Friendly

Republic of Ireland 1–1 Nigeria

Friday 29 May 2009 · London, England (neutral)

Republic of Ireland1–1Nigeria

Goals2

0′15′30′45′60′75′90′Eneramo Keane

30′0–1Michael Eneramo Nigeria
38′1–1Robbie Keane Republic of Ireland

Line-ups

Starters, then substitutes who came on. ● a goal; yellow and red marks are cards; ↑ on, ↓ off.

Republic of Ireland

1Shay GivenGK ↓46′
2Kevin FoleyDF ↓72′
3Eddie NolanDF
4Sean St. LedgerDF
5Richard DunneDF
6Liam MillerMF
7Liam LawrenceMF ↓81′
8Keith AndrewsMF ↓58′
11Damien DuffMF ↓46′
9Leon BestFW
10Robbie KeaneFW● ↓46′

Came on

16Kieren WestwoodGK↑46′
18Aiden McGeadyMF↑46′
20Shane LongFW↑46′
19Glenn WhelanMF↑58′
13Paul McShaneDF↑72′
17Stephen HuntMF↑81′

Nigeria

Came on

9Victor ObinnaFW↑61′
11Peter OdemwingieFW↑61′
5Obinna NwaneriDF↑78′

No cards.

Elo

World Football Elo before kick-off, and what the result did to it.

Republic of Ireland: 1790 → 1791
Nigeria: 1814 → 1813

Expected score for Republic of Ireland: 46.6% (a draw counts half).

Head to head

Meeting 3 of 3, 2002–2009.

Republic of Ireland wins: 0
Draws: 1
Nigeria wins: 2

Form either side

Republic of Ireland

Before

1–0 v Cyprus 15 Oct 2008 · FIFA World Cup qualification 2008
2–3 v Poland 19 Nov 2008 · Friendly
2–1 v Georgia 11 Feb 2009 · FIFA World Cup qualification 2009
1–1 v Bulgaria 28 Mar 2009 · FIFA World Cup qualification 2009
1–1 v Italy 1 Apr 2009 · FIFA World Cup qualification 2009

After

1–1 v Bulgaria 6 Jun 2009 · FIFA World Cup qualification 2009
0–3 v Australia 12 Aug 2009 · Friendly
2–1 v Cyprus 5 Sep 2009 · FIFA World Cup qualification 2009
1–0 v South Africa 8 Sep 2009 · Friendly
2–2 v Italy 10 Oct 2009 · FIFA World Cup qualification 2009

Nigeria

Before

1–0 v South Africa 6 Sep 2008 · FIFA World Cup qualification 2008
4–1 v Sierra Leone 11 Oct 2008 · FIFA World Cup qualification 2008
0–1 v Colombia 19 Nov 2008 · Friendly
0–0 v Jamaica 11 Feb 2009 · Friendly
0–0 v Mozambique 29 Mar 2009 · FIFA World Cup qualification 2009

After

1–0 v France 2 Jun 2009 · Friendly
3–0 v Kenya 7 Jun 2009 · FIFA World Cup qualification 2009
0–0 v Tunisia 20 Jun 2009 · FIFA World Cup qualification 2009
2–2 v Tunisia 6 Sep 2009 · FIFA World Cup qualification 2009
1–0 v Mozambique 11 Oct 2009 · FIFA World Cup qualification 2009

Every Republic of Ireland v Nigeria match3

From Republic of Ireland's side.


29 May 2009	Nigeria	1–1	Neutral	Friendly	—
29 May 2004	Nigeria	0–3	Neutral	Unity Cup 2004	—
16 May 2002	Nigeria	1–2	Home	Friendly	—

Score: openfootball · Scorers: ESPN · Line-ups: ESPN · Cards: ESPN