World Cup Qualification · Saturday 3 July 1993 · Lagos, Nigeria
Nigeria 4–1 Algeria (3 Jul 1993): Result & Goals
Goals
- 5'
Abdelhafid TasfaoutAlgeria - 12'
Jay-Jay OkochaNigeria - 26'Rashidi YekiniNigeria
- 32'Rashidi YekiniNigeria
- 88'Daniel AmokachiNigeria
Pre-match prediction
49%29%22%
Nigeria winDrawAlgeria win
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Match facts
- This is meeting number 11 between Nigeria and Algeria.
- Head-to-head before this game: Nigeria 1 wins, Algeria 6, 3 draws.
- Previous meeting: Algeria 1–0 Nigeria on 16 March 1990 (Africa Cup of Nations).
- Nigeria won 2 of their last 5 matches before this game, scoring 7 goals.
- Algeria won 2 of their last 5 matches before this game, scoring 7 goals.
- Elo ratings before kick-off: Nigeria 1717, Algeria 1703 — Nigeria were favourites.
Nigeria: last 5 matches
- 1–2 vs Ivory Coast2 May 1993 · World Cup Qualification
- 4–0 vs Sudan23 Apr 1993 · AFCON Qualification
- 0–1 vs Ethiopia11 Apr 1993 · AFCON Qualification
- 2–0 vs Congo27 Feb 1993 · World Cup Qualification
- 0–0 vs South Africa16 Jan 1993 · World Cup Qualification
Algeria: last 5 matches
- 1–1 vs Ivory Coast16 Apr 1993 · World Cup Qualification
- 0–0 vs Sierra Leone9 Apr 1993 · AFCON Qualification
- 2–1 vs Ghana26 Feb 1993 · World Cup Qualification
- 4–1 vs Guinea-Bissau23 Jan 1993 · AFCON Qualification
- 0–0 vs Burundi17 Jan 1993 · World Cup Qualification
Previous meetings
Full head-to-head →- Algeria1–0Nigeria16 Mar 1990 · Africa Cup of Nations
- Algeria5–1Nigeria2 Mar 1990 · Africa Cup of Nations
- Algeria1–1Nigeria23 Mar 1988 · Africa Cup of Nations
- Algeria0–0Nigeria11 Mar 1984 · Africa Cup of Nations
- Algeria2–1Nigeria10 Mar 1982 · Africa Cup of Nations
- Algeria2–1Nigeria30 Oct 1981 · World Cup Qualification