Two teams who have made fine starts to their respective Africa Cup of Nations qualifying campaigns face off on Friday when Nigeria entertain the challenge of Guinea-Bissau.

The hosts have claimed maximum points from their opening two qualifiers, while the visitors remain unbeaten heading into the clash at Abuja National Stadium.

Off the back of a 2-1 victory against Sierra Leone to get their qualification journey underway, Nigeria strolled to an impressive 10-0 victory against Sao Tome and Principe on June 13.

Victor Osimhen was the star of the show for Jose Peseiro’s men as he netted four times and set up further strikes for Moses Simon and Terem Moffi, who were joined on the scoresheet by Peter Etebo, Ademola Lookman and Emmanuel Dennis.

However, the Super Eagles have been beaten in each of their subsequent three outings, which luckily for them have all been largely inconsequential friendlies.

Nigeria Africa Cup of Nations Qualifying form:

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Nigeria form (all competitions):

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Guinea-Bissau Africa Cup of Nations Qualifying form:

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Guinea-Bissau form (all competitions):

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Nigeria possible starting lineup:

Uzoho; Sanusi, Bassey, Ajayi, Osayi-Samuel; Iwobi, Ndidi, Aribo, Lookman; Osimhen, Moffi

Guinea-Bissau possible starting lineup:

Mendes; Mane, Nanu, Cande, Nogueira; Cassama, Semedo, Rodrigues; Piqueti, Jorginho, Gano

Nigeria 3-1 Guinea-Bissau

Nigeria ended 2022 on a poor run of results but their first outing of 2023 provides a good chance to get themselves back on track. We expect the home side to see off the threat of their visitors in comfortable fashion at the end of the 90 minutes.