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Nigeria 1-0 Egypt · Africa Cup of Nations 2023

Nigeria beat Egypt 1-0 in the Africa Cup of Nations 2023. Full match statistics, the goal timeline and both lineups are below.

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Match report

Nigeria and Egypt met in the Africa Cup of Nations 2023 at Moshood Abiola National Stadium in Abuja on Tuesday, 11 January 2022.

Goalscorers

Nigeria: K. Iheanacho 30'. Egypt did not score.

Line-ups

Nigeria started in a 4-2-2-2: Maduka Okoye, Ola Aina, William Troost-Ekong, Kenneth Omeruo, Zaidu Sanusi, Joe Aribo, Wilfred Ndidi, Samuel Chukwueze, Moses Simon, Kelechi Iheanacho, Taiwo Awoniyi.

Egypt started in a 4-3-3: Mohamed El-Shenawy, Akram Tawfik, Ahmed Hegazy, Mahmoud Hamdi, Ahmed Fatouh, Mahmoud Trézéguet, Hamdy Fathy, Mohamed Elneny, Mostafa Mohamed, Mohamed Salah, Omar Marmoush.

More from this competition: Africa Cup of Nations 2023 fixtures, results and table.

Minute by minute

  1. 30'Goal! Nigeria 1-0 Egypt. K. Iheanacho (Nigeria) scores, assisted by J. Aribo.
  2. 45'Half-time. Nigeria 1-0 Egypt.
  3. 90'Full-time. Nigeria 1-0 Egypt.
Full commentary (17 lines)
  1. 1'Kick-off: Nigeria vs Egypt.
  2. 11'Substitution, Egypt: M. Abdelmonem comes on for A. Tawfik.
  3. 30'Goal! Nigeria 1-0 Egypt. K. Iheanacho (Nigeria) scores, assisted by J. Aribo.
  4. 45'3 minutes of added time.
  5. 45'Half-time. Nigeria 1-0 Egypt.
  6. 46'The second half is under way.
  7. 46'Substitution, Egypt: A. Ashraf comes on for A. Aboul-Fetouh.
  8. 58'Substitution, Egypt: R. Sobhi comes on for M. Mohamed.
  9. 58'Substitution, Egypt: Zizo comes on for M. Trézéguet.
  10. 72'Substitution, Nigeria: C. Ejuke comes on for S. Chukwueze.
  11. 72'Substitution, Nigeria: U. Sadiq comes on for T. Awoniyi.
  12. 79'Substitution, Nigeria: S. Ajayi comes on for K. Omeruo.
  13. 80'Substitution, Nigeria: K. Nwakali comes on for K. Iheanacho.
  14. 90'Substitution, Egypt: M. Sherif comes on for M. Hamdi.
  15. 90'4 minutes of added time.
  16. 90+1'Substitution, Nigeria: A. Iwobi comes on for M. Simon.
  17. 90'Full-time. Nigeria 1-0 Egypt.
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