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Libya 2-3 Nigeria - October 16, 2018 / CAF Nations Cup Qualifying 2019

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CAF Nations Cup Qualifying 2019 - Round 4 - Group E

Stade Taïeb Mhiri - Sfax - Tunisia

October 16, 2018 - 20:00

Libya

2 - 3

Nigeria

Assist by Anis SaltouMohamed Zubya

35'

Ahmed Benali

74'

14'

Odion IghaloAssist by Ahmed Musa

17'

Ahmed MusaAssist by Odion Ighalo

81'

Odion IghaloAssist by Ahmed Musa

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14' - Goal Odion Ighalo

17' - Goal Ahmed Musa

33' - Substitution Soulais substituted by Badr Hassan33

35' - Goal Mohamed Zubya35

37' - Yellow card Anis Saltou37

40' - Yellow card Mohamed Mounir Abdulsalam40

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47' - Yellow card Francis Uzoho

64' - Substitution Ismael Tajouri-Shradiis substituted by Rabia Al Shadi64

74' - Goal Ahmed Benali74

75' - Substitution Peter Etebois substituted by John Ogu

79' - Substitution Mohamed Zubyais substituted by Salem Al Meslati79

81' - Goal Odion Ighalo photo Henry Onyekuru

81' - Substitution Samuel Kaluis substituted by Henry Onyekuru

92' - Yellow card Wilfred Ndidi

93' - Substitution Alex Iwobiis substituted by Semi Ajayi

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Libya

2 - 3

Nigeria

Libya Nigeria

Team line-ups

Libya

Azzaqa

Ahmed Azzaqa

Libya

B.date09/08/1988

Age30 years

positionGoalkeeper

Al Werfali

Sanad Al Werfali

Libya

B.date17/05/1992

Age26 years

H1m90

positionCentral defender

Al Trbi

Ahmed Al Trbi

Libya

B.date06/06/1992

Age26 years

H1m82

positionRight central defender

Maatouk

Ali Maatouk

Libya

B.date04/01/1988

Age30 years

positionRight full-back

Benali74

Ahmed Benali

Libya

B.date07/02/1992

Age26 years

H1m73

positionRight central midfielder

Al Musrati

El Motassem Al Musrati

Libya

B.date06/04/1996

Age22 years

H1m93

positionCentre Midfield

Tajouri-Shradi64

Ismael Tajouri-Shradi

Libya

B.date27/03/1994

Age24 years

H1m70

positionVersatile Offensive Midfielder

Abdulsalam40

Mohamed Mounir Abdulsalam

Libya

B.date08/04/1992

Age26 years

H1m77

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

Soula33

Soula

Libya

B.date29/07/1993

Age25 years

H1m84

positionLeft Winger

Zubya3579

Mohamed Zubya

Libya

B.date20/03/1989

Age29 years

H1m87

positionCentre forward

Saltou37

Anis Saltou

Libya

B.date01/04/1992

Age26 years

H1m93

positionCentre forward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Ahmed Azzaqa		30	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Sanad Al Werfali		26	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ahmed Al Trbi		26	39	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ali Maatouk		30	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ahmed Benali	74	26	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	El Motassem Al Musrati		22	29	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ismael Tajouri-Shradi	64	24	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Mohamed Mounir Abdulsalam	40	26	19	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Soula	33	25	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Mohamed Zubya	3579	29	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Anis Saltou	37	26	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.4 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Nigeria

Uzoho47

Francis Uzoho

Nigeria

B.date28/10/1998

Age19 years

H1m96

positionGoalkeeper

Balogun

Leon Balogun

Nigeria

B.date28/06/1988

Age30 years

H1m90

positionCentral defender

Troost-Ekong

William Troost-Ekong

Nigeria

B.date01/09/1993

Age25 years

H1m89

positionCentral defender

Collins

Jamilu Collins

Nigeria

B.date05/08/1994

Age24 years

H1m78

positionLeft full-back

Aina

Ola Aina

Nigeria

B.date08/10/1996

Age22 years

H1m82

positionRight full-back

Ndidi92

Wilfred Ndidi

Nigeria

B.date16/12/1996

Age21 years

H1m83

positionDefensive Midfielder

Etebo75

Peter Etebo

Nigeria

B.date09/11/1995

Age22 years

H1m76

positionBox-to-box midfielder

Kalu81

Samuel Kalu

Nigeria

B.date26/08/1997

Age21 years

H1m76

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

Iwobi90+3

Alex Iwobi

Nigeria

B.date03/05/1996

Age22 years

H1m75

positionLeft Winger

Ighalo8114

Odion Ighalo

Nigeria

B.date16/06/1989

Age29 years

H1m83

positionStriker

Musa17

Ahmed Musa

Nigeria

B.date14/10/1992

Age26 years

H1m70

positionLeft Winger

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Francis Uzoho	47	19	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Leon Balogun		30	25	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	William Troost-Ekong		25	26	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Jamilu Collins		24	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ola Aina		22	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Wilfred Ndidi	92	21	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Peter Etebo	75	22	19	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Samuel Kalu	81	21	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Alex Iwobi	90+3	22	23	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Odion Ighalo	8114	29	25	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Ahmed Musa	17	26	73	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

23.7 years

Average number of matches played for the team

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Murad Al Wuheeshi		21
D	Mahmoud Benwali		23
D	Motasem Sabbou		25
M	Badr Hassan	33	31	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Rabia Al Shadi	64	24	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Salem Al Meslati	79	26	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Moayed Al Lafi		22

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Ikechukwu Ezenwa		29
D	Semi Ajayi	90+3	24	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Brian Idowu		26
M	John Ogu	75	30	20	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Henry Onyekuru	81	21	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Kelechi Iheanacho		22
F	Isaac Success		22

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Ahmed Azzaqa

Mohamed Nashnoush

OUT

Ali Maatouk

Motasem Sabbou

OUT

Soula

Ahmed Al Maghasi

OUT

Mohamed Zubya

Badr Hassan

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Ola Aina

Abdullahi Shehu

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Omar Al Maryami

Darko Novic

Success rate in this team:

25 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

25 %

Al Maryami vs Nigeria

0 victory

0 draw

3 losses

Latest figure on October 16, 2018

Al Maryami vs Rohr

0 victory

0 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on October 16, 2018

Manager

Age

Match num

Gernot Rohr

Success rate in this team:

52 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

38 %

Rohr vs Libya

2 victories

1 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on October 16, 2018

Rohr vs Al Maryami

2 victories

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on October 16, 2018

Referee

Joshua Bondo

0 victory	1 draw	2 losses	Libya3 matches	General total	Nigeria7 matches	4 victories	3 draws	0 loss
0 victory	0 draw	1 loss	Libya1 match	Season total	Nigeria1 match	1 victory	0 draw	0 loss
Latest figure on October 16, 2018					Latest figure on November 17, 2019

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Key figures

End of streak for Libya after 3 matches without scoring any goal vs Nigeria surterrainneutre (since 17/08/2005). It's a record streak. The first of history

It's the first time Mohamed Zubya scores 1 goal vs in CAF Nations Cup Qualifying

Libya keeps its 6 consecutive matches without a win running (since 28/01/2018). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 17/01/2014-12/06/2015 time period (10 matches).

Read the next 20 key stats

General ranking

+1	1	Nigeria	9 pts	4 rd
-1	2	South Africa	8 pts	4 rd
	3	Libya	4 pts	4 rd
	4	Seychelles	1 pt	4 rd

General ranking

+1	1	Nigeria	9 pts	4 rd
-1	2	South Africa	8 pts	4 rd
	3	Libya	4 pts	4 rd
	4	Seychelles	1 pt	4 rd

Pre-match

Current form

Neutral ground

DLibya 0-0 Tanzania03/12/2017

VLibya 3-0 Equatorial Guinea15/01/2018

LLibya 0-1 Nigeria19/01/2018

VRwanda 0-1 Libya23/01/2018

DCongo 1-1 Libya28/01/2018

DLibya 1-1 Sudan03/02/2018

Overall

VRwanda 0-1 Libya23/01/2018

DCongo 1-1 Libya28/01/2018

LMorocco 3-1 Libya31/01/2018

DLibya 1-1 Sudan03/02/2018

DSouth Africa 0-0 Libya08/09/2018

LNigeria 4-0 Libya13/10/2018

Current form

Neutral ground

VSudan 0-1 Nigeria31/01/2018

LNigeria 0-2 Serbia27/03/2018

LNigeria 0-1 Czech Republic06/06/2018

LCroatia 2-0 Nigeria16/06/2018

VNigeria 2-0 Iceland22/06/2018

LNigeria 1-2 Argentina26/06/2018

Overall

LNigeria 0-1 Czech Republic06/06/2018

LCroatia 2-0 Nigeria16/06/2018

VNigeria 2-0 Iceland22/06/2018

LNigeria 1-2 Argentina26/06/2018

VSeychelles 0-3 Nigeria08/09/2018

VNigeria 4-0 Libya13/10/2018

Running streaks

	Neutral ground	Total
Drawing streak	2	0
Loosing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	3	0
Winless streak	2	5
Drawless streak	0	1
Scoring streak	3	0
Goalless streak	0	2
Conceding streak	2	1

Running streaks

	Neutral ground	Total
Winning streak	0	2
Loosing streak	1	0
Unbeaten streak	0	2
Winless streak	1	0
Drawless streak	9	7
Scoring streak	2	4
Conceding streak	1	0
Invincibility streak	0	2

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

General ranking (Competition total)

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

3	Number of games (Competition total)	3
1	Victories (Competition total)	2
1	Draws (Competition total)	0
1	Losses (Competition total)	1

Goals

5	Goals scored (Competition total)	7
5	Goals conceded (Competition total)	2
1.67	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	2.33
1.67	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0.67

Betting aid

2	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	2
1	Clean sheets (Competition total)	2
2	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	1
1	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	0

Bookings

6	Yellow cards (Competition total)	4
0	Red cards (Competition total)	0

Key players

Mohamed Zubya	1 goal	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	4 goals	Odion Ighalo
Mohamed Zubya	1 goal	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)		-
Ahmed Benali	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	2 penalties	Odion Ighalo
Ahmed Benali	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)		-
Ahmed Benali	1 assist	Player with most assists (Competition total)	1 assist	Wilfred Ndidi
Ahmed Benali	1 assist	Player with most assists (Home / Away)		-
Ahmed Benali	1 goal, 1 assist during the last 3 matches	The fittest player	4 goals during the last 2 matches	Odion Ighalo

Historical head to head

Home

2 matches

1 v

0 d

1 l

2 gf

2 ga

Away

1 match

0 v

0 d

1 l

0 gf

4 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

0 v

0 d

1 l

0 gf

1 ga

Total

4 matches

1 v

0 d

3 l

2 gf

7 ga

Historical head to head

Home

1 match

1 v

0 d

0 l

4 gf

0 ga

Away

2 matches

1 v

0 d

1 l

2 gf

2 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

1 v

0 d

0 l

1 gf

0 ga

Total

4 matches

3 v

0 d

1 l

7 gf

2 ga

Largest victory

Overall	2 - 1	October 20, 2004
Neutral ground	No success yet

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 0	October 13, 2018
Neutral ground	1 - 0	January 19, 2018

Latest head to head

October 13, 2018 - Eliminatoires CAN 2019

Nigeria

4 - 0

Libya

January 19, 2018 - CHAN 2018

Libya

0 - 1

Nigeria

August 17, 2005 - Rencontres amicales 2005

Libya

0 - 1

Nigeria

October 20, 2004 - LG Cup 2 2004

Libya

2 - 1

Nigeria

Best historical scorers against Nigeria

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 20/10/2004. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Libya

Odion Ighalo	3 goals	2018 - 2018
Obafemi Martins	1 goal	2005 - 2005
Sunday Faleye	1 goal	2018 - 2018
Victor Ezeji	1 goal	2004 - 2004
Samuel Kalu	1 goal	2018 - 2018

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 20/10/2004. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Nigeria

Ahmed Al Trbi	2 matches	2018 - 2018
Badr Hassan	2 matches	2018 - 2018
Motasem Sabbou	2 matches	2018 - 2018
Ahmed Al Maghasi	2 matches	2018 - 2018
Sanad Al Werfali	2 matches	2018 - 2018
Mohamed Nashnoush	2 matches	2018 - 2018

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 20/10/2004. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Libya

Stephen Makinwa	1 match	2005 - 2005
William Troost-Ekong	1 match	2018 - 2018
Osas Okoro	1 match	2018 - 2018
Seyi Olofinjana	1 match	2005 - 2005
Emeka Francis Atuloma	1 match	2018 - 2018
Wilfred Ndidi	1 match	2018 - 2018