Messi puts Argentina on the lead.
- 19' Victor Moses needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Yellow cards this season.
- 24' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Francis Uzoho made 4 appearances and scored 0 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
- 29' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
- 32' That looks like a foul for a Yellow card for Leon Balogun.
- 37' Supporters expect more eagerness from Cristian Pavon, as he is very good at scoring at with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
- 42' It looks like no one’s ball. Argentina is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
- 46' Nigeria manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Odion Ighalo is hanging Kelechi Iheanacho on the field on 46 minute.
- 49' It’s a booking for Argentina player. Javier Mascherano gets a Yellow card.
- 51' What a strike from Victor Moses! The score is 1-1.
- 56' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 0 times this season with winning -% of all matches.
- 61' It is a substitution in Argentina team. Enzo Perez is replaced by Cristian Pavon on 61 minute.
- 64' The referee shows Argentina player a Yellow card on 64.
- 69' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
- 72' Maximiliano Meza is replacing Angel di Maria for the Argentina side.
- 77' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 77 minutes.
- 80' It is a substitution in Argentina team. Nicolas Tagliafico is replaced by Sergio Aguero on 80 minute.
- 85' The travelling Argentina supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
- 86' Sensational shot from Marcos Rojo. Argentina is back in the lead.
- 90' John Obi Mikel was booked on 90.
- 90' It is a substitution in Nigeria team. Kenneth Omeruo is replaced by Alex Iwobi on 90 minute.
- Another three points for Argentina.
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Lineups
Nigeria Lineups
Starting XI
- 23
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22
Kenneth Omeruo ↓ Alex Iwobi 90'
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- 5
- 6
- 10
- 11
- 4
- 8
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7
Ahmed Musa ↓ Simeon Nwankwo 90'
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Bench
- 17
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9
Odion Ighalo ↑ 46'
- 3
- 16
- 15
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18
Alex Iwobi ↑ 90'
- 21
- 19
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13
Simeon Nwankwo ↑ 90'
- 12
- 20
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Coach Gernot RohrArgentina Lineups
Starting XI
- 17
- 16
- 3
- 11
- 2
- 7
- 10
- 9
- 12
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15
Enzo Perez ↓ Cristian Pavon 61'
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Bench
- 23
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19
Sergio Aguero ↑ 80'
- 20
- 21
- 6
- 5
- 4
- 8
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13
Maximiliano Meza ↑ 72'
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22
Cristian Pavon ↑ 61'
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H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Marcos Rojo 1 Lionel Messi 1 Victor Moses 1 Marcos Rojo 1 Lionel Messi 1 Victor Moses 1 Head to Head
Nigeria Form
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Predictions
Prediction accuracy2 / 41.22 Nigeria xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo1.46 Argentina xGI would bet for: Nigeria or Argentina 71%Match Result
✓ CorrectActual: Argentina winBoth Teams to Score
✓ CorrectAvg goals/match: 2.68Actual: Yes — both scoredOver / Under Goals
✗ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 91% 9% ± 1.5 75% 25% ± 2.5 50% 50% ± 3.5 28% 72% ± 4.5 14% 86% Double Chance
Nigeria or Draw 61%Draw or Argentina 68%Nigeria or Argentina 71%Half-Time Result
✗ WrongActual: Argentina win at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 121 – 1 13.1%0 – 1 9%0 – 0 8.8%1 – 2 Actual1 – 0 7.4%2 – 1 7.2%0 – 2 7.1%2 – 2 5.3%2 – 0 5%1 – 3 4.2%0 – 3 3.4%3 – 1 2.9%Asian Handicap — Nigeria
Handicap Nigeria covers Push Argentina covers -2.5 4% — 96% -2 4% 9% 87% -1.5 13% — 87% -1 13% 17% 70% -0.5 30% — 70% +0.5 59% — 41% +1 59% 21% 20% +1.5 80% — 20% +2 80% 12% 8% +2.5 92% — 8% Clean Sheet
Nigeria keeps clean sheet 24% ✓Argentina keeps clean sheet 30% ✓Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.