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World Cup Qualifying - Africa Zone 2022 - Round 1 - Group C

Taslim Balogun Stadium - Lagos - Nigeria

September 03, 2021

Nigeria

2 - 0

Liberia

Assist by Alex Iwobi (left foot) Kelechi Iheanacho

22'

Assist by Alex Iwobi (right foot) Kelechi Iheanacho

44'

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22' - Goal Kelechi Iheanacho22

43' - Yellow card Allen Njie

44' - Goal Kelechi Iheanacho44

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57' - Substitution Terrence Tisdellis substituted by Abu Kamara

60' - Yellow card Brem Soumaoro

78' - Substitution Moses Simonis substituted by Samuel Kalu photo Paul Onuachu

78' - Substitution Victor Osimhenis substituted by Paul Onuachu78

81' - Substitution Marcus Macaulayis substituted by David Tweh photo Peter Wilson

81' - Substitution Kpah Shermanis substituted by Peter Wilson

84' - Substitution Alex Iwobiis substituted by Abdullahi Shehu84

85' - Substitution Kelechi Iheanachois substituted by Ahmed Musa85

91' - Yellow card Sampson Dweh

92' - Substitution Joe Aribois substituted by Peter Etebo92

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Nigeria

2 - 0

Liberia

Nigeria Liberia

Team line-ups

Nigeria

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

15Simon78

Moses Simon

Nigeria

B.date12/07/1995

Age26 years

H1m68

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

14Iheanacho442285

Kelechi Iheanacho

Nigeria

B.date03/10/1996

Age24 years

H1m85

positionCentre forward

9Osimhen78

Victor Osimhen

Nigeria

B.date29/12/1998

Age22 years

H1m85

positionCentre forward

18Iwobi84

Alex Iwobi

Nigeria

B.date03/05/1996

Age25 years

H1m75

positionLeft Winger

10Aribo90+2

Joe Aribo

Nigeria

B.date21/07/1996

Age25 years

H1m83

positionCentre Midfield

4Ndidi

Wilfred Ndidi

Nigeria

B.date16/12/1996

Age24 years

H1m83

positionDefensive Midfielder

6Balogun

Leon Balogun

Nigeria

B.date28/06/1988

Age33 years

H1m90

positionCentral defender

5Troost-Ekong

William Troost-Ekong

Nigeria

B.date01/09/1993

Age28 years

H1m89

positionCentral defender

3Collins

Jamilu Collins

Nigeria

B.date05/08/1994

Age27 years

H1m78

positionLeft full-back

2Aina

Ola Aina

Nigeria

B.date08/10/1996

Age24 years

H1m82

positionRight full-back

23Okoye

Maduka Okoye

Nigeria

B.date28/08/1999

Age22 years

H1m97

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
23	G	Maduka Okoye		22	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	D	Leon Balogun		33	39	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	William Troost-Ekong		28	49	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	D	Ola Aina		24	20	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Jamilu Collins		27	19	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	M	Wilfred Ndidi		24	40	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	M	Joe Aribo	90+2	25	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
15	F	Moses Simon	78	26	37	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	F	Kelechi Iheanacho	442285	24	31	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	F	Victor Osimhen	78	22	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
18	M	Alex Iwobi	84	25	48	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Liberia

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

Kosiah

Ayouba Kosiah

Liberia

B.date22/07/2001

Age20 years

H1m88

positionForward

Tisdell57

Terrence Tisdell

Liberia

B.date16/03/1998

Age23 years

H1m77

positionLeft Winger

Macaulay81

Marcus Macaulay

Liberia

B.date27/10/1991

Age29 years

H1m85

positionOffensive Midfielder

Sherman81

Kpah Sherman

Liberia

B.date03/02/1992

Age29 years

H1m83

positionForward

Njie43

Allen Njie

Liberia

B.date26/07/1999

Age22 years

H1m85

positionDefensive Midfielder

Soumaoro60

Brem Soumaoro

Liberia

B.date08/08/1996

Age25 years

H1m87

positionDefensive Midfielder

Dorley

Oscar Dorley

Liberia

B.date19/07/1998

Age23 years

H1m74

positionMidfield

Balde

Prince Balde

Liberia

B.date23/03/1998

Age23 years

H1m87

positionCentral defender

Dweh91

Sampson Dweh

Liberia

B.date10/10/2001

Age19 years

H1m80

positionCentral defender

Saygbe

Jeremy Saygbe

Liberia

B.date01/06/2001

Age20 years

positionDefender

Williams

Ashley Williams

Liberia

B.date30/10/2000

Age20 years

H1m86

positionGoalkeeper

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Ashley Williams		20	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Sampson Dweh	91	19	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Jeremy Saygbe		20	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Prince Balde		23	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Brem Soumaoro	60	25	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Allen Njie	43	22	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Oscar Dorley		23	20	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Marcus Macaulay	81	29	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Terrence Tisdell	57	23	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Kpah Sherman	81	29	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Ayouba Kosiah		20	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

23 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Francis Uzoho		22
16	G	Daniel Akpeyi		35
12	D	Abdullahi Shehu	84	28	34	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
20	D	Chidozie Awaziem		24
22	D	Kenneth Omeruo		27
21	D	Tyronne Ebuehi		25
13	M	Bonke Innocent		25
8	M	Peter Etebo	90+2	25	38	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
17	M	Samuel Kalu	78	24	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	F	Ahmed Musa	85	28	95	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
19	F	Paul Onuachu	78	27	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	F	Chidera Ejuke		23

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Tommy Songo		26
D	Dennis Teah		29
D	Carlos Williams		31
D	Daniel Paye		20
M	David Tweh	81	22	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Justin Salmon		22
F	Peter Wilson	81	24	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Abu Kamara	57	24	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Mohammed Kamara		23
F	Van-Dave Harmon		25

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Ola Aina

Temitope Olusesi

OUT

Wilfred Ndidi

Tony Shimaga

OUT

William Troost-Ekong

Olisa Ndah

OUT

Alex Iwobi

Uche Onwuansanya

OUT

Maduka Okoye

Stanley Nwabili

OUT

Jamilu Collins

Adeleke Adekunle

OUT

Leon Balogun

Imoh Obot

OUT

Kelechi Iheanacho

Charles Atshimene

OUT

Victor Osimhen

Iwuala Anayo

OUT

Moses Simon

Seth Mayi

OUT

Joe Aribo

Sunusi Ibrahim

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Prince Balde

Daniel Paye

OUT

Terrence Tisdell

Peter Wilson

OUT

Brem Soumaoro

Kertu Jerbo

OUT

Ayouba Kosiah

Othello Bah

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Gernot Rohr

Success rate in this team:

48 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

39 %

Rohr vs Liberia

2 victories

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on September 03, 2021

Rohr vs Butler

1 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on September 03, 2021

Manager

Age

Match num

Peter Butler

Success rate in this team:

33 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

35 %

Butler vs Nigeria

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on September 03, 2021

Butler vs Rohr

1 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on September 03, 2021

Referee

Kouassi Attisso Attiogbe

1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	Nigeria1 match	General total	Liberia2 matches	0 victory	0 draw	2 losses
1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	Nigeria1 match	Season total	Liberia1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on September 03, 2021					Latest figure on September 12, 2023

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Key figures

Nigeria keeps its 3 matches with at least one goal scored vs Liberia at home running (since 05/05/2001). It's a record streak. The first of history

Nigeria keeps its 3 consecutive matches without a loss vs Liberia at home running (since 05/05/2001). It's a record streak. The first of history

Nigeria keeps its 5 consecutive matches without a loss vs Liberia running (since 05/05/2001). It's a record streak. The first of history

Read the next 21 key stats

General ranking

	1	Nigeria	3 pts	1 rd
-1	2	Cape Verde	1 pt	1 rd
-1	3	Central African R	1 pt	1 rd
	4	Liberia	0 pt	1 rd

General ranking

	1	Nigeria	3 pts	1 rd
-1	2	Cape Verde	1 pt	1 rd
-1	3	Central African R	1 pt	1 rd
	4	Liberia	0 pt	1 rd

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VNigeria 1-0 Egypt26/03/2019

DNigeria 0-0 Zimbabwe08/06/2019

VNigeria 2-0 Togo19/10/2019

VNigeria 2-1 Benin13/11/2019

DNigeria 4-4 Sierra Leone13/11/2020

VNigeria 3-0 Lesotho30/03/2021

Overall

DSierra Leone 0-0 Nigeria17/11/2020

VBenin 0-1 Nigeria27/03/2021

VNigeria 3-0 Lesotho30/03/2021

LNigeria 0-1 Cameroon04/06/2021

DCameroon 0-0 Nigeria08/06/2021

LMexico 4-0 Nigeria03/07/2021

Current form

Away

LSenegal 3-0 Liberia03/08/2019

LSierra Leone 1-0 Liberia08/09/2019

DBotswana 0-0 Liberia30/09/2019

LChad 1-0 Liberia13/10/2019

LEgypt 1-0 Liberia07/11/2019

LMauritania 1-0 Liberia11/06/2021

Overall

DBotswana 0-0 Liberia30/09/2019

VLiberia 1-0 Chad09/10/2019

LChad 1-0 Liberia13/10/2019

LEgypt 1-0 Liberia07/11/2019

LMauritania 1-0 Liberia11/06/2021

VLibya 0-1 Liberia14/06/2021

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	1	0
Loosing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	13	0
Winless streak	0	3
Drawless streak	1	1
Scoring streak	4	0
Goalless streak	0	3
Conceding streak	0	1
Invincibility streak	1	0

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	0	1
Loosing streak	3	0
Unbeaten streak	0	1
Winless streak	9	0
Drawless streak	3	5
Scoring streak	0	1
Goalless streak	8	0
Conceding streak	3	0
Invincibility streak	0	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

0	Number of games (Competition total)	2
0	Number of games (Home / Away)	1
0	Victories (Competition total)	1
0	Victories (Home / Away)	0
0	Draws (Competition total)	0
0	Draws (Home / Away)	0
0	Losses (Competition total)	1
0	Losses (Home / Away)	1

Goals

0	Goals scored (Competition total)	3
0	Goals scored (Home / Away)	0
0	Goals conceded (Competition total)	2
0	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	1
0	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.5
0	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0
0	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1
0	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1

Betting aid

0	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	1
0	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	0
0	Clean sheets (Competition total)	0
0	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	0
0	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	1
0	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	1
0	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	1
0	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	0
0	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	0-1 (1 times)

Bookings

0	Yellow cards (Competition total)	5
0	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	5
0	Red cards (Competition total)	0
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

-	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	1 goal	Sam Johnson
-	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Terrence Tisdell
-	Player with most assists (Competition total)	1 assist	Oscar Dorley
-	The fittest player	1 goal during the last 2 matches	Sam Johnson

Historical head to head

Home

4 matches

4 v

0 d

0 l

15 gf

2 ga

Away

6 matches

2 v

1 d

3 l

6 gf

8 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

1 v

0 d

0 l

1 gf

0 ga

Total

11 matches

7 v

1 d

3 l

22 gf

10 ga

Historical head to head

Home

6 matches

3 v

1 d

2 l

8 gf

6 ga

Away

4 matches

0 v

0 d

4 l

2 gf

15 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

0 v

0 d

1 l

0 gf

1 ga

Total

11 matches

3 v

1 d

7 l

10 gf

22 ga

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 1	October 13, 2012
Home	6 - 1	October 13, 2012

Largest victory

Overall	2 - 0	January 30, 1987
Away	No success yet

Latest head to head

October 13, 2012 - Eliminatoires CAN 2013

Nigeria

6 - 1

Liberia

September 08, 2012 - Eliminatoires CAN 2013

Liberia

2 - 2

Nigeria

January 28, 2002 - CAN 2002

Liberia

0 - 1

Nigeria

May 05, 2001 - Eliminatoires Coupe du Monde - Zone Afrique 2002

Nigeria

2 - 0

Liberia

July 09, 2000 - Eliminatoires Coupe du Monde - Zone Afrique 2002

Liberia

2 - 1

Nigeria

Best historical scorers against Liberia

Ikechukwu Uche	2 goals	2012 - 2012
Humphrey Edobor	2 goals	1984 - 1984
Victor Moses	2 goals	2012 - 2012
Ademola Adeshina	1 goal	1984 - 1984
Clement Temile	1 goal	1984 - 1984
John Obi Mikel	1 goal	2012 - 2012

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 20/10/1984. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Nigeria

Ezekiel Doe	1 goal	1987 - 1987
Sekou Oliseh	1 goal	2012 - 2012
Varmah Kpoto	1 goal	2000 - 2000
George Weah	1 goal	1987 - 1987
Tonia Tisdell	1 goal	2012 - 2012
Christopher Wreh	1 goal	2000 - 2000

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 20/10/1984. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Liberia

Sunday Oliseh	3 matches	2000 - 2002
Nwankwo Kanu	3 matches	2000 - 2002
Garba Lawal	3 matches	2000 - 2002
Joseph Yobo	3 matches	2001 - 2012
Henry Nwosu	2 matches	1984 - 1984
Emmanuel Emenike	2 matches	2012 - 2012

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 20/10/1984. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Nigeria

George Weah	6 matches	1987 - 2002
George Gebro	5 matches	2000 - 2012
Oliver Makor	3 matches	2000 - 2002
Louis Crayton	3 matches	2000 - 2002
Kelvin Sebwe	3 matches	2000 - 2002
Fallah Johnson	3 matches	2000 - 2002