LIVE UPDATES: Nigeria vs Ghana: Super Eagles, Black Stars in final battle for World Cup ticket

A mouth-watering clash is on the cards as Nigeria hosts arch-rivals Ghana in the second leg of the 2022 World Cup playoff.

This latest ‘Jollof Derby’ is a winner-takes-all tie as whoever comes out victorious qualifies for the competition to be played in Qatar later this year.

Widely seen as one of the fiercest rivalries in African football, Nigeria and Ghana will be settling scores at the Moshood Abiola National Stadium in Abuja in a delicately-poised tie after the first leg ended in a barren draw.

While the Black Stars are chasing their fourth appearance at the World Cup, Nigeria seeks a seventh World Cup qualification and the fourth in a row.

The Super Eagles of Nigeria and Ghana’s Black Stars will settle scores at the Moshood Abiola National Stadium, Abuja in a delicately-poised tie.

Nigeria has been at every FIFA World Cup finals since 1994 except for the 2006 edition in Germany.

The last time these two countries were involved in a FIFA World Cup qualifying was in 2001 when they finished 0-0 in Accra before Nigeria hammered the Ghanians 3-0 in Port Harcourt in July 2001 to qualify for Korea/Japan.

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Kickoff is 6.00 p.m.

Good evening and welcome to TheSportsTori Football’s LIVE coverage of the FIFA World Cup Qualifiers (CAF Zone) between the Super Eagles of Nigeria vs the Black Stars Ghana 

The Super Eagles are condemned to win this return fixture set to hold at the Moshood Abiola Stadium in Abuja, in order to reach their seventh FIFA World Cup. They have the better players and overall squad quality but just like we saw in the first leg, the fierce rivalry with Ghana will not be easy and we expect this match to go down the wire. The Black Stars can book their place at the Mundial if they get victory or a score draw.

Super Eagles coach Austin Eguavoen has fielded a strong line-up that includes the likes of Napoli hitman Victor Osimhen and Scottish Premiership side Rangers trio of Calvin Bassey, Joe Aribo and Leon Balogun. In all, Eguavoen has made five changes to the Starting XI that played out a 0-0 draw at Kumasi last Friday.

11′ MIN: What a goal! It’s Thomas Partey who opens the scoring for the Black Stars of Ghana with a fine finish.

GOOOAAALLL!!! Nigeria 0-1 Ghana (T. Partey)

37′ MIN: Celebrations are cut short for Nigeria as the referee indicates NO GOAL after the VAR review shows it was offside!

GOAL RULED OUT! Still Nigeria 1-1 Ghana

35′ MIN: The Nigeria players halt their celebrations as referee Sadok Selmi makes the VAR signal to review the goal, most likely to ascertain if there was an offside in the build-up play.

GOAL! Nigeria 2-1 Ghana (V. Osimhen)

22′ MIN: That’s a great strike from the spot by William Troost-Ekong low into the right of the net, giving goalkeeper Joe Wollacott no chance!

GOOOOAAAALLLL!!! Nigeria 1-1 Ghana (W. Troost Ekong)

HT' ⌚

Nigeria 1-1 Ghana (1-1 aggr.)

⚽ Thomas Partey 10'

⚽ Troost-Ekong 22' [P]

Ademola Lookman wins the penalty, Troost-Ekong the scorer.

All to play for in the second half! 👀

Second Half Begins!!!

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