The Tremendous Eagles had largely made gentle work of all earlier than them at this 12 months’s AFCON however had been pressured right into a dramatic penalty shootout by a dogged South Africa aspect within the semi-finals.
Kelechi Iheanacho scored the profitable spot-kick to place Nigeria inside touching distance of a fourth continental crown and first since 2013, although 1992 and 2015 champions Ivory Coast have been on fairly the journey themselves over current weeks.
The hosts sacked their supervisor Jean-Louis Gasset after a disastrous 4-0 defeat by Equatorial Guinea that regarded to have ended their marketing campaign on the group stage, however they squeezed by way of as a finest third-place staff earlier than knocking out holders Senegal after which Mali.
Sebastien Haller scored the one purpose of the sport as Ivory Coast edged out DR Congo within the second last-four assembly on Wednesday night time.
Right here’s all the things that you must know concerning the AFCON remaining, which is a repeat of the match-up from Group A, when William Troost-Ekong’s penalty settled the sport for Nigeria.
Date, kick-off time and venue
Nigeria vs Ivory Coast is scheduled for an 8pm GMT kick-off on Sunday February 11, 2024.
The Alassane Ouattara Stadium in Abidjan will host the ultimate.
The place to observe Nigeria vs Ivory Coast
TV channel: The ultimate can be broadcast dwell within the UK on BBC Three, Sky Sports activities Predominant Occasion, Sky Sports activities Premier League and Sky Sports activities Extremely HDR.
Stay stream: The BBC Sport web site, BBC iPlayer and SkyGo app (to subscribers) will supply a dwell stream service on-line.
LIVE protection: Observe all the ultimate motion with Normal Sport’s devoted match weblog.
Nigeria vs Ivory Coast staff information
Extra detailed staff information will emerge nearer to the time, as soon as either side have assessed their respective squads following two hard-fought semi-final ties.
Victor Osimhen was handed match to steer Nigeria in opposition to South Africa after stomach discomfort had initially delayed him from travelling with the squad.
William Troost-Ekong scored the winner from the spot when Nigeria met Ivory Coast within the AFCON group stage
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Ola Aina, Moses Simon and Calvin Bassey had been all a reserving away from lacking the ultimate, however none of that trio had been cautioned in opposition to South Africa.
As for Ivory Coast, Haller is now again match and firing, together with Brighton’s Simon Adingra.
Serge Aurier, Odilon Kossounou and Oumar Diakite will all be again from suspension for the Elephants, in the meantime.
Nigeria vs Ivory Coast prediction
Nigeria had been as soon as once more not at their finest in opposition to South Africa, pondering that they had wrapped up the sport at 2-0 just for the purpose to be chalked off and Bafana Bafana to be awarded a penalty for a foul within the build-up that was transformed to pressure additional time.
However they held their nerve thereafter to triumph on penalties and tee up a tantalising conflict with resurgent Ivory Coast within the remaining.
It’s hardly been classic stuff from them within the knockouts both, however they’ve their perception again after a rotten loss to Equatorial Guinea and caretaker boss Emerse Fae deserves quite a lot of credit score.
This can seemingly be a tense and cagey remaining determined by the odd purpose, as was the group contest final month, but it surely additionally wouldn’t be a shock to see it go all the way in which to additional time and penalties.
Face to face (h2h) historical past and outcomes
The 2 sides now have an an identical head-to-head file following Nigeria’s slim win within the group stage.
Nigeria had beforehand misplaced 4 of their earlier six conferences in opposition to Ivory Coast.
Nigeria vs Ivory Coast match odds
Odds can be shared nearer to the time. Test again in earlier than the ultimate.
