🏆 EPL: Manchester United 1-2 Fulham

🇳🇬 Calvin Bassey ⚽️
🇳🇬 Alex Iwobi ⚽️

Nigeria Afcon finalists star as Cottagers stun Andre Anana’s side at Old Trafford.

🇬🇭 Ghana targets Kobbie Mainoo and Omari Forson in Man Utd XI

🇬🇭 GHANA: Jordan Ayew after AFCON

👕 5 matches
⚽️ 2 goals
🅰️ 1 assist

Black Stars attacker score and assist as Crystal Palace beat Burnley 3-1 in EPL on Saturday

🇳🇬 ALIKE: Nigeria Super Eagles have lost an AFCON final for the fifth time (after 1984, 1988, 1990 and 2000), equalling Ghana Black Stars for the joint-most a side has finished as the tournament's runners-up. #AFCON2023 #AFCON2023 Final

🏆 FT: Cote d’Ivoire 2-1 Nigeria

Elephants win third AFCON title - 1992, 2015, 2023.

They tie Super Eagles on number of AFCON titles. #AFCON2023

🇳🇬v🇨🇮 SHOWDOWN: Côte d'Ivoire have never beaten Nigeria at AFCON since the 2008 tournament hosted by Ghana, a 1-0 win.

The Elephants face the Super Eagles in #AFCON2023 final. #AFCONFinal

🇨🇮 SIGN?: Five of the last six AFCON host nations to reach the final have won the tournament, the exception being Nigeria in 2000 (drew 2-2 with Cameroon, lost 4-3 on penalties).

The Super Eagles take on Côte d’Ivoire in Sunday’s #AFCON2023 final.

🇳🇬 LOCK: Nigeria have never beaten the same nation twice at AFCON since 2006 when they beat Senegal in the group stage and third-place playoff.

The Super Eagles face Côte d’Ivoire in Sunday’s #AFCON2023 final following a 1-0 group stage win over the Elephants.

🇨🇮 CHASE: Should Côte d’Ivoire win the #AFCON2023 trophy, the Elephants will go equal with Nigeria’s Super Eagles on three titles.

The last hosts to win the tournament was Egypt in 2006.

🇳🇬 NEAR: If they beat Cote d’Ivoire in the #AFCON2023 final, Nigeria will tie Ghana on four AFCON titles.

After the Black Stars won their last title in 1982, the Super Eagles have won the trophy two times (1994 and 2013).

🇨🇮 COMEBACK: Cote d'Ivoire has become the first nation to reach AFCON final despite suffering a four-goal defeat earlier in the tournament (4-0 loss to Equatorial Guinea) since Nigeria Super Eagles in 1990 (5-1 loss to Algeria).

🇳🇬 CLOSE: Nigeria Super Eagles edge South Africa on penalties to make AFCON final for the first time since 2013.

Bafana Bafana continue search for first final spot since 1998. #AFCON2023 #NGARSA

🇳🇬 ONE WAY: Nigeria and South Africa have previously met at AFCON on three occasions, with the Super Eagles winning the previous three by an aggregate score of 8-1.

They meet again at #AFCON2023 semis on Wednesday.

🇨🇻 HOOKED: By their 0-0 draw after extra-time in #AFCON2023 R16, Cape Verde’s first ever AFCON game (2013) and their most recent (2024) in the tournament’s history have both ended in 0-0 draws, coincidentally both against South Africa’s Bafana Bafana.

🇲🇱 OVER: Before facing Cote d’Ivoire at #AFCON2023 , Mali had progressed from all five of their previous AFCON quarter-final appearances, the most number of matches any team had played in this round without ever being eliminated. Ivory Coast win 2-1.

#MLICIV

🇳🇬 FLY: After scoring twice in #AFCON2023 R16 vs Cameroon and once vs Angola (QF), Ademola Lookman becomes fourth Nigeria Super Eagles player to score three or more goals in the knockouts of a single AFCON edition after Odion Ighalo (4), Jay-Jay Okocha (3) and Rashidi Yekini…

🇲🇦 AGAIN: Morocco fall 2-0 to South Africa’s Bafana in #AFCON2023 Round of 16; makes it 6/8 times Atlas Lions fail to reach AFCON quarterfinal since winning silver in 2004.

🇸🇳 LOW: Since 2010, no AFCON defending champion has gone past the Round of 16.

AFCON 2021 champions Senegal latest to bite the dust after penalty shootout defeat to Cote d’Ivoire in #AFCON2023 Round of 16.

🇨🇻 BACK: Cape Verde beat Mauritania 1-0 in #AFCON2023 Round of 16 to reach AFCON quarterfinal for the first time since reaching the stage on their tournament debut at South Africa 2013.