Nigeria tackle Kenya on the June 30 Stadium in Cairo on Wednesday of their last sport of the 2025 Beneath-20 Africa Cup of Nations.

The Flying Eagles have carried out nicely of their opening two video games of the competitors in opposition to North African opposition, beating Tunisia 1-0 and settling for a goalless draw in opposition to Morocco on Sunday.

Now, Aliyu Zubairu’s boys are getting into uncharted territory, as they face Kenya for the very first time within the historical past of the Beneath-20 AFCON.

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Regardless of the novelty of the fixture, the Flying Eagles are nonetheless huge favourites to get the win because of the form of performances they’ve produced from the their first two video games.

Forward of the sport, Soccernet.ng checks how Nigeria’s Beneath-20 groups have per carried out in opposition to East African groups on the Beneath-20 AFCON.

The primary time Nigeria performed in opposition to an East Africa workforce was 1983, after they confronted Zimbabwe. Then, the video games have been performed over two legs, they usually went on to win the sport 3-2 on mixture.

Following that win, Nigeria confronted Ethiopia within the semifinal of the 1985 match, they usually went on to win the sport 4-1. The workforce went on to win the match, beating Tunisia within the last.

Within the 1987 version of the Beneath-20 AFCON, Nigeria confronted two East African groups, they usually received each ties. They defeated Zambia 3-2 within the first spherical and beat Somalia within the semis.

Then, in 1993, Nigeria was drawn with Mauritius within the group stage, and the sport ended 2-0 in Nigeria’s favour. In 1995, Nigeria locked horns with Zambia once more within the group stage, they usually beat them 2-1.

The Flying Eagles’ largest win in opposition to East African opposition got here in 1999, after they defeated Malawi 5-0 within the group stage of the match. Additionally they went on to play a goalless draw with Zambia in a while.

Nonetheless, when each groups met once more within the 2007 version, the Flying Eagles nicked a 4-2 win.

The Flying Eagles continued their successful streak in opposition to East African golf equipment in 2019, beating Burundi 2-0 within the group stage.

Then, within the final match in 2023, they defeated Mozambique 2-0 within the group stage and nicked a 1-0 win in opposition to Uganda within the quarterfinals.