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Nigeria 3-1 Sudan · Africa Cup of Nations 2025

Nigeria beat Sudan 3-1 in the Africa Cup of Nations 2025. Full match statistics, the goal timeline and both lineups are below.

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Match report

Nigeria and Sudan met in the Africa Cup of Nations 2025 at Moshood Abiola National Stadium in Abuja on Saturday, 15 January 2022.

Goalscorers

Nigeria: S. Chukwueze 3'; T. Awoniyi 45'; M. Simon 46'. Sudan: W. Khidir 70'.

How the match went

The referee showed 2 yellow cards (2 for Nigeria, 0 for Sudan).

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.

Sudan started in a 4-2-3-1: Ali Abdallah Abu-Eshrein, Mustafa Elfadni, Salah Mahmoud Nemer, Mustafa Karshom, Mazin Mohamedein, Mohamed Al-Rasheed, Walieldin Khidir, Gomaa Abbas Omer, Yasin Hamed, Abdelrazig Omer, Musab Galangat.

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Minute by minute

  1. 3'Goal! Nigeria 1-0 Sudan. S. Chukwueze (Nigeria) scores, assisted by M. Simon.
  2. 45'Goal! Nigeria 2-0 Sudan. T. Awoniyi (Nigeria) scores.
  3. 45'Half-time. Nigeria 2-0 Sudan.
  4. 46'Goal! Nigeria 3-0 Sudan. M. Simon (Nigeria) scores.
  5. 69'VAR: no penalty for Sudan.
  6. 70'Goal! Nigeria 3-1 Sudan. W. Khidir (Sudan) converts the penalty.
  7. 90'Full-time. Nigeria 3-1 Sudan.
Full commentary (22 lines)
  1. 1'Kick-off: Nigeria vs Sudan.
  2. 3'Goal! Nigeria 1-0 Sudan. S. Chukwueze (Nigeria) scores, assisted by M. Simon.
  3. 45'Goal! Nigeria 2-0 Sudan. T. Awoniyi (Nigeria) scores.
  4. 45'3 minutes of added time.
  5. 45'Half-time. Nigeria 2-0 Sudan.
  6. 46'The second half is under way.
  7. 46'Goal! Nigeria 3-0 Sudan. M. Simon (Nigeria) scores.
  8. 46'Substitution, Sudan: D. Mahjoub comes on for G. A. Omer.
  9. 46'Substitution, Nigeria: A. Iwobi comes on for S. Chukwueze.
  10. 46'Substitution, Sudan: A. Nooh comes on for M. Galangat.
  11. 57'Yellow card for J. Aribo (Nigeria) for argument.
  12. 64'Substitution, Sudan: M. H. Babiker comes on for Y. Hamed.
  13. 65'Substitution, Nigeria: K. Nwakali comes on for J. Aribo.
  14. 65'Substitution, Nigeria: A. Musa comes on for K. Iheanacho.
  15. 69'Yellow card for O. Aina (Nigeria) for foul.
  16. 69'VAR: no penalty for Sudan.
  17. 70'Goal! Nigeria 3-1 Sudan. W. Khidir (Sudan) converts the penalty.
  18. 82'Substitution, Nigeria: U. Sadiq comes on for T. Awoniyi.
  19. 88'Substitution, Sudan: M. Kasri comes on for S. Nemer.
  20. 88'Substitution, Sudan: S. O. Tofaha comes on for A. Omer.
  21. 90'4 minutes of added time.
  22. 90'Full-time. Nigeria 3-1 Sudan.
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