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Nigeria

2 — 1 Sep 25, 2026 · 09:30 PM IST

Madagascar

Africa Cup of Nations Qualification Grp. L · Round 1

Venue Godswill Akpabio International Stadium, Uyo

Referee Alhadi Allaou Mahamat

Player of the Match Alex Iwobi 8.4 90' played

Match Events

16' Away ⚽ Ehsan Kari — 0-1

36' Away Geordan Dupire

45 + 1' Home ⚽ George Ilenikhena — 1-1

HT

57' Home Ademola Lookman

61' Home ↔ Moses Simon → Akor Adams

61' Home ↔ Moses Usor → Samuel Chukwueze

65' Home ⚽ Moses Usor — 2-1

67' Away ↔ Warren Caddy → El Hadary Raheriniaina

69' Home ↔ Taiwo Awoniyi → George Ilenikhena

70' Home ↔ Tolu Arokodare → Ademola Lookman

70' Away ↔ Nicolas Randriamanampisoa → Clément Couturier

70' Away ↔ Nicolas Fontaine → Ryan Ponti

84' Away ↔ Loïc Lapoussin → Marco Ilaimaharitra

84' Away ↔ Roman Ferber → Hakim Abdallah

87' Home ↔ Bright Osayi-Samuel → Ola Aina

90 + 3' Away Nicolas Fontaine

FT

Match Stats

55 45

Ball possession

22 4

Total shots

4 1

Shots on target

34 6

Touches in opposition box

4 1

Big chances

3 0

Big chances missed

404 (88%) 327 (83%)

Accurate passes

1 2

Yellow cards

5 2

Corners

Lineups

Nigeria (4-4-2)

Coach: Éric Chelle

Starting XI

23 Stanley Nwabili 6.3

2 Ola Aina 7.1

6 Semi Ajayi 7.7

21 Calvin Bassey 8.1

3 Bruno Onyemaechi 7.9

11 Samuel Chukwueze 7.1

4 Wilfred Ndidi 7.5

17 Alex Iwobi 8.4

7 Ademola Lookman 7.3

9 George Ilenikhena 7.5

22 Akor Adams 6.3

Substitutes

15 Moses Simon 6.4

24 Moses Usor 7.3

19 Taiwo Awoniyi 6.3

10 Tolu Arokodare 6.2

12 Bright Osayi-Samuel

16 Arthur Okonkwo

1 Maduka Okoye

13 Chibuike Nwaiwu

18 Emmanuel Fernandez

8 Frank Onyeka

14 Isaac James

20 Raphael Onyedika

Madagascar (4-2-3-1)

Coach: Corentin Martins

Starting XI

1 Geordan Dupire 6.4

22 Mathieu Acapandié 7.1

15 Ehsan Kari 7.4

5 Sandro Trémoulet 6.5

3 Jean-Pierre Morgan 6.7

14 Clément Couturier 6.1

6 Marco Ilaimaharitra 6.6

11 Ryan Ponti 7.2

7 Rayan Raveloson 6.5

10 El Hadary Raheriniaina 6.7

19 Hakim Abdallah 5.6

Substitutes

9 Warren Caddy 5.6

4 Nicolas Randriamanampisoa 6

13 Nicolas Fontaine 5.7

17 Loïc Lapoussin

18 Roman Ferber

16 Razakanirina Rakotohasimbola

23 Sonny Laiton

12 Bono Rabearivelo

2 Radoniaina Rabemanantsoa

21 Thomas Fontaine

8 Behaja Tsirava ↗

20 Arnaud Randrianantenaina