Ghana failed to win each of their last four games, twice without reply.
Nigeria are unbeaten in six of their last seven matches.
Nigeria have won three of their four games under Augustine Eguavoen’s stewardship.
Nigeria lost just one of the last five H2H meetings within 90 minutes.
A cagey first-leg encounter

Ghana has qualified for three straight World Cup finals prior to the 2018 edition, which still represent all of their participations to date, though there is a huge obstacle in the way of making that four in the form of Nigeria, a nation who have played the showpiece event twice more than their hosts.

Out of sorts Ghana recently appointed esteemed English manager Chris Hughton as their technical director, though it remains to be seen if that move will yield results. Something needs to happen quick, as fans just endured a woeful AFCON campaign in which Ghana failed to win a single game.

As for Nigeria, Augustine Eguavoen has recently taken full-time charge of the national setup after a successful return after four games in caretaker charge (W3, L1). The Super Eagles’ AFCON campaign was significantly better, with a perfect return of wins in the group stage before a brusing round of 16 elimination.

Back the Eagles to soar in Ghana

This game really is an even encounter in all regards except recent form, both nations look for consistency following uncertain spells, but we predict that Nigeria may just about hold the edge in this clash.

As such, we are going for a Nigeria ‘draw no bet’ for the main selection, which is crucial as these games are often tense, low scoring affairs which could very easily end up in a stalemate.

For smaller stakes, we are sticking with a narrowly won 2-1 away victory to set up Nigeria’s home advantage in the second leg nicely.





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加纳队在过去的四场比赛中都未能获胜，其中有两场都没有得到回应。
尼日利亚在过去七场比赛中有六场不败。
在奥古斯丁·伊加沃恩的领导下，尼日利亚赢得了四场比赛中的三场。
尼日利亚在90分钟内仅输掉了最近五次H2H会议中的一次。
一场谨慎的第一回合遭遇战

加纳已经连续三个世界杯决赛资格的2018年版前,这仍然是他们所有的参与到目前为止,尽管有一个巨大的障碍,和四个尼日利亚的形式,一个国家有了展览会宿主多两倍。

加纳最近任命受人尊敬的英格兰主教练克里斯•休顿为技术总监，尽管这一举动是否会产生效果还有待观察。球迷们刚刚经历了一场糟糕的AFCON比赛，加纳一场比赛都没赢。

至于尼日利亚，奥古斯丁·埃加沃恩在代理四场比赛后成功回归后，最近开始全职负责国家的组建。超级鹰队在AFCON的表现明显更好，在16强淘汰赛之前，他们在小组赛中完美地赢回了比赛。

支持老鹰队在加纳展翅高飞

这场比赛在所有方面都是一场势均力敌的比赛，除了最近的表现，两国都在不确定的状态下寻求一致性，但我们预测尼日利亚可能会在这场冲突中保持优势。

因此，我们将在主要的选择中选择尼日利亚的“平局”，这是至关重要的，因为这些比赛往往紧张，低得分的事情可能很容易以僵局告终。

对于较小的赌注，我们坚持在客场以2-1险胜尼日利亚，从而很好地建立了第二回合的主场优势。