Nigeria vs Sierra Leone Live Stream: How to Watch, Team News, Head to Head, Odds, Prediction and Everything You Need to Know | OneFootball

The Super Eagles are back in action on Thursday, they take on Sierra Leone in an African Cup of Nations group stage match. Here’s everything you need to know about the fixture.

Nigeria have been struggling massively in terms of form at the moment, they’re currently on a five-game winless run and will look to end this dry spell with a victory against Sierre Leone.

The away side haven’t played a game in some time, but when they did they were victorious. They last played on March 29, when they claimed a 2-1 victory over Congo in a friendly fixture. Now there’s the qualification for AFCON on the line, and with this being the first game, both sides will be looking to get off to a good start.

So, with this – here’s everything you need to know about Nigeria vs Sierra Leone.

Date and Time

Nigeria against Sierra Leone will take place on Thursday 9th June 2022 at the Abuja National Stadium. The match will start at 5:00 PM GMT.

How To Watch

Unfortunately for football fans in the United Kingdom, Nigeria vs Sierra Leone will not be shown on any channels.

However – for viewers in Africa, you can access the game on Super Sports. You must have an account beforehand, so make sure you get that setup before kickoff.

Live Stream

If you want to live stream the big match, you can do so via the Super Sports streaming service.

Once again, unfortunately this is unavailable in the United Kingdom.

New Super Eagles head coach Jose Peseiro has a full 27-man squad at his disposal, including the likes of Ademola Lookman, Ahmed Musa and clinical Napoli forward Victor Osimhen. It’ll be interesting to see who he picks for his first-ever match.

Sierra Leone have named a 25-man squad to take on the AFCON qualifiers. This includes the likes of Queens Park Rangers’ Osman Kakay and Tottenham midfielder Kallum Cesay. They also have Steven Caulker available at the back.

Neither side have any suspensions they need to worry about.

Sierra Leone Predicted XI: Kamara; Kakay, Sesay, Caulker, Wright; Conteh, Cesay, Quee; Turay, Kamara, Kaikai

Head to Head

Here are the last three meetings between the two sides:

17th November 2020: Sierra Leone 0 – 0 Nigeria

13th November 2020: Nigeria 4 – 4 Sierra Leone

9th February 2011: Nigeria 2 – 1 Sierra Leone

Odds

Here are the odds that are being offered by various bookmakers:

Nigeria: 2/9

Draw: 4/1

Sierra Leone: 17/2

Prediction: Nigeria 2 – 0 Sierra Leone

The Super Eagles need a win desperately, and we think they’ll do just that on Thursday.

The new manager will be desperate to get off to a good start and we think this will spur the players on to victory. 2-0 is our guess.