Nigeria vs Equatorial Guinea Prediction and Match Preview

Group A favorites Nigeria will play host to Equatorial Guinea in their opening Asian Cup fixture this season on Friday. The current form of both looks equally decent. Nigeria was unbeaten in eight of the past 10 while Equatorial Guinea is on a nine-match unbeaten run. It is worth noting that the recent opponents of Equatorial Guinea doesn’t look that strong when compared with Nigeria, who have faced teams like Saudi Arabia, Guinea etc in their last five matches.

Nigeria vs Equatorial Guinea Head to head Stats

These two have locked horns three times in the past. Nigeria won all the matches in an impressive manner.

Nigeria netted in a total of 6 goals in the three clashes while leaking just one goal. Do also note that the only clash which saw Nigeria owning the home advantage ended in a 2-0 win for them.

Who will win the match?

The home recordings of Nigeria looks decent of late. They were unbeaten in 10 of the past 12 matches at home. In fact, they have won four of the past six home outings. On the other side, Equatorial Guinea displays an unimpressive away form of late. They were winless in five of the last seven away matches.

On top of that Nigeria have a stunning victorious form over Equatorial Guinea in the head to head clashes. Therefore, we expect Nigeria to start this season with a victory over Equatorial Guinea.

How many goals will be scored?

Nigeria have been consistent in delivering high-scoring matches of late. Their defensive line also have a huge contribution to their high-scoring trend as they leaked goals in the past five games in a row. Knowing that Equatorial Guinea have scored nine of the past 12 road trips, we have enough of reasons to expect a high-scoring match with goals coming from both teams.

Verdict

All the above mentioned stats are in favor of Nigeria. They are widely expected to finish at the top spot of Group A and they will have a great chance to start the season on a positive note considering the current display with their h2h recordings against Equatorial Guinea.

However, we don’t expect a one-sided affair as the defensive line of Nigeria looks to have a weak form. Moreover, Equatorial Guinea have managed to score in most of their road trips of late. Thus, we like to back Nigeria to win and over 2.5 goals at 2.50 odds. For the second tip, we like to back Nigeria 2-1 correct score at 8.50 odds.

Peter Green- January 10, 2024

Nigeria vs Equatorial Guinea Betting Tips

Nigeria to win & Over 2.5 goals

OK

2.60 Odds

Correct score: Nigeria 2-1

OK

	9.50 Odds
	8.00 Odds