Ghana to face off in Abuja on 27 March
Nigeria’s Super Eagles and the Black Stars of Ghana will square off at the MKO Abiola National Stadium in Abuja on Sunday 27 March for the second leg of the Africa World Cup play-offs.
The Nigeria Football Federation on Tuesday confirmed the date of the reverse leg to the Confederation of African Football, with the Ghana Football Association now to confirm whether the first leg inside the Cape Coast Stadium will be on Wednesday, 23rd March or Thursday, 24th March.
The meeting will be the 59th installment of the Nigeria-Ghana football rivalry that has spanned 71 years. It will also be the first game involving the Super Eagles at the country’s premium sporting arena since the Eagles defeated Sudan’s Falcons of Jediane 3-1 in an Africa Cup of Nations qualifying match on 15th October 2014.
Nigeria reached the play-off round after topping a qualifying pool that included Cape Verde, Liberia and the Central African Republic while Ghana emerged from the section that had South Africa, Zimbabwe and Ethiopia.