Match Report
Nigeria went into the game 16th in the table on 9 points; Burkina Faso sat 20th on 6 — a 3-point gap. Burkina Faso's recent output lagged their position: 177th on form over five rounds while 20th in the table. Per game in the league, Nigeria were scoring 1.67 and conceding 1, Burkina Faso 1.67 and 0.67, against a competition average of 1.27 goals per team per game.
The match was played at Ahmadu Bello Stadium in Kaduna (capacity 5,000). Half-time and full-time told different stories: Nigeria led 2-0 at the break, before 3 more goals closed it at 4-1.
Goal scorers
Nigeria: Brown Ideye (12'), Brown Ideye (42'), Shola Ameobi (53'), Emmanuel Emenike (63') · Burkina Faso: Saïdou Simporé (76')