| Player | Rating | Min | Goals | Assists | Shots | Passes | Tackles | Duels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | 90' | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | |
Zaidu DF | - | 90' | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - |
| - | 90' | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | |
| - | 90' | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | |
| - | 90' | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | |
| - | 90' | 1 | 0 | - | - | - | - | |
| - | 90' | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | |
| - | 90' | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | |
| - | 90' | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | |
| - | 90' | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | |
| - | 90' | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - |
| Team | Run | Unbeaten | Winless | Scored in | Conceded in | Last-5 pts | Last-5 goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | W3 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 13/15 | 12-3 |
| Congo DR | W3 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 12/15 | 9-4 |
Computed over each team's last 15 finished games before kickoff.
Aggregated from 3 finished meetings in the GioScore fixtures corpus.
| Date | Home | Score | Away |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-05-28 | Nigeria | 1-1 | Congo DR |
| 2015-10-08 | Nigeria | 0-2 | Congo DR |
| 2010-03-03 | Nigeria | 5-2 | Congo DR |
| Team | Pos | Pld | Pts | GD | Form | Form rank | Form vs pos |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | W | 42 | -41 |
| Congo DR | 2 | 10 | 22 | 9 | WWLWW | 42 | -40 |
Form rank = league-wide rank by points from the last 5 league games; "Form vs pos" > 0 means over-performing the table.
Figures computed from the GioScore results database · data cutoff: kickoff 2025-11-16
On paper the standings were lopsided — Congo DR 2nd with 22 points, Nigeria 1st with 3, 19 apart. On recent form Nigeria sat only 42nd league-wide over the last five rounds, well short of their 1st overall.
Momentum sat with Nigeria, winners of their last three, having scored in 6 consecutive games. Congo DR arrived on a run of three straight wins, having scored in 8 consecutive games.
Nigeria: Frank Onyeka (3') · Congo DR: Meschack Elia (32')
