This evening, the Super Eagles will face the Bafana Bafana of South Africa for a semifinal ticket in the ongoing African Cup of Nations in Egypt.
In 13 confrontations since 1992, the Super Eagles have won six but Nigeria’s last victory over the South Africans was five years ago – August 2013.
Since that time, the South Africans have become stronger.
They have a victory over the Eagles in Uyo in 2017 to show how far they have improved.
Beating Egypt last Saturday has however boosted their confidence level.
They will be confident going into Wednesday’s encounter with Nigeria knowing they have a great chance of making the semi-final.
Here is the data:
Date Match Result Score Competition
10 Oct 1992 Nigeria v South Africa W 4-0 FIFA World Cup
16 Jan 1993 South Africa v Nigeria D 0-0 FIFA World Cup
10 Feb 2000 Nigeria v South Africa W 2-0 Africa Cup of Nations
31 Jan 2004 Nigeria v South Africa W 4-0 Africa Cup of Nations
17 Nov 2004 South Africa v Nigeria L 2-1 International Friendly
01 Jun 2008 Nigeria v South Africa W 2-0 FIFA World Cup
06 Sep 2008 South Africa v Nigeria W 0-1 FIFA World Cup
14 Aug 2013 South Africa v Nigeria W 0-2 International Friendly
10 Sep 2014 South Africa v Nigeria D 0-0 Africa Cup of Nations
19 Nov 2014 Nigeria v South Africa D 2-2 Africa Cup of Nations
29 Mar 2015 South Africa v Nigeria D 1-1 International Friendly
10 Jun 2017 Nigeria v South Africa L 0-2 Africa Cup of Nations
17 Nov 2018 South Africa v Nigeria D 1-1 Africa Cup of Nations
10 Jul 2019 Nigeria v South Africa Africa Cup of Nations
Games won: 6
Games drawn: 5
Games lost: 2
Total of 13 matches played so far
