Super Eagles of Nigeria are set to take on the Carthage Eagles of Tunisia in two days at the Complexe Sportif de Fès, Soccernet.ng reports.
Both sides come into the clash looking to settle a spot in the knockout round after securing wins in their opening group game.
Nigeria defeated Tanzania 2-1 before Tunisia trashed Uganda 3-1 at Stade Olympique de Rabat on Tuesday.
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Facts about Tunisia vs Nigeria
- The Super Eagles of Nigeria have kept just three clean sheets in their past nine games, hinting at how porous their defence can be.
- On the other hand, Tunisia has scored 23 goals in their last ten games, averaging 2.3 goals per game.
- Tunisia have won just one AFCON title (2004). Apart from that, they've finished second twice and third once.
- The Super Eagles of Nigeria have won the AFCON title three times (1980, 1994, 2013).
- Nigeria have won the most medals in AFCON history, taking into account the position from 1st to 3rd, accumulating 16 medals. They've also won the most bronze medals in AFCON history (8).
- Nigeria haven’t scored before the half-hour mark in any of their last nine AFCON finals games.
- Only one of Tunisia’s previous 27 goals arrived before the 15th minute.
- Nigeria and Tunisia are 5th and 6th, respectively, among Africa's top ten nations according to the latest FIFA rankings. In the world, they're 38th and 41st.
- Since the inception of the AFCON competition in 1957, Nigeria have accrued the second-most points (195) behind Egypt (204). The Carthage of Eagles are 9th on the list, as they have 105 points from 83 games.
- Ademola Lookman has been on the winning side in all seven of his goal-scoring appearances for the Super Eagles.
- Tunisia holds the record for the nation with the most consecutive appearances on the AFCON stage (17). The Carthage Eagles haven't missed any edition of the tournament since 1994.
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Francileudo Santos holds Tunisia's record for the most goals scored at the AFCON. The former Standard Liege forward scored 10 goals in 12 games across three tournaments.
- Rashidi Yekini holds Nigeria's record for the most goals scored at the AFCON. The Super Eagles legend scored 13 goals in 20 games across four tournaments.
- Tunisia's Youssef Msakni is one of the four African players to have featured in eight AFCON tournaments. The other three are Andre Ayew (Ghana), Ahmed Hassan (Egypt), and Rigobert Song (Cameroon).
- Tunisia have hosted the AFCON tournament three times (1965,1994, 2004), winning it on home soil the last time they were hosts. Nigeria have hosted the tournament twice (1980, 2000), lifting the trophy on home soil in their first hosting attempt.
