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Nigeria 2-0 Iceland · World Cup 2026

Nigeria beat Iceland 2-0 in the World Cup 2026. Full match statistics, the goal timeline and both lineups are below.

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Match report

Nigeria and Iceland met in the World Cup 2026 at Moshood Abiola National Stadium in Abuja on Friday, 22 June 2018.

Goalscorers

Nigeria: A. Musa 49', 75'. Iceland did not score.

How the match went

The referee showed 1 yellow card (1 for Nigeria, 0 for Iceland).

Line-ups

Nigeria started in a 3-4-1-2: Francis Uzoho, Leon Balogun, William Troost-Ekong, Kenneth Omeruo, Victor Moses, John Obi Mikel, Wilfred Ndidi, Bryan Idowu, Peter Etebo, Kelechi Iheanacho, Ahmed Musa.

Iceland started in a 4-4-2: Hannes Þór Halldórsson, Birkir Már Sævarsson, Kári Árnason, Ragnar Sigurðsson, Hörður Magnússon, Rúrik Gíslason, Aron Gunnarsson, Gylfi Sigurðsson, Birkir Bjarnason, Jón Daði Böðvarsson, Alfreð Finnbogason.

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Minute by minute

  1. 45'Half-time. Nigeria 0-0 Iceland.
  2. 49'Goal! Nigeria 1-0 Iceland. A. Musa (Nigeria) scores, assisted by V. Moses.
  3. 75'Goal! Nigeria 2-0 Iceland. A. Musa (Nigeria) scores, assisted by K. Omeruo.
  4. 81'VAR: no penalty for Iceland.
  5. 90'Full-time. Nigeria 2-0 Iceland.
Full commentary (16 lines)
  1. 1'Kick-off: Nigeria vs Iceland.
  2. 44'Yellow card for B. Idowu (Nigeria) for foul.
  3. 45'2 minutes of added time.
  4. 45'Half-time. Nigeria 0-0 Iceland.
  5. 46'The second half is under way.
  6. 46'Substitution, Nigeria: T. Ebuehi comes on for B. Idowu.
  7. 49'Goal! Nigeria 1-0 Iceland. A. Musa (Nigeria) scores, assisted by V. Moses.
  8. 65'Substitution, Iceland: S. Ingason comes on for R. Sigurðsson.
  9. 71'Substitution, Iceland: B. Sigurðarson comes on for J. D. Böðvarsson.
  10. 75'Goal! Nigeria 2-0 Iceland. A. Musa (Nigeria) scores, assisted by K. Omeruo.
  11. 81'VAR: no penalty for Iceland.
  12. 85'Substitution, Nigeria: O. Ighalo comes on for K. Iheanacho.
  13. 87'Substitution, Iceland: A. F. Skúlason comes on for A. Gunnarsson.
  14. 90'Substitution, Nigeria: A. Iwobi comes on for P. Etebo.
  15. 90'6 minutes of added time.
  16. 90'Full-time. Nigeria 2-0 Iceland.
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