Nigeria vs Canada, Women World Cup 2023 GROUP STAGE
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Overview
Match Preview
Nigeria vs Canada — Women World Cup at AAMI Park.
Match Details
- Referee Lina Lehtovaara (Finland)
- Referee Abdulla Al Marri (Qatar)
Head-to-Head
Last 5 meetingsRecent Form
Key Stats
0% Both Teams to Score
H2H (1 games)0% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history50% Clean Sheets
Nigeria this season33% Clean Sheets
Canada this seasonGoal Timing (This Season)
Nigeria0-15–/–16-30–/–31-451/146-60–/–61-752/–76+–/1■ Scored ■ ConcededCanada0-15–/216-30–/–31-45–/246-601/161-75–/–76+–/1■ Scored ■ ConcededTop Scorers (This Season)
CanadaAdriana Leon 1 G -
Events
Match Events
- 0' Welcome to AAMI Park that hosts another battle between Nigeria and Canada.
- 5' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Canada needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
- 10' Canada seems to be on a short break. The game is mainly concentrated in the center. It’s high time they got back to action. Otherwise, it looks like a goalless game.
- 15' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Evelyne Viens made 3 appearances and scored 0 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
- 20' Deborah Ajibola Abiodun needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Red cards this season.
- 25' Supporters expect more eagerness from Nichelle Prince, as he is very good at scoring at AAMI Park with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
- 30' Spectators do not have much to choose from both teams. The sides had several scoring chances but they still need a bit more than just a sight of a goal.
- 35' The travelling Canada supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
- 40' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 1 times this season with Canada winning 0% of all matches.
- 45' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
- 46' Cloe Zoe Eyja Lacasse is replacing Deanne Rose for the Canada side.
- 51' 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.
- 54' The referee shows Nigeria player a card on 54.
- 59' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
- 64' Time for substitution for Canada. Adriana Leon is replaced by Evelyne Viens.
- 69' It’s high time made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
- 71' The supporters are chanting for Sophie Schmidt. He replaces Christine Sinclair on 71 minute.
- 73' Another change for Nigeria made on 73 minute. Francisca Ordega leaves to be changed by Uchenna Kanu.
- 74' Ashley Lawrence was booked on 74.
- 79' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
- 82' Another change for Canada made on 82 minute. Julia Grosso leaves to be changed by Nichelle Prince.
- 85' Nigeria manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Esther Okoronkwo is hanging Ifeoma Chukwufumnay Onumonu on the field on 85 minute.
- 90' That looks like a foul for a card for Deborah Ajibola Abiodun.
- 90' The Nigeria manager makes a substitution. Asisat Oshoala departs to be replaced by Onyi Echegini.
- Hope, you loved the show. Another epic battle is over with the score 0-0.
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Lineups
Nigeria Lineups
Starting XI
- 16
- 22
- 14
- 3
- 2
- 13
- 7
- 10
- 6
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17
Francisca Ordega ↓ Uchenna Kanu 73'
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8
Asisat Oshoala ↓ Onyi Echegini 90'
Bench
- 23
- 1
- 5
- 20
- 4
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19
Onyi Echegini ↑ 90'
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12
Uchenna Kanu ↑ 73'
- 11
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21
Esther Okoronkwo ↑ 85'
Canada Lineups
Starting XI
- 1
- 3
- 14
- 10
- 8
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7
Julia Grosso ↓ Nichelle Prince 82'
- 5
- 9
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19
Adriana Leon ↓ Evelyne Viens 64'
- 6
- 12
Bench
- 18
- 22
- 16
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2
Alllysha Chapman ↑ 71'
- 4
- 21
- 17
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13
Sophie Schmidt ↑ 71'
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20
Cloe Zoe Eyja Lacasse ↑ 46'
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15
Nichelle Prince ↑ 82'
- 23
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11
Evelyne Viens ↑ 64'
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H2H
Head to Head
Nigeria Form
Canada Form
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Predictions
Prediction accuracy4 / 40.65 Nigeria xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo0.53 Canada xGI would bet for: Under 2.5 goals 88% + Under — clean sheet likely 78%Match Result
✓ CorrectActual: DrawBoth Teams to Score
✓ CorrectAvg goals/match: 1.18Actual: No — clean sheetOver / Under Goals
✓ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 66% 34% ± 1.5 34% 66% ± 2.5 12% 88% ± 3.5 4% 96% ± 4.5 1% 99% Double Chance
Nigeria or Draw 75%Draw or Canada 65%Nigeria or Canada 59%Half-Time Result
✓ CorrectActual: Draw at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 120 – 0 Actual1 – 0 18.2%0 – 1 14.4%1 – 1 11.7%2 – 0 5.9%0 – 2 3.8%2 – 1 3.6%1 – 2 2.9%3 – 0 1.2%2 – 2 1.1%3 – 1 0.8%0 – 3 0.7%Asian Handicap — Nigeria
Handicap Nigeria covers Push Canada covers -2.5 2% — 98% -2 2% 7% 92% -1.5 8% — 92% -1 8% 22% 69% -0.5 31% — 69% +0.5 77% — 23% +1 77% 18% 5% +1.5 95% — 5% +2 95% 4% 1% +2.5 99% — 1% Clean Sheet
Nigeria keeps clean sheet 59% ✓Canada keeps clean sheet 53% ✓Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.