Cape Verde Islands vs Nigeria match stats & report
1–2 Full time
Cape Verde Islands stats & fixtures · Nigeria stats & fixtures
Cape Verde Islands lost to Nigeria 1–2 in the World Cup - Qualification Africa (Group C - 2) on 7 September 2021.
Goals and cards
- 19' Goal Dylan Tavares Cape Verde Islands
- 29' Goal V. Osimhen Nigeria
- 76' Own goal K. Rocha Santos Nigeria
- 87' Yellow card M. Okoye Nigeria
- 90+3' Yellow card Kenneth Omeruo Nigeria
The Ghost's call
The Ghost made no call on this match before kickoff.
Team news & lineups
Cape Verde Islands
Bench Vagner , Marco Soares , Júlio Tavares , Vasco Lopes , Willis Alvés Furtado , Cláudio Tavares , Dylan Silva , Henrique , Kevin Pina , Lorenzo Fonseca , Márcio Rosa , Telmo Arcanjo
Nigeria
Bench F. Onyeka , T. Moffi , Zaidu , P. Onuachu , Daniel Akpeyi , F. Uzoho , A. Adeleke , V. Ozornwafor
Form guide
Cape Verde Islands at home
3–1–1 in 5 matches
- Scored
- 2.0 per game
- Conceded
- 0.4 per game
- Clean sheets
- 4 / 5
- Corners
- 4.0 per game
- Shots on target
- 4.0 per game
Based on 5 matches — treat these numbers lightly.
Nigeria away
4–4–2 in 10 matches
- Scored
- 1.8 per game
- Conceded
- 1.4 per game
- Clean sheets
- 3 / 10
- Corners
- 3.3 per game
- Shots on target
- 4.6 per game
22% of their goals arrive after the 75th minute.