Nigeria and Algeria will play their first games in almost a year on Friday night when lock horns for an international friendly at Jacques Lemans Arena in Austria.
Nigeria would be out for revenge following their 2:1 defeat to Algeria in the 2019 African Cup OF Nations semi-final.
Match preview
You can’t really say that either of the Teams are in good form having not played any game for nearly a year now.
They’d use this fixture to gain fitness and sharpness ahead of their next month’s AFCON qualifying games.
Squads
Below are the players who have been called up by both teams for their upcoming games
Nigeria
Goalkeepers: Dele Alampasu (FK Ventspils, Latvia); Matthew Yakubu (SKF Sered, Slovakia); Maduka Okoye (Sparta Rotterdam, The Netherlands)
Defenders: Kenneth Omeruo (CD Leganes, Spain); Leon Balogun (Glasgow Rangers, Scotland); Chidozie Awaziem (FC Boavista, Portugal); William Ekong (Udinese FC, Italy); Olaoluwa Aina (Fulham FC, England); Jamilu Collins (SC Padeborn 07, Germany); Oluwasemilogo Ajayi (West Bromwich Albion, England); Zaidu Sanusi (FC Porto, Portugal)
Midfielders: Mikel Agu (Vitoria Guimaraes, Portugal); Wilfred Ndidi (Leicester City, England); Frank Onyeka (FC Midtjylland, Denmark); Oghenekaro Etebo (Galatasary SK, Turkey); Samson Tijani (TSV Hartberg, Austria)
Forwards: Ahmed Musa (Al Nassr, Saudi Arabia); Alex Iwobi (Everton FC, England); Victor Osimhen (SSC Napoli, Italy); Moses Simon (FC Nantes, France); Samuel Chukwueze (Villarreal FC, Spain); Cyril Dessers (KRC Genk, Belgium); Kelechi Iheanacho (Leicester City, England); Samuel Kalu (Girondins Bordeaux, France); Chidera Ejuke (CSKA Moscow, Russia).
Algeria squad
Goalkeepers: Raïs M’bolhi (Ettifaq, Saudi Arabia), Izzedine Doukha (Al-Raed, Saudi Arabia), Alexandre Oukidja (FC Metz, France).
Defenders: Mohamed Salim Fares (Lazio, Italy), Aïssa Mandi (Real Betis, Spain), Ramy Bensebaïni (Borussia Monchengladbach, Germany), Jean Mehdi Tahrat (Abha, Saudi Arabia), Mohamed Reda Halaïmia (K. Beerschot VA, Belgium), Mehdi Zeffane (Kylia Sovetov Samara, Russia), Abdeljalil Medioub (CD Tondela, Portugal), Maxime Spano-Rahou (Valenciennes, France).
Midfielders: Adlène Guedioura (Al-Gharafa, Qatar), Ismael Bennacer (AC Milan, Italy), Mehdi Abeïd (Nantes, France), Mehdi Zerkane (Girondins de Bordeaux, France), Sofiane Feghouli (Galatasaray, Turkey), Haris Belkebla (Stade Brestois, France).
Forwards: Baghdad Bounedjah (Al Sadd, Qatar), Farid Boulaya (Metz, France), Ryad Mahrez (Manchester City, England), Yacine Brahimi (Al-Rayyan, Qatar), Saïd Benrahma (Brentford, England), Zinedine Ferhat (Nîmes Olympique, France), Andy Delort (Montpellier HSC, France).
Likely starting lineups
Taking into account, match fitness, current form and national team regulars, these are the likely starting line ups on Friday night.
Nigeria possible starting lineup:
Okoye; Awaziem, Omeruo, Ekong, Aina; Agu, Onyeka, Iwobi; Simon, Onuachu, Chukwueze
Algeria possible starting lineup:
M’Bolhi; Zaffane, Mandi, Tahrat, Bensebaini; Feghouli, Guedioura, Bennacar; Mahrez, Delort, Benrahma
How to watch
The game would be broadcast LIVE on Supersport.
Prediction: here’s supposing it would be a close game so we think it to be 1:1
Next match
Nigeria would then face Morocco in another friendly on 13th October in what would be their final outing before the resumption of the qualifiers.
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