Ghana faces Nigeria in the last phase of the Qatar 2022 World Cup Qualifiers at 7:00pm tonight.
This fixture is one that has a historic effect as these two nations are rivals in the footballing world and a game of such magnitude definitely would have an effect on whoever gets knocked out after the double header on 25th March and 19th March 2022.
Below are the games played between both nations in World Cup qualifiers since 1962:
Chile 1962 World Cup
27th August 1960: Ghana 4-1 Nigeria
10th September 1960: Nigeria 2-2 Ghana
Mexico 1970 World Cup
10th May 1969: Nigeria 2-1 Ghana
18th May 1969: Ghana 1-1 Nigeria
Germany 1974 World Cup
10th February 1973: Nigeria 2-3 Ghana
22nd February 1973: Ghana 0-0 Nigeria
Korea-Japan 2002 World Cup
10th March 2001: Ghana 0-0 Nigeria
28th July 2001: Nigeria 3-0 Ghana
In total, Ghana and Nigeria have faced each other eight times in World Cup qualifiers, with Ghana winning twice, Nigeria winning twice and both nations drawing 4 times after 90 minutes of footballing action.
Felix Afena-Gyan and Denis Odoi get starts while Richard Ofori gets a place on the bench for the first time in Black Stars colours since September.
Source: Ghana News
