Nigeria vs New Zealand: Match preview, venue, KO time as Flamingos seek to avoid early World Cup exit

It’s make-or-mar for the Nigerians and the New Zealanders on Friday, as a win for one would see the opposite exit the Mundial

Nigeria’s u-17 ladies’s nationwide crew will purpose to garner their first factors of the FIFA u17 Ladies’s World Cup once they commerce tackles with New Zealand on Friday, October 14, on the Fatorda Stadium in Margao, Goa.

The Flamingos misplaced their opening match of the event on Tuesday after falling to a 2-1 defeat to Germany on Tuesday.

Spectacular fullback Miracle Usani fired the coach Bankole Olowookere-tutored facet in entrance within the encounter off a fierce first-half free-kick.

However the Germans fought again after the interval to energy to victory and claimed all three factors.

New Zealand had it a bit worse on the identical day, because the Oceania representatives suffered a 3-1 humbling by the hands of Chile.

The one groups with no level in Group B, Nigeria and New Zealand, know that one other defeat in India will imply an early exit from the seventh version of the World Cup.

Head-to-head

Exiting the World Cup on the group stage will not be new to Nigeria and New Zealand.

On the first version of the FIFA U17 Ladies’s World Cup, by the way hosted by New Zealand in 2008, the hosts crashed out early after losses to Canada and Denmark and a win over Colombia.

Nigeria didn’t fare any higher both, because the Flamingos bade the event bye following a 1-0 loss to England, a 2-2 draw with Brazil, and a 2-1 overcome South Korea.

Nigeria’s conflict in opposition to New Zealand in Goa will, nonetheless, be the primary assembly between the 2 international locations at this stage.

Match particulars

Competitors: FIFA U17 Ladies’s World Cup, India 2022
Match: Nigeria vs. New Zealand
Date: October 14, 2022
Venue: Fatorda Stadium, Margao, Goa
Kickoff time: 12.30pm Nigeria time

Prediction

Presently sitting in third place in Group B, the Flamingos may climb to second forward of the ultimate matches of the pool in the event that they outwit New Zealand by two targets and Germany overcome Chile within the second group match on the similar Fatorda Stadium.

Tip: Nigeria to win