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Nigeria 2-0 Iceland - June 22, 2018 / World Cup 2018

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World Cup 2018 - Round 2 - Group D

Volgograd Arena - Volgograd - Russia

June 22, 2018 - 17:00

40 904

Nigeria

2 - 0

Iceland

Assist by Victor Moses (right foot) Ahmed Musa

49'

Assist by Kenneth Omeruo (right foot) Ahmed Musa

75'

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44' - Yellow card Brian Idowu44

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46' - Substitution Brian Idowuis substituted by Tyronne Ebuehi46

49' - Goal Ahmed Musa49

65' - Substitution Ragnar Sigurdssonis substituted by Sverrir Ingason

71' - Substitution Jon Dadi Bodvarssonis substituted by B. B. Sigurdarson

75' - Goal Ahmed Musa75

83' - Missed penalty Gylfi Sigurdsson

85' - Substitution Kelechi Iheanachois substituted by Odion Ighalo85

87' - Substitution Aron Gunnarssonis substituted by Ari Skulason

91' - Substitution Peter Etebois substituted by Alex Iwobi91

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Team line-ups LIVE Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Nigeria

2 - 0

Iceland

Nigeria Iceland

Team line-ups

Nigeria

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

14Iheanacho85

Kelechi Iheanacho

Nigeria

B.date03/10/1996

Age21 years

H1m85

positionCentre forward

7Musa7549

Ahmed Musa

Nigeria

B.date14/10/1992

Age25 years

H1m70

positionLeft Winger

2Idowu4644

Brian Idowu

Nigeria

B.date18/05/1992

Age26 years

H1m78

positionLeft full-back

11Moses

Victor Moses

Nigeria

B.date12/12/1990

Age27 years

H1m77

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

4Ndidi

Wilfred Ndidi

Nigeria

B.date16/12/1996

Age21 years

H1m83

positionDefensive Midfielder

8Etebo90+1

Peter Etebo

Nigeria

B.date09/11/1995

Age22 years

H1m76

positionBox-to-box midfielder

10Obi Mikel

John Obi Mikel

Nigeria

B.date22/04/1987

Age31 years

H1m88

positionDefensive Midfielder

6Balogun

Leon Balogun

Nigeria

B.date28/06/1988

Age29 years

H1m90

positionCentral defender

5Troost-Ekong

William Troost-Ekong

Nigeria

B.date01/09/1993

Age24 years

H1m89

positionCentral defender

22Omeruo

Kenneth Omeruo

Nigeria

B.date17/10/1993

Age24 years

H1m85

positionCentral defender

23Uzoho

Francis Uzoho

Nigeria

B.date28/10/1998

Age19 years

H1m96

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
23	G	Francis Uzoho		19	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
22	D	Kenneth Omeruo		24	40	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	William Troost-Ekong		24	23	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	D	Leon Balogun		29	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	M	Brian Idowu	4644	26	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	M	John Obi Mikel		31	87	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	M	Wilfred Ndidi		21	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Peter Etebo	90+1	22	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	M	Victor Moses		27	37	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	F	Kelechi Iheanacho	85	21	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	F	Ahmed Musa	7549	25	69	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

24.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Iceland

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

11Finnbogason

Alfred Finnbogason

Iceland

B.date01/02/1989

Age29 years

H1m84

positionStriker

22Bodvarsson71

Jon Dadi Bodvarsson

Iceland

B.date25/05/1992

Age26 years

H1m90

positionForward

8Bjarnason

Birkir Bjarnason

Iceland

B.date27/05/1988

Age30 years

H1m82

positionMidfield

19Gislason

Rurik Gislason

Iceland

B.date25/02/1988

Age30 years

H1m84

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

10Sigurdsson

Gylfi Sigurdsson

Iceland

B.date08/09/1989

Age28 years

H1m86

positionPlaymaker

17Gunnarsson87

Aron Gunnarsson

Iceland

B.date22/04/1989

Age29 years

H1m77

positionRight central midfielder

18Magnusson

Hordur Magnusson

Iceland

B.date11/02/1993

Age25 years

H1m90

positionLeft central defender

6Sigurdsson65

Ragnar Sigurdsson

Iceland

B.date19/06/1986

Age32 years

H1m87

positionCentral defender

14Arnason

Kári Arnason

Iceland

B.date13/10/1982

Age35 years

H1m90

positionCentral defender

2Saevarsson

Birkir Saevarsson

Iceland

B.date11/11/1984

Age33 years

H1m87

positionLeft full-back

1Halldorsson

Hannes Halldorsson

Iceland

B.date27/04/1984

Age34 years

H1m93

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Hannes Halldorsson		34	51	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	D	Ragnar Sigurdsson	65	32	79	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
18	D	Hordur Magnusson		25	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	D	Kári Arnason		35	69	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	D	Birkir Saevarsson		33	80	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
17	M	Aron Gunnarsson	87	29	79	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Birkir Bjarnason		30	69	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	M	Gylfi Sigurdsson		28	59	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
19	M	Rurik Gislason		30	49	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
22	F	Jon Dadi Bodvarsson	71	26	39	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	F	Alfred Finnbogason		29	49	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

30.1 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
16	G	Daniel Akpeyi		31
1	G	Ikechukwu Ezenwa		29
12	D	Abdullahi Shehu		25
20	D	Chidozie Awaziem		21
21	D	Tyronne Ebuehi	46	22	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Elderson Echiejile		30
17	M	Ogenyi Onazi		25
19	M	John Ogu		30
15	M	Joel Obi		27
9	F	Odion Ighalo	85	29	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
18	F	Alex Iwobi	90+1	22	20	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
13	F	Simy		26

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
13	G	Runar Runarsson		23
12	G	Frederik Schram		23
5	D	Sverrir Ingason	65	24	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
15	D	Holmar Örn Eyjolfsson		27
23	D	Ari Skulason	87	31	56	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
20	M	Emil Hallfredsson		33
3	M	Samuel Fridjonsson		22
16	M	Olafur Ingi Skulason		35
21	M	Arnor Ingvi Traustason		25
7	M	Johann Berg Gudmundsson		27
9	F	B. B. Sigurdarson	71	27	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	F	Albert Gudmundsson		21

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Kelechi Iheanacho

Odion Ighalo

OUT

Kenneth Omeruo

Abdullahi Shehu

OUT

Ahmed Musa

Alex Iwobi

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Rurik Gislason

Emil Hallfredsson

OUT

Jon Dadi Bodvarsson

Johann Berg Gudmundsson

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Gernot Rohr

Success rate in this team:

47 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

38 %

Rohr vs Iceland

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on June 22, 2018

Rohr vs Hallgrimsson

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on June 22, 2018

Manager

Age

Match num

Heimir Hallgrimsson

Success rate in this team:

42 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

46 %

Hallgrimsson vs Nigeria

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on June 22, 2018

Hallgrimsson vs Rohr

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on June 22, 2018

Referee

Matthew Conger

1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	Nigeria1 match	General total	Iceland1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	Nigeria1 match	Season total	Iceland1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on June 22, 2018					Latest figure on June 22, 2018

4th official

Ricardo Montero

1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	Nigeria1 match	General total	Iceland1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	Nigeria1 match	Season total	Iceland1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on June 22, 2018					Latest figure on June 22, 2018

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Important actions

90+6'		End of game.
90+2'		Foul on Odion Ighalo conceded by Kári Arnason.
90+1'		Peter Etebo is substituted by Alex Iwobi.
90'		There will be 6 min. of additional time.
89'		Foul on Birkir Saevarsson conceded by Peter Etebo.
88'		Alfred Finnbogason shoots with the left foot from inside the box but the goalkeeper makes the save.
87'		Aron Gunnarsson is substituted by Ari Skulason.
85'		Kelechi Iheanacho is substituted by Odion Ighalo.
83'		Gylfi Sigurdsson MISSES THE PENALTY.
80'		PENALTY on Alfred Finnbogason.
78'		Corner, conceded by Rurik Gislason.
77'		Foul on Kenneth Omeruo conceded by Birkir Bjarnason.
75'		GOOOAAAAL!! Ahmed Musa scores. Assist by Kenneth Omeruo.
72'		Leon Balogun misses the target headershot from inside the box.
71'		Jon Dadi Bodvarsson is substituted by Björn Bergmann Sigurdarson.
71'		Corner, conceded by Kári Arnason.
70'		Corner, conceded by Rurik Gislason.
70'		William Troost-Ekong misses the target headershot from inside the box.
68'		Rurik Gislason misses the target with the right foot from outside the box.
66'		Victor Moses misses the target with the right foot from inside the box.
65'		Ragnar Sigurdsson is substituted by Sverrir Ingason.
62'		Foul on Rurik Gislason conceded by Wilfred Ndidi.
60'		Foul on Kenneth Omeruo conceded by Rurik Gislason.
59'		Corner, conceded by Victor Moses.
57'		Wilfred Ndidi shoots with the right foot from outside the box but the goalkeeper makes the save.
57'		Corner, conceded by Hannes Halldorsson.
55'		Foul on Wilfred Ndidi conceded by Gylfi Sigurdsson.
49'		GOOOAAAAL!! Ahmed Musa scores. Assist by Victor Moses.
47'		Peter Etebo shoots with the right foot from outside the box but the goalkeeper makes the save.
46'		Brian Idowu is substituted by Tyronne Ebuehi.
45'		Second half.
45+3'		Half time.
45'		Alfred Finnbogason misses the target from inside the box.
45'		There will be 2 min. of additional time.
44'		Foul on Jon Dadi Bodvarsson conceded by Brian Idowu.
44'		Yellow card! Brian Idowu is shown a YELLOW CARD.
43'		Corner, conceded by Hordur Magnusson.
42'		Foul on Hannes Halldorsson conceded by Ahmed Musa.
40'		Ahmed Musa is caught offside.
37'		Foul on Victor Moses conceded by Hordur Magnusson.
37'		Foul on William Troost-Ekong conceded by Alfred Finnbogason.
34'		Birkir Bjarnason misses the target with the right foot from inside the box.
33'		Foul on Gylfi Sigurdsson conceded by Ahmed Musa.
31'		Foul on Kelechi Iheanacho conceded by Ragnar Sigurdsson.
24'		Foul on Rurik Gislason conceded by Kenneth Omeruo.
23'		Foul on Ahmed Musa conceded by Hordur Magnusson.
22'		Corner, conceded by Victor Moses.
21'		Corner, conceded by Victor Moses.
15'		Foul on Gylfi Sigurdsson conceded by John Obi Mikel.
11'		Foul on Peter Etebo conceded by Rurik Gislason.
7'		Victor Moses gets a corner, conceded by Hordur Magnusson.
6'		Gylfi Sigurdsson shoots with the right foot from outside the box but the goalkeeper makes the save.
3'		Corner, conceded by Francis Uzoho.
3'		Gylfi Sigurdsson shoots with the right foot but the goalkeeper makes the save.
2'		Foul on Kári Arnason conceded by Brian Idowu.
0'		First half.

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Key figures

End of streak for Nigeria after 5 consecutive matches without a win (since 27/03/2018). It was the best streak for the club since 02/06/2002-25/11/2002 (7 matches).

The last time Nigeria has won with a difference of 2 goals in World Cup, It was on the 30/06/1994 (vs )

Iceland keeps its 12 matches with at least one goal conceded surterrainneutre running (since 14/06/2016). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 19/01/2015 (4 matches)

Read the next 14 key stats

General ranking

	1	Croatia	6 pts	2 rd
+2	2	Nigeria	3 pts	2 rd
-1	3	Iceland	1 pt	2 rd
-1	4	Argentina	1 pt	2 rd

General ranking

	1	Croatia	6 pts	2 rd
+2	2	Nigeria	3 pts	2 rd
-1	3	Iceland	1 pt	2 rd
-1	4	Argentina	1 pt	2 rd

Pre-match

Current form

Neutral ground

VEquatorial Guinea 1-3 Nigeria23/01/2018

VNigeria 2-1 Angola28/01/2018

VSudan 0-1 Nigeria31/01/2018

LNigeria 0-2 Serbia27/03/2018

LNigeria 0-1 Czech Republic06/06/2018

LCroatia 2-0 Nigeria16/06/2018

Overall

VPoland 0-1 Nigeria23/03/2018

LNigeria 0-2 Serbia27/03/2018

DNigeria 1-1 DR Congo28/05/2018

LEngland 2-1 Nigeria02/06/2018

LNigeria 0-1 Czech Republic06/06/2018

LCroatia 2-0 Nigeria16/06/2018

Current form

Neutral ground

LMexico 1-0 Iceland08/02/2017

VKosovo 1-2 Iceland24/03/2017

LIceland 1-2 Czech Republic08/11/2017

LMexico 3-0 Iceland23/03/2018

LIceland 1-3 Peru27/03/2018

DArgentina 1-1 Iceland16/06/2018

Overall

VIndonesia 1-4 Iceland14/01/2018

LMexico 3-0 Iceland23/03/2018

LIceland 1-3 Peru27/03/2018

LIceland 2-3 Norway02/06/2018

DIceland 2-2 Ghana07/06/2018

DArgentina 1-1 Iceland16/06/2018

Running streaks

	Neutral ground	Total
Loosing streak	3	3
Winless streak	3	5
Drawless streak	7	3
Goalless streak	3	2
Conceding streak	3	5

Running streaks

	Neutral ground	Total
Drawing streak	1	2
Unbeaten streak	1	2
Winless streak	4	5
Scoring streak	2	4
Conceding streak	11	6

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

General ranking (Competition total)

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

1	Number of games (Competition total)	1
0	Victories (Competition total)	0
0	Draws (Competition total)	1
1	Losses (Competition total)	0

Goals

0	Goals scored (Competition total)	1
2	Goals conceded (Competition total)	1
0	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1
2	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1

Betting aid

0	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	0
0	Clean sheets (Competition total)	0
1	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	0
0	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	1

Bookings

1	Yellow cards (Competition total)	0
0	Red cards (Competition total)	0

Key players

-	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	1 goal	Alfred Finnbogason
-	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	1 goal	Alfred Finnbogason
-	The fittest player	1 goal during the last match	Alfred Finnbogason