Nigeria vs Iceland Soccer Preview-Predictions
Iceland is hoping for all three points against Nigeria at the Volgograd Arena on Friday, after pulling off one of the shocks of the opening round of fixtures at the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia. In their opening match, they managed to hold Argentina to a 1-1 draw thanks to a hard-working collective performance. The Icelanders visibly grew in confidence after Messi missed the penalty that could have won the game.
If defeat is on Nigeria’s door it would mean for them an early exit from the tournament. So they’ll be having a significant psychological pressure for this match. The team of Gernot Rohr seemed very unconvincing in their first match in Russia, having predictable attacks and less assured defending set pieces in a deserved 2-0 reverse to Croatia.
Did you know that out of the 13 matches at the FIFA World Cup Nigeria have won just one, and that’s the victory against Bosnia and Herzegovina in 2014, June 21st in Cuiaba during the group stage of Brazil 2014. On that occasion, Peter Odemwingie got the only goal of the game.
Possible line-ups:
Nigeria: William Troost-Ekong, Leon Balogun, Brian Idowu, Victor Moses, Odion Ighalo, Alex Iwobi, Francis Uzoho, Abdullahi Shehu, Wilfred Ndidi, John Obi Mikel, Oghenekaro Etebo.
Iceland: Emil Hallfredsson, Aron Gunnarsson, Hannes Halldorsson, Birkir Saevarsson, Kari Arnason, Ragnar Sigurdsson, Hordor Magnusson, Gylfi Sigurdsson, Birkir Bjarnason, Rurik Gislason, Alfred Finnbogason.
Nigeria vs Iceland Soccer Preview-Predictions
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