The Tremendous Eagles of Nigeria have been drawn towards the Indomitable Lions of Cameroon within the AFCON 2023 spherical of sixteen, as each groups look to win the competitors, however just one aspect will undergo this night.
Each groups have eight AFCON trophies between them, with Cameroon profitable 5 and the Tremendous Eagles profitable three.
Soccernet.ng takes a have a look at the statistics of each nations and the way they fared towards one another prior to now, highlighting which aspect historical past favours.
Cameroon have received 5 AFCON trophies, beating Nigeria in three of the 5 finals to take the trophy house. Except for the assembly of each groups within the AFCON finals, the Tremendous Eagles haven’t misplaced to the Indomitable Lions in AFCON.
Normally, each groups have performed towards one another a whooping twenty-five occasions. The Tremendous Eagles have defeated Cameroon twelve occasions, with the Indomitable Lions profitable eight.
Head-To-Head Stats
Of their seven conferences on the Africa Cup of Nations, Nigeria and Cameroon have cut up three victories and one tie.
Cameroon received the Last matches of the 1984, 1988 and 2000 AFCON tournaments, whereas the Tremendous Eagles made a exceptional comeback to win the bronze medal match in 1992, defeating the then defending Champions, Cameroon, 2-1 within the 2004 quarter-finals and received 3-2 within the Spherical of 16 in Egypt 4 years in the past in a shocking comeback.
Each groups drew 1-1 of their group-stage conflict in 1988. Samuel Okwaraji broke the impasse two minutes into the sport by scoring a peach of a aim earlier than Cameroon Legend, Roger Milla equalized with a headed aim.
Pre-Sport kind
The Tremendous Eagles are unbeaten of their final three video games, scoring three objectives and conceding only one.
Rigobert Tune’s males have received a sport, misplaced one and drawn one of their final three, scoring 5 objectives and conceding six.
Each groups have collected 5 yellow playing cards of their final three video games. Jose Peseiro’s males edge forward on fouls dedicated with 53, whereas Cameroon have dedicated 37.
