Friendly

England 2–1 Nigeria

Saturday 2 Jun 2018 · London, England

England2–1Nigeria

Goals3

0′15′30′45′60′75′90′Cahill Kane Iwobi

7′1–0Gary Cahill England
39′2–0Harry Kane England
47′2–1Alex Iwobi Nigeria

Line-ups

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

England

1Jordan PickfordGK
4Kyle WalkerDF
5John StonesDF
6Gary CahillDF●
8Eric DierDF
2Kieran TrippierMF
3Ashley YoungMF ↓68′
7Jesse LingardMF ↓67′
11Dele AlliMF ↓82′
9Harry KaneFW● ↓73′
10Raheem SterlingFW ↓73′

Came on

17Ruben Loftus-Cheek↑67′
12Danny Rose↑68′
21Danny Welbeck↑73′
20Marcus Rashford↑73′
15Fabian Delph↑82′

Nigeria

23Francis UzohoGK
2Brian IdowuDF
5William Troost-EkongDF
6Leon BalogunDF ↓45′
12Abdullahi ShehuDF ↓45′
10John Obi MikelMF
11Victor MosesMF ↓63′
15Joel ObiMF ↓45′
17Ogenyi OnaziMF ↓45′
18Alex IwobiMF●
9Odion IghaloFW ↓77′

Came on

21Tyronne Ebuehi↑45′
4Kenneth Omeruo↑45′
19John Ogu↑45′
8Peter Etebo↑45′
7Ahmed Musa↑63′
14Kelechi Iheanacho↑77′

Elo

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

England: 1975 → 1978
Nigeria: 1747 → 1744

Expected score for England: 86.9% (a draw counts half), home advantage included.

Head to head

Meeting 3 of 3, 1994–2018.

England wins: 2
Draws: 1
Nigeria wins: 0

Form either side

England

Before

1–0 v Lithuania 8 Oct 2017 · FIFA World Cup qualification 2017
0–0 v Germany 10 Nov 2017 · Friendly
0–0 v Brazil 14 Nov 2017 · Friendly
1–0 v Netherlands 23 Mar 2018 · Friendly
1–1 v Italy 27 Mar 2018 · Friendly

After

2–0 v Costa Rica 7 Jun 2018 · Friendly
2–1 v Tunisia 18 Jun 2018 · FIFA World Cup 2018
6–1 v Panama 24 Jun 2018 · FIFA World Cup 2018
0–1 v Belgium 28 Jun 2018 · FIFA World Cup 2018
1–1 v Colombia 3 Jul 2018 · FIFA World Cup 2018

Nigeria

Before

0–3 v Algeria 10 Nov 2017 · FIFA World Cup qualification 2017
4–2 v Argentina 14 Nov 2017 · Friendly
1–0 v Poland 23 Mar 2018 · Friendly
0–2 v Serbia 27 Mar 2018 · Friendly
1–1 v DR Congo 28 May 2018 · Friendly

After

0–1 v Czech Republic 6 Jun 2018 · Friendly
0–2 v Croatia 16 Jun 2018 · FIFA World Cup 2018
2–0 v Iceland 22 Jun 2018 · FIFA World Cup 2018
1–2 v Argentina 26 Jun 2018 · FIFA World Cup 2018
3–0 v Seychelles 8 Sep 2018 · African Cup of Nations qualification 2018

Every England v Nigeria match3

From England's side.


2 Jun 2018	Nigeria	2–1	Home	Friendly	—
12 Jun 2002	Nigeria	0–0	Neutral	FIFA World Cup 2002	Group stage
16 Nov 1994	Nigeria	1–0	Home	Friendly	—

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