Fifa World Cup: Nigeria vs Iceland

Nigeria vs Iceland

With a place in the round of 16 up for grabs, Iceland battle Nigeria, and both teams are quite evenly matched.

Both teams will fancy their chances of grabbing all three points in this one, and will be highly motivated.

Iceland drew their opening game 1-1 with Argentina, while Nigeria lost 2-0 to Croatia, in what isn’t looking like a bad performance, after watching Argentina against them.

For Nigeria, Ighalo goes to the bench, while Musa and Ihenacho come into the starting line-up.

On the other side, we have one change for Iceland.
Reading striker Jon Bodvarsson comes in for Emil Hallfredsson as Heimir Hallgrimsson switches from a 4-5-1 formation to a 4-4-2.

Iceland’s Starting Lineup

Goalkeeper: 1 Hannes Thor Halldorsson (Randers FC)

Defenders: 14 Kari Arnason (Vikingur); 2 Birkir Saevarsson (Valur); 18 Hordur Magnusson (Bristol City); 2 Ragnar Sigurdsson (FC Rostov)

Midfielders: 8 Birkir Bjarnason (Aston Villa); 10 Gylfi Sigurdsson (Everton); 19 Rurik Gislason (SV Sandhausen); 17 Aron Gunnarsson (Cardiff City)

Forwards: 11 Alfred Finnbogason (Augsburg); 22 Jon Dadi Bodvarsson (Reading)

Nigeria’s Starting Lineup

Goalkeeper: 23 Francis Uzoho (Deportivo La Coruna)

Defenders: 5 William Troost Ekong(Bursaspor); 2 Brian Idowu (Amkar Perm); 6 Leon Balogun (Brighton); 22 Kenneth Omeruo (Chelsea)

Midfielders: 10 John Mikel Obi (Tianjin Teda); 4 Wilfred Ndidi (Leicester); 8 Oghenekaro Etebo (CD Feirense)

Forwards: 7 Ahmed Musa (Leicester); 14 Kelechi Iheanacho (Leicester); 11 Victor Moses (Chelsea)

Prediction:
It’s a close call, and a draw is more likely, but any of the sides could nick it at the end.

Nigeria 1-1 Iceland