Australia face off against Nigeria at Brisbane Stadium in round two of the World Cup. The exciting encounter kicks off this coming Thursday.
Following the opening round of the World Cup Group B matches, Australia are number one on three points, while Nigeria have one point as number three.
Australia managed to squeeze out a tight 1-0 win against Ireland, thus giving themselves a great start to the World Cup. Keeping a clean sheet on top of a win is always a good opening. It was a drab 0-0 opening to the World Cup which Nigeria delivered in their first match against Canada, but a point is a point. They’ll be hoping to be equally tough to break down in this second-round encounter.
Team form: Australia vs Nigeria
Australia Form
Australia look back on their last three matches with three wins to nil to show for their efforts. Against England, they cruised to a 0-2 victory before beating France and Ireland by a 1-0 scoreline. Australia have been pretty scary, winning nine of their last 10 internationals across all tournaments, while losing just once.
Nigeria Form
Nigeria claimed two wins from their last three matches across all tournaments, which opened with a 2-1 win over Haiti. A 0-3 win followed against New Zealand, before drawing 0-0 with Canada. Nigeria secured three wins in their last 10 internationals in all tournaments, with one being drawn, and six of them ending in defeat.
We expect Australia to make home advantage count but, the value bet could easily be the low-scoring home win. We expect the guests from Nigeria to put up a decent fight.
Australia vs Nigeria Stats
- Australia have won 7 of the last 9 matches without conceding a goal
- Australia have won 10 of the last 11 matches
- Australia have not lost 10 of the last 11 matches
- Australia have scored in 11 of the last 12 matches
- Australia have won the last 3 matches in a row and the sum of goals was under 2.5
- Nigeria have not won 12 of the last 14 matches
- In the last 7 Nigeria matches the sum of goals was under 3.5
- In 4 of the last 5 Nigeria matches the sum of goals was under 1.5
- In 5 of the last 6 Nigeria matches the sum of goals was under 2.5
- Nigeria have not lost the last 3 matches in a row
World Cup table overview: Australia vs Nigeria
Australia vs Nigeria H2H
On 12 June 2015, these two nations went toe-to-toe against each other in their previous World Cup meeting, when Australia ran away winners with a 2-0 scoreline.
Topscorer
It is the beginning of the World Cup campaign, and both Australia and Nigeria will be looking for their main strikers in this tournament. Accordingly, we have listed some of the in-form players who are expected to be getting it on for each team.
WIN – DRAW – WIN
OVER – UNDER
Over 2.5 goals came out five times in the previous ten matches across all tournaments for Australia, while Over 2.5 goals happened in three of the last ten outings for Nigeria.
BTTS & FIRST TO SCORE
Australia have not conceded a goal in three consecutive games. Nigeria have not conceded a goal in two straight matches.
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