Algeria vs. Nigeria: Preview, betting tips, prediction as Super Eagles dare Desert Foxes
Nigeria and Algeria are playing a friendly match on Tuesday, 27 September at the Olympic Stadium in Oran. The two teams are building up towards qualification for the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations after missing out on tickets to the FIFA World Cup in Qatar. Algeria defeated Guinea 1-0 in Friday, while Nigeria managed a 2-2 draw with the home-based Algerian team in Constantine on the same day.
Algeria and Nigeria have met 21 times, with either side winning nine times and drawing three. The last draw was in 1993. Nigeria won six of the nine games since. Algeria have recent momentum, having won at Afcon and in a 2020 friendly in Austria.
Nigeria are without Victor Osimhen and Umar Sadiq. Wilfred Ndidi and William Troost-Ekong have left the camp due to injury. Jose Peseiro's team has Kelechi Iheanacho, Taiwo Awoniyi, Cyriel Dessers and Terem Moffi.
The Foxes are typically difficult to beat in front of their fans. Algeria haven't lost on home soil in four years. Nigeria have only one win in their last 16 friendly matches.
Algeria and Nigeria are playing each other.
