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Nigeria 3-1 Algérie - November 12, 2016 / Eliminatoires Coupe du Monde - Zone Afrique 2018

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Eliminatoires Coupe du Monde - Zone Afrique 2018 - Journée 2 - Groupe B

Godswill Akpabio International Stadium - Uyo - Nigeria

November 12, 2016

3 - 1

Algérie

Algeria

(right foot) Victor Moses

25'

Assist by Alex Iwobi (right foot) John Obi Mikel

42'

Assist by Ahmed Musa (right foot) Victor Moses

90+2'

67'

Nabil Bentaleb (left foot) Assist by Riyad Mahrez

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25' - Goal Victor Moses25

26' - Yellow card Victor Moses26

42' - Goal John Obi Mikel42

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50' - Yellow card Nabil Bentaleb

61' - Yellow card Aissa Mandi

66' - Substitution Kenneth Omeruois substituted by Abdullahi Shehu66

67' - Goal Nabil Bentaleb

71' - Substitution Carl Medjaniis substituted by Mehdi Abeid

75' - Substitution Alex Iwobiis substituted by Ahmed Musa75

80' - Substitution Mohamed Khoutir Zitiis substituted by Sofiane Feghouli

83' - Substitution John Obi Mikelis substituted by Wilfred Ndidi83

86' - Substitution Saphir Taïderis substituted by Baghdad Bounedjah

92' - Goal Victor Moses92

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Nigeria

3 - 1

Algérie

Nigeria Algérie

Team line-ups

Nigeria

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

14Iheanacho

Kelechi Iheanacho

Nigeria

B.date03/10/1996

Age20 years

H1m85

positionCentre forward

18Iwobi75

Alex Iwobi

Nigeria

B.date03/05/1996

Age20 years

H1m75

positionLeft Winger

11Moses259226

Victor Moses

Nigeria

B.date12/12/1990

Age25 years

H1m77

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

17Onazi

Ogenyi Onazi

Nigeria

B.date25/12/1992

Age23 years

H1m70

positionDefensive Midfielder

10Obi Mikel4283

John Obi Mikel

Nigeria

B.date22/04/1987

Age29 years

H1m88

positionDefensive Midfielder

20Etebo

Peter Etebo

Nigeria

B.date09/11/1995

Age21 years

H1m76

positionBox-to-box midfielder

3Echiejile

Elderson Echiejile

Nigeria

B.date20/01/1988

Age28 years

H1m84

positionLeft full-back

6Balogun

Leon Balogun

Nigeria

B.date28/06/1988

Age28 years

H1m90

positionCentral defender

5Troost-Ekong

William Troost-Ekong

Nigeria

B.date01/09/1993

Age23 years

H1m89

positionCentral defender

4Omeruo66

Kenneth Omeruo

Nigeria

B.date17/10/1993

Age23 years

H1m85

positionCentral defender

1Akpeyi

Daniel Akpeyi

Nigeria

B.date03/08/1986

Age30 years

H1m86

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Daniel Akpeyi		30	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	D	Kenneth Omeruo	66	23	34	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	William Troost-Ekong		23	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	D	Leon Balogun		28	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Elderson Echiejile		28	53	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	M	John Obi Mikel	4283	29	78	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
17	M	Ogenyi Onazi		23	43	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
20	M	Peter Etebo		21	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	M	Victor Moses	259226	25	28	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
18	M	Alex Iwobi	75	20	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	F	Kelechi Iheanacho		20	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

24.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Algérie

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

13Slimani

Islam Slimani

Algeria

B.date18/06/1988

Age28 years

H1m88

positionCentre forward

11Brahimi

Yacine Brahimi

Algeria

B.date08/02/1990

Age26 years

H1m72

positionPlaymaker

7Mahrez

Riyad Mahrez

Algeria

B.date21/02/1991

Age25 years

H1m79

positionRight Winger

14Bentaleb6750

Nabil Bentaleb

Algeria

B.date24/11/1994

Age21 years

H1m87

positionCentre Midfield

8Taïder86

Saphir Taïder

Algeria

B.date29/02/1992

Age24 years

H1m80

positionLeft central midfielder

12Medjani71

Carl Medjani

Algeria

B.date15/05/1985

Age31 years

H1m84

positionCentral defender

3Ghoulam

Faouzi Ghoulam

Algeria

B.date01/02/1991

Age25 years

H1m86

positionLeft full-back

5Belkaroui

Hichem Belkaroui

Algeria

B.date24/08/1990

Age26 years

H1m85

positionCentral defender

2Mandi61

Aissa Mandi

Algeria

B.date22/10/1991

Age25 years

H1m86

positionRight central defender

22Ziti80

Mohamed Khoutir Ziti

Algeria

B.date19/04/1990

Age26 years

H1m82

positionRight full-back

23Mbolhi

Raïs Ouahab Mbolhi

Algeria

B.date25/04/1986

Age30 years

H1m90

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
23	G	Raïs Ouahab Mbolhi		30	49	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
12	M	Carl Medjani	71	31	54	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	D	Aissa Mandi	61	25	25	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	Hichem Belkaroui		26	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
22	D	Mohamed Khoutir Ziti	80	26	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Faouzi Ghoulam		25	29	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Saphir Taïder	86	24	37	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	M	Nabil Bentaleb	6750	21	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	M	Yacine Brahimi		26	31	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
13	F	Islam Slimani		28	47	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	M	Riyad Mahrez		25	27	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.1 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
16	G	Ikechukwu Ezenwa		28
23	G	Dele Alampasu		19
12	D	Abdullahi Shehu	66	23	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	D	Musa Muhammed		20
23	M	Wilfred Ndidi	83	19	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
19	M	John Ogu		28
15	M	Moses Simon		21
7	F	Ahmed Musa	75	24	60	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	F	Odion Ighalo		27
22	F	Ushé Agba		30
8	F	Brown Ideye		28

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Chamseddine Rahmani		26
4	D	Liassine Cadamuro		28
21	D	Mehdi Tahrat		26
20	D	Houari Ferhani		23
17	M	Adlène Guedioura		31
19	M	Mehdi Abeid	71	24	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	M	Ismaël Bennacer		18
10	M	Sofiane Feghouli	80	26	42	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	M	Sofianne Hanni		25
15	F	Baghdad Bounedjah	86	24	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
18	F	Yassine Benzia		22

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Daniel Akpeyi

Carl Ikeme

OUT

Victor Moses

Moses Simon

OUT

Leon Balogun

Brown Ideye

OUT

Peter Etebo

Wilfred Ndidi

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Hichem Belkaroui

Liassine Cadamuro

OUT

Yacine Brahimi

Hillal Soudani

OUT

Mohamed Khoutir Ziti

Mehdi Zeffane

OUT

Aissa Mandi

Adlène Guedioura

OUT

Nabil Bentaleb

Ryad Boudebouz

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Gernot Rohr

Success rate in this team:

100 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

38 %

Rohr vs Algérie

2 victories

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on November 12, 2016

Rohr vs Leekens

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on November 12, 2016

Manager

Age

Match num

Georges Leekens

Success rate in this team:

38 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

44 %

Leekens vs Nigeria

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on November 12, 2016

Leekens vs Rohr

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on November 12, 2016

Referee

Bakary Papa Gassama

4 victories	2 draws	3 losses	Nigeria9 matches	General total	Algérie6 matches	2 victories	0 draw	4 losses
1 victory	1 draw	0 loss	Nigeria2 matches	Season total	Algérie1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on January 11, 2022					Latest figure on March 29, 2022

Videos

November 13, 2016

Comments

Key figures

Nigeria keeps its 5 consecutive matches without a draw vs Algérie running (since 21/01/2002). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 28/07/1978-10/03/1982 time period (5 matches).

Nigeria keeps its 5 consecutive wins vs Algérie running (since 21/01/2002). It's a record streak. The first of history

Nigeria keeps its 5 matches with at least one goal scored vs Algérie at home in Eliminatoires Coupe du Monde - Zone Afrique running (since 03/07/1993). It's a record streak. The first of history

Read the next 25 key stats

General ranking

	1	Nigeria	6 pts	2 rd
	2	Cameroun	2 pts	2 rd
+1	3	Zambie	1 pt	2 rd
-1	4	Algérie	1 pt	2 rd

General ranking

	1	Nigeria	6 pts	2 rd
	2	Cameroun	2 pts	2 rd
+1	3	Zambie	1 pt	2 rd
-1	4	Algérie	1 pt	2 rd

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VNigeria 2-0 Chad13/06/2015

VNigeria 2-0 Niger08/09/2015

VNigeria 2-0 Burkina Faso17/10/2015

VNigeria 2-0 eSwatini17/11/2015

DNigeria 1-1 Egypt25/03/2016

VNigeria 1-0 Tanzania03/09/2016

Overall

DNigeria 1-1 Egypt25/03/2016

LEgypt 1-0 Nigeria29/03/2016

VNigeria 1-0 Mali27/05/2016

VLuxembourg 1-3 Nigeria31/05/2016

VNigeria 1-0 Tanzania03/09/2016

VZambia 1-2 Nigeria09/10/2016

Current form

Away

DTunisia 1-1 Algérie11/01/2015

LQatar 1-0 Algérie26/03/2015

VLesotho 1-3 Algérie06/09/2015

DTanzania 2-2 Algérie14/11/2015

DEthiopia 3-3 Algérie29/03/2016

VSeychelles 0-2 Algérie02/06/2016

Overall

VAlgérie 7-0 Tanzania17/11/2015

VAlgérie 7-1 Ethiopia25/03/2016

DEthiopia 3-3 Algérie29/03/2016

VSeychelles 0-2 Algérie02/06/2016

VAlgérie 6-0 Lesotho04/09/2016

DAlgérie 1-1 Cameroon09/10/2016

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	1	4
Unbeaten streak	6	4
Drawless streak	1	5
Scoring streak	6	4
Conceding streak	0	1
Invincibility streak	1	0

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	1	0
Drawing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	4	8
Winless streak	0	1
Drawless streak	1	0
Scoring streak	4	12
Conceding streak	0	1
Invincibility streak	1	0

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

General ranking (Competition total)

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

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

Goals

4	Goals scored (Competition total)	10
2	Goals scored (Home / Away)	2
1	Goals conceded (Competition total)	3
0	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	2
1.33	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	3.33
2	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	2
0.33	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1
0	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	2

Betting aid

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

Bookings

6	Yellow cards (Competition total)	5
3	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	1
0	Red cards (Competition total)	0
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Efe Ambrose	1 goal	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	4 goals	Islam Slimani
Efe Ambrose	1 goal	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	2 goals	Islam Slimani
-		Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Faouzi Ghoulam
-		Player with most assists (Competition total)	1 assist	Islam Slimani
Alex Iwobi	1 goal during the last match	The fittest player	4 goals, 1 assist during the last 3 matches	Islam Slimani

Historical head to head

Home

6 matches

4 v

1 d

1 l

12 gf

5 ga

Away

8 matches

1 v

1 d

6 l

9 gf

15 ga

Neutral ground

4 matches

2 v

2 d

0 l

3 gf

1 ga

Total

18 matches

7 v

4 d

7 l

24 gf

21 ga

Historical head to head

Home

8 matches

6 v

1 d

1 l

15 gf

9 ga

Away

6 matches

1 v

1 d

4 l

5 gf

12 ga

Neutral ground

4 matches

0 v

2 d

2 l

1 gf

3 ga

Total

18 matches

7 v

4 d

7 l

21 gf

24 ga

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 2	September 04, 2005
Home	4 - 1	July 03, 1993

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 1	March 02, 1990
Away	2 - 0	October 10, 1981

Latest head to head

January 30, 2010 - CAN 2010

Nigeria

1 - 0

Algérie

September 04, 2005 - Eliminatoires Coupe du Monde - Zone Afrique 2006

Algérie

2 - 5

Nigeria

July 03, 2004 - Eliminatoires Coupe du Monde - Zone Afrique 2006

Nigeria

1 - 0

Algérie

January 21, 2002 - CAN 2002

Algérie

0 - 1

Nigeria

October 08, 1993 - Eliminatoires Coupe du Monde - Zone Afrique 1994

Algérie

1 - 1

Nigeria

Best historical scorers against Algérie

Obafemi Martins	3 goals	2005 - 2005
Segun Odegbami	2 goals	1980 - 1980
Rashidi Yekini	2 goals	1993 - 1993
Joseph Yobo	1 goal	2004 - 2004
Emanuel Okocha	1 goal	1990 - 1990
Chris Obodo	1 goal	2005 - 2005

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 22/03/1980. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Nigeria

Rabah Madjer	3 goals	1981 - 1990
Abdelhafid Tasfaout	2 goals	1993 - 1993
Lakhdar Belloumi	2 goals	1981 - 1981
Djamel Menad	2 goals	1990 - 1990
Chérif Oudjani	2 goals	1988 - 1990
Djamel Amani	1 goal	1990 - 1990

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 22/03/1980. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Algérie

Rashidi Yekini	6 matches	1984 - 1993
Augustine Eguavoen	5 matches	1988 - 1993
Ademola Adeshina	5 matches	1988 - 1990
Sunday Eboigbe	4 matches	1984 - 1988
Stephen Keshi	4 matches	1984 - 1993
Peter Rufai	4 matches	1984 - 1988

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 22/03/1980. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Nigeria

Lakhdar Belloumi	7 matches	1980 - 1988
Djamel Menad	5 matches	1984 - 1990
Mehdi Cerbah	5 matches	1980 - 1984
Fodil Megharia	5 matches	1988 - 1990
Tahar Cherif El Ouazzani	5 matches	1988 - 1993
Rabah Madjer	5 matches	1981 - 1990