Nigeria vs Iceland, Worldcup 2018 GROUP STAGE
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- Referee Matt Conger
- Referee Gianluca Rocchi
- Referee Elenito Di Liberatore
- Referee Massimiliano Irrati
- Referee Hiroshi Yamauchi
- Referee Pawel Gil
- Referee Ricardo Montero
- Referee Simon Lount
- Referee Tevita Makasini
Standings
# Team P Pts 1 Mexico 1 3 2 South Korea 1 3 3 Czechia 2 1 4 South Africa 2 1 5 Canada 2 4 6 Switzerland 2 4 7 Bosnia-Herzegovina 2 1 8 Qatar 2 1 9 Scotland 1 3 10 Morocco 1 1 11 Brazil 1 1 12 Haiti 1 0 13 United States 1 3 14 Australia 1 3 15 Turkey 1 0 16 Paraguay 1 0 17 Germany 1 3 18 Ivory Coast 1 3 19 Ecuador 1 0 20 Curacao 1 0 21 Sweden 1 3 22 Japan 1 1 23 Netherlands 1 1 24 Tunisia 1 0 25 New Zealand 1 1 26 Iran 1 1 27 Belgium 1 1 28 Egypt 1 1 29 Uruguay 1 1 30 Saudi Arabia 1 1 31 Spain 1 1 32 Cape Verde Islands 1 1 33 Norway 1 3 34 France 1 3 35 Senegal 1 0 36 Iraq 1 0 37 Argentina 1 3 38 Austria 1 3 39 Jordan 1 0 40 Algeria 1 0 41 Colombia 1 3 42 Congo DR 1 1 43 Portugal 1 1 44 Uzbekistan 1 0 45 England 1 3 46 Ghana 1 3 47 Panama 1 0 48 Croatia 1 0 Head-to-Head
Last 5 meetingsRecent Form
Key Stats
0% Both Teams to Score
H2H (1 games)0% Over 2.5 Goals
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Events
Match Events
- 0' KICK OFF: Iceland gets underway.
- 5' Iceland is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
- 10' The referee is likely to let players tackle, as he already missed some meaty challenges during opening seconds. He is still to establish what should not be done by the players and what is acceptable on the pitch. It’s going to be a tough game for William Troost-Ekong suffering a number of foals already.
- 15' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
- 20' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Kelechi Iheanacho made 354 appearances and scored 52 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
- 25' Supporters expect more eagerness from Hannes Þor Halldorsson, as he is very good at scoring at with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
- 30' 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.
- 35' looks like a favorite considering 0 games won in last 0 matches with its main striker scoring goals.
- 40' Ragnar Sigurðsson needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Yellow cards this season.
- 44' That looks like a foul for a Yellow card for Brian Idowu.
- 46' Another change for Nigeria made on 46 minute. Brian Idowu leaves to be changed by Tyronne Ebuehi.
- 49' What a strike from Ahmed Musa! The score is 1-0.
- 54' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 54 minutes.
- 59' The travelling Iceland supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
- 64' Although teams showed high tempo form the start, they seem to slow down a bit. Both sides really need to catch a fire. Otherwise, we have another goalless match.
- 65' Another substitution for Iceland to replace Ragnar Sigurdsson by Sverrir Ingi Ingason on 65 minute.
- 70' 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.
- 71' Iceland manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Bjorn Sigurdarson is hanging Jon Dadi Bodvarsson on the field on 71 minute.
- 75' Goal! Ahmed Musa scores his 4 goal in 4 matches.
- 80' It’s high time Gernot Rohr made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
- 85' It is a substitution in Nigeria team. Kelechi Iheanacho is replaced by Odion Ighalo on 85 minute.
- 87' Another substitution for Iceland to replace Aron Einar Gunnarsson by Ari Freyr Skulason on 87 minute.
- 90' Time for substitution for Nigeria. Oghenekaro Etebo is replaced by Alex Iwobi.
- Full Time. Nigeria beats Iceland
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Lineups
Nigeria Lineups
Starting XI
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Brian Idowu ↓ Tyronne Ebuehi 46'
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Oghenekaro Etebo ↓ Alex Iwobi 90'
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Bench
- 17
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Odion Ighalo ↑ 85'
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- 16
- 15
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Alex Iwobi ↑ 90'
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Tyronne Ebuehi ↑ 46'
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Coach Gernot RohrIceland Lineups
Starting XI
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- 14
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- 19
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- 18
Bench
- 4
- 7
- 13
- 20
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Sverrir Ingi Ingason ↑ 65'
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Bjorn Sigurðarson ↑ 71'
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- 12
- 15
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Ari Skulason ↑ 87'
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Coach Heimir Hallgrimsson -
H2H
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Predictions
Prediction accuracy4 / 41.57 Nigeria xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo0.74 Iceland xGI would bet for: Under 2.5 goals 60% + Under — clean sheet likely 58%Match Result
✓ CorrectActual: Nigeria winBoth Teams to Score
✓ CorrectAvg goals/match: 2.31Actual: No — clean sheetOver / Under Goals
✓ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 88% 12% ± 1.5 67% 33% ± 2.5 40% 60% ± 3.5 21% 79% ± 4.5 9% 91% Double Chance
Nigeria or Draw 82%Draw or Iceland 44%Nigeria or Iceland 73%Half-Time Result
✓ CorrectActual: Draw at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 121 – 0 14.7%1 – 1 12.3%0 – 0 12.1%2 – 0 Actual2 – 1 8.8%0 – 1 6.3%3 – 0 6.1%3 – 1 4.7%1 – 2 4.1%2 – 2 3.3%0 – 2 2.6%4 – 0 2.4%Asian Handicap — Nigeria
Handicap Nigeria covers Push Iceland covers -2.5 13% — 87% -2 13% 17% 70% -1.5 30% — 70% -1 30% 26% 44% -0.5 56% — 44% +0.5 84% — 16% +1 84% 11% 5% +1.5 95% — 5% +2 95% 4% 1% +2.5 99% — 1% Clean Sheet
Nigeria keeps clean sheet 48% ✗Iceland keeps clean sheet 22% ✓Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.