Friendly

Italy 2–2 Nigeria

Monday 18 Nov 2013 · London, England (neutral)

Italy2–2Nigeria

Goals4

0′15′30′45′60′75′90′Rossi Dike Ameobi Giaccherini

12′1–0Giuseppe Rossi Italy
35′1–1Bright Dike Nigeria
39′1–2Shola Ameobi Nigeria
47′2–2Emanuele Giaccherini Italy

Line-ups

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

Italy

Came on

23Alessandro Diamanti↑53′
25Marco Parolo↑53′
21Andrea Pirlo↑54′
26Alessio Cerci↑65′
28Andrea Poli↑76′

Nigeria

16Austin EjideGK ↓66′
2Godfrey OboabonaDF
6Azubuike EgwuekweDF
15Solomon KwambeDF
20Francis BenjaminDF
10John Obi MikelMF
11Victor MosesMF ↓76′
12Nnamdi OduamadiMF ↓45′
13Bright DikeMF● ↓65′
17Ogenyi OnaziMF
23Shola AmeobiFW● ↓65′

Came on

4John Ogu↑45′
7Ahmed Musa↑65′
9Emmanuel Emenike↑65′
1Vincent Enyeama↑66′
8Brown Ideye↑76′

Elo

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

Italy: 1949 → 1945
Nigeria: 1816 → 1820

Expected score for Italy: 68.3% (a draw counts half). The lead changed hands 1 time.

Head to head

Meeting 2 of 2, 1994–2013.

Italy wins: 1
Draws: 1
Nigeria wins: 0

Form either side

Italy

Before

1–0 v Bulgaria 6 Sep 2013 · FIFA World Cup qualification 2013
2–1 v Czech Republic 10 Sep 2013 · FIFA World Cup qualification 2013
2–2 v Denmark 11 Oct 2013 · FIFA World Cup qualification 2013
2–2 v Armenia 15 Oct 2013 · FIFA World Cup qualification 2013
1–1 v Germany 15 Nov 2013 · Friendly

After

0–1 v Spain 5 Mar 2014 · Friendly
0–0 v Republic of Ireland 31 May 2014 · Friendly
1–1 v Luxembourg 4 Jun 2014 · Friendly
2–1 v England 14 Jun 2014 · FIFA World Cup 2014
0–1 v Costa Rica 20 Jun 2014 · FIFA World Cup 2014

Nigeria

Before

2–0 v Malawi 7 Sep 2013 · FIFA World Cup qualification 2013
4–1 v Burkina Faso 10 Sep 2013 · Friendly
2–1 v Ethiopia 13 Oct 2013 · FIFA World Cup qualification 2013
0–1 v Jordan 28 Oct 2013 · Friendly
2–0 v Ethiopia 16 Nov 2013 · FIFA World Cup qualification 2013

After

2–1 v Ethiopia 4 Jan 2014 · Friendly
2–2 v Scotland 28 May 2014 · Friendly
0–0 v Greece 3 Jun 2014 · Friendly
1–2 v United States 7 Jun 2014 · Friendly
0–0 v Iran 16 Jun 2014 · FIFA World Cup 2014

Every Italy v Nigeria match2

From Italy's side.


18 Nov 2013	Nigeria	2–2	Neutral	Friendly	—
5 Jul 1994	Nigeria	2–1	Neutral	FIFA World Cup 1994	Round of 16

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