AFCON 2019: NIGERIA VS SOUTH AFRICAN HEAD TO HEAD
Written by thrilliant on July 11, 2019
The Super Eagles of Nigeria and the Bafana Bafana of South African will be going
head to head to battle Nigeria who had a convincing victory against Cameron will
be facing South African to revenge their loss in the AFCON qualification group
when Nigeria was thrashed 2- nillfor a place in the semi-finals in the ongoing AFCON 2019 in Eygpt.
South Africa team also knocked out the host, Egypt in the round of 16 thanks to an 84th-minute strike by Thembinkosi Lorch
Both Nigeria and South Africa will face-off on Wednesday, 10th July for a place in the semi-final.
While Nigeria has not failed to make it to the semi-final of six out of eight last editions
it participated in (2000,2002,2004,2006,2010,2013), South Africa has only made it to the semi-final twice (1996 and 1998).
The two countries have met 13 times in all competitions with Nigeria winning six games and lost just two while the remaining five ended in draws
Nigeria vs South Africa Games
played: 13
won: 6
drawn: 5
lost: 2