Uganda and Nigeria will accommodated for the additional time at the TotalEnergies CAF Africa Cup of Nations back they face off in a Accumulation C affray at the Complex Sportif de Fès on 30 December. Kick-off is appointed for 17h00 bounded time (16h00 GMT).
Their alone antecedent AFCON affair came in the semi-finals of the 1978 tournament, back Uganda claimed a 2-1 achievement over Nigeria, a aftereffect that charcoal their sole appointment at the finals to date.
In that 1978 semi-final, Abdulla Nasur gave Uganda the beforehand in the 11th minute afore Martins Eyo equalised for Nigeria in the 54th minute. Phillip Omondi again denticulate the absolute ambition aloof four account afterwards to accelerate Uganda through.
Overall, the abandon accept met eight times above all competitions. Uganda authority the bend with four wins to Nigeria’s two, while two matches accept concluded in draws.
Uganda and Nigeria accept additionally been commutual calm in AFCON condoning for the 1994 and 2008 tournaments. Above those four qualifiers, Nigeria recorded two wins, Uganda one, with one draw. On both occasions, Nigeria progressed advanced of Uganda.
Their best contempo affair was an all-embracing affable played on 20 November 2018, which concluded in a aimless draw in Asaba.
Uganda are currently three matches best adjoin Nigeria (W2 D1).
Nigeria’s aftermost achievement over Uganda came in AFCON condoning for the 2008 tournament, back they won 1-0 on 24 March 2007 at the MKO Abiola Stadium in Abeokuta, with Nwankwo Kanu scoring the alone ambition in the 73rd minute.
PAST MEETINGS
OVERALL Uganda: P8 W4 D2 L2 GF6 GA5 GD 1 Nigeria: P8 W2 D2 L4 GF5 GA6 GD-1
AFCON ONLY Uganda: P1 W1 D0 L0 GF2 GA1 GD 1 Nigeria: P1 W0 D0 L1 GF1 GA2 GD-1
PAST AFCON MEETINGS 1978, Semi-finals – 14 March 1978 Uganda 2 (Nasur 11’, Omondi 58’) Nigeria 1 (Eyo 54’)
Uganda – Key Statistics
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Have amorphous the clash with a accident to Tunisia and a draw adjoin Tanzania.
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Their winless run at AFCON has continued to bristles matches (D2 L3).
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Last achievement at AFCON was a 2-0 win over DR Congo in their aperture bold of the 2019 tournament.
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Have conceded in their aftermost bristles AFCON matches; their aftermost apple-pie area came in their aperture bold in 2019.
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Their almanac in additional accumulation matches at AFCON reads: P6 W1 D1 L4.
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Have alone won their final accumulation bold once, in 1978, with a 3-0 achievement over Morocco.
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Have absent their final accumulation amateur in 1968, 1974, 1976 and 2019.
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Last abhorred defeat in their final accumulation bold in 2017, cartoon 1-1 with Mali.
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Lost their final accumulation bold in 2019, a 2-0 defeat to Egypt.
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Failure to win will see Uganda avenue AFCON for a sixth time afterwards registering a victory, accepting additionally gone winless in 1962, 1968, 1974, 1976 and 2017.
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Progression to the abutting annular would see them beforehand above the accumulation date for alone the third time, afterwards 1978 and 2019.
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Uganda’s two goals at the clash accept both been denticulate by substitutes: Denis Omedi adjoin Tunisia and Uche Ikpeazu adjoin Tanzania.
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Three of Uganda’s aftermost bristles AFCON goals accept been headers; two were denticulate in 2019, while the ambition adjoin Tanzania is the alone one from accessible play.
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Denis Omedi has been complex in both of Uganda’s goals, scoring adjoin Tunisia and acceptable adjoin Tanzania.
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Omedi has appeared as a acting in both matches and has recorded a ambition captivation in each.
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Allan Okello attempted bristles shots adjoin Tanzania, the best by a Ugandan amateur in a distinct bout at the 2025 AFCON.
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Uganda registered six shots on ambition adjoin Tanzania and conceded from the alone attempt on ambition they faced.
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The six shots on ambition adjoin Tanzania are the best they accept managed in a distinct bout at the tournament, while the one attempt faced is the fewest; they faced six shots on ambition in their aperture bout adjoin Tunisia.
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Uganda accept conceded four goals from the seven shots on ambition they accept faced at the tournament.
Nigeria – Key Statistics
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Have won their aboriginal two accumulation matches, acquisition Tanzania and Tunisia.
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Have already able for the knockout stages.
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This will be Nigeria’s 16th alternating actualization in the AFCON knockout rounds.
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They aftermost bootless to ability the knockout date in 1982.
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This is the 19th time Nigeria accept progressed above the accumulation date at AFCON.
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No nation has recorded as abounding afterwards appearances in the knockout circuit as Nigeria.
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Victory over Tunisia was Nigeria’s 35th group-stage win at AFCON, accomplished in their 59th accumulation bout (W35 D14 L10); alone Egypt (41) accept added group-stage wins.
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Have won anniversary of their aftermost four AFCON accumulation matches: the final two amateur of the 2023 clash (1-0 wins over Côte d’Ivoire and Guinea-Bissau) and their aperture two matches at the accepted edition.
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All four of those victories accept been by a single-goal margin.
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Their aftermost group-stage win by added than one ambition was a 2-0 achievement over Guinea-Bissau in 2019.
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Nigeria aftermost won bristles afterwards AFCON accumulation matches back they claimed their final two amateur in 2004 and all three accumulation amateur in 2006.
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Victory would see them win all three accumulation matches at an AFCON for the aboriginal time back 2021.
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Nigeria accept denticulate in anniversary of their aftermost nine AFCON matches; they aftermost bootless to account in their Annular of 16 defeat to Tunisia in 2021.
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They accept begin the net in their aftermost eight AFCON accumulation matches, aftermost declining to account in their final accumulation bold of the 2019 tournament, a 2-0 accident to Madagascar.
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Since 2010, Nigeria accept denticulate eight headed goals at AFCON; alone Cameroon (11) and Côte d’Ivoire (10) accept denticulate added in that period.
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Victor Osimhen denticulate his additional AFCON ambition adjoin Tunisia; his aboriginal came at the 2023 copy adjoin Equatorial Guinea in Nigeria’s 1-1 opening-match draw.
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Both of Osimhen’s AFCON goals accept been assisted by Ademola Lookman, and both were headers.
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Osimhen has denticulate six goals in his aftermost bristles matches in all competitions for Nigeria.
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Ademola Lookman, with one ambition and two assists adjoin Tunisia, became alone the additional Nigerian amateur back 2010 to be complex in three goals in a distinct AFCON match, afterwards Odion Ighalo adjoin Cameroon in 2019 (2 goals, 1 assist).
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Lookman has now denticulate bristles goals at AFCON.
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In nine AFCON appearances, Lookman has recorded eight ambition involvements, scoring bristles goals and accouterment three assists.
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Nigeria accept conceded a ambition in anniversary of their aftermost four AFCON matches; their aftermost apple-pie area came in a 1-0 achievement over Angola in the quarter-finals of the 2023 tournament.