World Cup Qualification · Saturday 21 April 2001 · Freetown, Sierra Leone
NigeriaSierra Leone 1–0 Nigeria (21 Apr 2001): Result & Goals
Goals
- 25'
Sidique MansaraySierra Leone
Pre-match prediction
18%28%54%
Sierra Leone winDrawNigeria win
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Match facts
- This is meeting number 17 between Sierra Leone and Nigeria.
- Head-to-head before this game: Sierra Leone 1 wins, Nigeria 11, 4 draws.
- Previous meeting: Nigeria 2–0 Sierra Leone on 17 June 2000 (World Cup Qualification).
- Sierra Leone won 1 of their last 5 matches before this game, scoring 2 goals.
- Nigeria won 2 of their last 5 matches before this game, scoring 5 goals.
- Elo ratings before kick-off: Sierra Leone 1378, Nigeria 1703 — Nigeria were favourites.
Sierra Leone: last 5 matches
- 0–2 vs Sudan10 Mar 2001 · World Cup Qualification
- 0–1 vs Liberia25 Feb 2001 · World Cup Qualification
- 0–2 vs Togo3 Sep 2000 · AFCON Qualification
- 2–0 vs Togo20 Aug 2000 · AFCON Qualification
- 0–5 vs Ghana9 Jul 2000 · World Cup Qualification
Nigeria: last 5 matches
- 1–1 vs Zambia24 Mar 2001 · AFCON Qualification
- 0–0 vs Ghana11 Mar 2001 · World Cup Qualification
- 3–0 vs Sudan27 Jan 2001 · World Cup Qualification
- 1–0 vs Zambia13 Jan 2001 · AFCON Qualification
- 0–0 vs Madagascar7 Oct 2000 · AFCON Qualification
Previous meetings
Full head-to-head →- Nigeria2–0Sierra Leone17 Jun 2000 · World Cup Qualification
- Sierra Leone2–0Nigeria18 Jul 1987 · AFCON Qualification
- Nigeria3–0Sierra Leone4 Jul 1987 · AFCON Qualification
- Sierra Leone0–0Nigeria27 Oct 1979 · International Friendly
- Nigeria2–0Sierra Leone13 Mar 1977 · AFCON Qualification
- Sierra Leone1–1Nigeria17 Feb 1977 · AFCON Qualification