Nigeria – Sudan

Nigeria hosts Sudan in a must win game counting for the 2015 African Cup of Nations qualifications. Nigeria has only one point after three matches and are bottom of the group on 4th place. They need a top 2 placement to advange … 3rd place can also qualify but chances are very low. Nigeria lost 2-3 vs. Congo, made 0-0 draw in South Africa and 4 days ago lost 1-0 in Sudan.

The defeat in Sudan prompted some negative reactions from fans and former players like Jay Jay Okocha who said “Nigerian football is dead”. Stupid opinion if you ask me, even if he is the king of Nigerian football … Nigeria is the current holder of the African Cup of Nations and passed the group stages in the World Cup … had a slow start in these qualies but went to Sudan and should have won that game. It was really unlucky for Nigeria to lose and now they MUST win at home. Nigeria has a good team lined up ahead of this match, including players like Obi Mikel, Emenike, Ambrose or Enyeama.

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Sudan is the worst team in this group and have only 3 points from the shocking win vs. Nigeria. They lost 2-0 to Congo and 3-0 to South Africa. They don;t have too many good players and are very poor when it comes to scoring goals. Roster is poor and today Sudan will need even more luck than in the first leg to hope to take something out of the game.

The odds do not do Nigeria justice … I repeat, the loss 4 days ago was unlucky and now hosts are much more focused and motivated for a match they can’t afford not to win … also pumped up for sure by Okocha’s statement that Nigerian football is dead. Home advantage in Africa is crucial and if Nigeria was the better team away, they are sure to be all over Sudan at home. Difference in quality is too big, Sudan is not even on par with teams like Congo in my opinion, and Nigeria is not really in such a crisis how people are suggesting … my tip will be Nigeria to take a comfortable home win with -1,5 handicap … most surely Nigeria will keep a clean sheet and will have 90 minutes to press and cover the handicap. At such odds I will invest very high stakes on this match. Correct score prediction: Nigeria – Sudan 3-0.

Pick: Nigeria -1,5
Odds: 1.80 @ Sbobet
Stake: 9
Possible profit: 7.20
Event date: 15 October