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Nigeria 2-0 Liberia - May 05, 2001 / World Cup Qualifying - Africa Zone 2002

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World Cup Qualifying - Africa Zone 2002 - Group 2

Liberation Stadium - Port Harcourt - Nigeria

May 05, 2001

12 000

Nigeria

2 - 0

Liberia

Nwankwo Kanu

11'

Victor Agali

59'

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11' - Goal Nwankwo Kanu11

30' - Substitution Varmah Kpotois substituted by Fallah Johnson

43' - Substitution Sunday Olisehis substituted by Pascal Ojigwe43

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59' - Goal Victor Agali59

61' - Substitution Tijjani Babangidais substituted by Duke Udi61

70' - Substitution Musa Shannonis substituted by Isaac Tondo photo Alex Brown

70' - Substitution Christopher Wrehis substituted by Alex Brown

80' - Substitution Eric Ejioforis substituted by Emeka Ifejiagwa80

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Nigeria

2 - 0

Liberia

Nigeria Liberia

Team line-ups

Nigeria

Shorunmu

Ike Shorunmu

Nigeria

B.date16/10/1967

Age33 years

H1m85

positionGoalkeeper

Ejiofor80

Eric Ejiofor

Nigeria

B.date21/07/1979

Age21 years

H1m81

positionDefender

West

Taribo West

Nigeria

B.date26/03/1974

Age27 years

H1m85

positionCentral defender

Yobo

Joseph Yobo

Nigeria

B.date06/09/1980

Age20 years

H1m82

positionRight central defender

Lawal

Garba Lawal

Nigeria

B.date22/05/1974

Age26 years

H1m90

positionLeft full-back

Oliseh43

Sunday Oliseh

Nigeria

B.date14/09/1974

Age26 years

H1m83

positionDefensive Midfielder

Christopher

Justice Christopher

Nigeria

B.date24/12/1981

Age19 years

H1m82

positionRight Midfielder

Finidi

Nigeria

B.date15/04/1971

Age30 years

H1m87

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

Babangida61

Tijjani Babangida

Nigeria

B.date25/09/1973

Age27 years

H1m66

positionRight Winger

Agali59

Victor Agali

Nigeria

B.date29/12/1978

Age22 years

H1m93

positionStriker

Kanu11

Nwankwo Kanu

Nigeria

B.date01/08/1976

Age24 years

H1m96

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Ike Shorunmu		33	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Eric Ejiofor	80	21	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Taribo West		27	29	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Joseph Yobo		20	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Garba Lawal		26	25	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Sunday Oliseh	43	26	46	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Justice Christopher		19	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Finidi		30	47	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Tijjani Babangida	61	27	29	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Victor Agali	59	22	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Nwankwo Kanu	11	24	25	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Liberia

Crayton

Louis Crayton

Liberia

B.date26/10/1977

Age23 years

H1m81

positionGoalkeeper

Kpoto30

Varmah Kpoto

Liberia

B.date28/01/1978

Age23 years

positionDefender

Gebro

George Gebro

Liberia

B.date13/09/1981

Age19 years

H1m72

positionLeft full-back

Nagbe

Joe Nagbe

Liberia

B.date02/09/1968

Age32 years

H1m75

positionMidfield

Sebwe

Kelvin Sebwe

Liberia

B.date04/04/1972

Age29 years

H1m87

positionOffensive Midfielder

Makor

Oliver Makor

Liberia

B.date09/10/1973

Age27 years

H1m68

positionOffensive Midfielder

Shannon70

Musa Shannon

Liberia

B.date01/08/1975

Age25 years

H1m82

positionForward

Wreh70

Christopher Wreh

Liberia

B.date14/05/1975

Age25 years

H1m72

positionStriker

Roberts

Zizi Roberts

Liberia

B.date19/07/1979

Age21 years

H1m88

positionStriker

Weah

George Weah

Liberia

B.date01/10/1966

Age34 years

H1m84

positionStriker

Daye

Prince Daye

Liberia

B.date11/04/1978

Age23 years

H1m75

positionForward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Louis Crayton		23	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Varmah Kpoto	30	23	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	George Gebro		19	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Joe Nagbe		32	41	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Kelvin Sebwe		29	36	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Oliver Makor		27	20	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Musa Shannon	70	25	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Christopher Wreh	70	25	25	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Zizi Roberts		21	31	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	George Weah		34	65	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Prince Daye		23	16	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

			Age	Match num	Note
D	Emeka Ifejiagwa	80	23	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Pascal Ojigwe	43	24	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Duke Udi	61	24	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

			Age	Match num	Note
D	Fallah Johnson	30	24	26	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Alex Brown	70	23	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Isaac Tondo	70	20	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Tijjani Babangida

Yakubu Ayegbeni

OUT

Victor Agali

Julius Aghahowa

OUT

Garba Lawal

Ifeanyi Udeze

OUT

Nwankwo Kanu

Benedict Akwuegbu

OUT

Eric Ejiofor

Emeka Ifejiagwa

OUT

Ike Shorunmu

Peterside Idah

OUT

Justice Christopher

Augustine Okocha

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

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Referee

An Yan Lim Kee Chong

5 victories	2 draws	0 loss	Nigeria7 matches	General total	Liberia1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	Nigeria1 match	Season total	Liberia1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on June 16, 2001					Latest figure on May 05, 2001

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Key figures

End of streak for Nigeria after 3 matches with at least one goal conceded vs Liberia at home (since 28/06/1987). It's a record streak. The first of history

It's the first time Victor Agali scores 1 goal vs Liberia in his professional career

End of streak for Nigeria after 3 consecutive losses at home (since 24/06/1998). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 11/12/1996 (2 matches)

Read the next 21 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VNigeria 3-2 Malawi04/06/2000

VNigeria 4-1 Malawi06/06/2000

VNigeria 2-0 Sierra Leone17/06/2000

VNigeria 4-0 Namibia02/09/2000

VNigeria 1-0 Zambia13/01/2001

VNigeria 3-0 Sudan27/01/2001

Overall

DMadagascar 0-0 Nigeria07/10/2000

VNigeria 1-0 Zambia13/01/2001

VNigeria 3-0 Sudan27/01/2001

DGhana 0-0 Nigeria11/03/2001

DZambia 1-1 Nigeria24/03/2001

LSierra Leone 1-0 Nigeria21/04/2001

Current form

Away

LSudan 2-0 Liberia18/06/2000

LCape Verde 1-0 Liberia03/07/2000

LSouth Africa 2-1 Liberia16/12/2000

VGhana 1-3 Liberia28/01/2001

VCongo 0-1 Liberia25/03/2001

LMali 3-0 Liberia08/04/2001

Overall

VLiberia 5-1 Congo14/01/2001

VGhana 1-3 Liberia28/01/2001

VLiberia 1-0 Sierra Leone25/02/2001

VCongo 0-1 Liberia25/03/2001

LMali 3-0 Liberia08/04/2001

VLiberia 2-0 Sudan22/04/2001

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	7	0
Loosing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	65	0
Winless streak	0	3
Drawless streak	7	1
Scoring streak	11	0
Goalless streak	0	1
Conceding streak	0	2
Invincibility streak	4	0

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	0	1
Loosing streak	1	0
Unbeaten streak	0	1
Winless streak	1	0
Drawless streak	14	12
Scoring streak	0	1
Goalless streak	1	0
Conceding streak	1	0
Invincibility streak	0	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

7	Number of games (Competition total)	7
3	Number of games (Home / Away)	3
3	Victories (Competition total)	5
3	Victories (Home / Away)	2
2	Draws (Competition total)	1
0	Draws (Home / Away)	0
2	Losses (Competition total)	1
0	Losses (Home / Away)	1

Goals

10	Goals scored (Competition total)	9
9	Goals scored (Home / Away)	4
3	Goals conceded (Competition total)	4
0	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	3
1.43	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.29
3	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.33
0.43	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0.57
0	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1

Betting aid

3	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	2
2	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	1
5	Clean sheets (Competition total)	4
3	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	1
3	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	2
0	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	1
1	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	2
0	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	1
4-0 (1 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	1-0 (1 times)

Bookings

5	Yellow cards (Competition total)	15
0	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	10
0	Red cards (Competition total)	0
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Nwankwo Kanu	2 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	2 goals	Kelvin Sebwe
Nwankwo Kanu	2 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	1 goal	Oliver Makor
Victor Agali	2 goals during the last 3 matches	The fittest player	1 goal during the last match	Kelvin Sebwe

Historical head to head

Home

2 matches

2 v

0 d

0 l

7 gf

1 ga

Away

5 matches

2 v

0 d

3 l

4 gf

6 ga

Total

7 matches

4 v

0 d

3 l

11 gf

7 ga

Historical head to head

Home

5 matches

3 v

0 d

2 l

6 gf

4 ga

Away

2 matches

0 v

0 d

2 l

1 gf

7 ga

Total

7 matches

3 v

0 d

4 l

7 gf

11 ga

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 1	July 11, 1987
Home	4 - 1	July 11, 1987

Largest victory

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

Latest head to head

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

Liberia

2 - 1

Nigeria

July 11, 1987 - Eliminatoires Jeux Olympiques - Zone Afrique 1988

Nigeria

4 - 1

Liberia

June 28, 1987 - Eliminatoires Jeux Olympiques - Zone Afrique 1988

Liberia

2 - 1

Nigeria

January 30, 1987 - Rencontres amicales 1987

Liberia

2 - 0

Nigeria

November 04, 1984 - Eliminatoires Coupe du Monde - Zone Afrique 1986

Liberia

0 - 1

Nigeria

Best historical scorers against Liberia

Humphrey Edobor	2 goals	1984 - 1984
Sunday Oliseh	1 goal	2000 - 2000
Ademola Adeshina	1 goal	1984 - 1984
Clement Temile	1 goal	1984 - 1984

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

Varmah Kpoto	1 goal	2000 - 2000
George Weah	1 goal	1987 - 1987
Christopher Wreh	1 goal	2000 - 2000
Ezekiel Doe	1 goal	1987 - 1987

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

Bright Omokaro	2 matches	1984 - 1984
Humphrey Edobor	2 matches	1984 - 1984
Wahab Adesina	2 matches	1984 - 1984
Peter Rufai	2 matches	1984 - 1984
Henry Nwosu	2 matches	1984 - 1984
Yisa Shofowre	2 matches	1984 - 1984

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	4 matches	1987 - 2000
Alex Brown	1 match	2000 - 2000
Varmah Kpoto	1 match	2000 - 2000
Fallah Johnson	1 match	2000 - 2000
George Gebro	1 match	2000 - 2000
Kelvin Sebwe	1 match	2000 - 2000