Nigeria’s Super Eagles are second in AFCON 2027 qualifying Group L with 3 points from 2 games, three behind Guinea-Bissau, who beat them 3-0 in Bissau on 29 September. Only one place in the group is open, because Tanzania are already qualified as co-hosts, so Nigeria have to finish as the best of the other three. Their next games are home and away against Tanzania in the November international window. Under head coach Eric Chelle, Nigeria have won 4, drawn 3 and lost 2 of their 9 matches since March 2026.
AFCON 2027 qualifying: Group L table
Built from the four Group L results, each confirmed on ESPN’s match feed and by an independent report: Nigeria 2-1 Madagascar in Uyo and Tanzania 0-2 Guinea-Bissau on 25 September, then Guinea-Bissau 3-0 Nigeria and Madagascar 1-1 Tanzania on 29 September. The points column agrees with the Group L table published by Afrik-Foot on 30 September. Goals scored and conceded both total 10, so the table balances.
| Pos | Team | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Guinea-Bissau | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | +5 | 6 |
| 2 | Nigeria | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 3 |
| 3 | Madagascar | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 1 |
| 4 | Tanzania (co-host, already qualified) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 1 |
AFCON 2027, branded Pamoja AFCON 2027, is hosted by Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda. Each host sits in a qualifying group and is already through, which is why Nigeria, Guinea-Bissau and Madagascar are competing for a single ticket. Reports from Legit.ng, Afrik-Foot and Blueprint all describe the same rule: the best-placed team in Group L other than Tanzania qualifies.
Super Eagles fixtures: what is left
| Matchday | Fixture | Window | Date | Kick-off (WAT) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | Nigeria v Tanzania | 9 to 17 November 2026 | Wikipedia lists 11 November; not yet confirmed by a second source | To be confirmed |
| 4 | Tanzania v Nigeria | 9 to 17 November 2026 | Wikipedia lists 15 November; not yet confirmed by a second source | To be confirmed |
| 5 or 6 | Madagascar v Nigeria | 22 to 30 March 2027 | Wikipedia lists 24 March; not yet confirmed by a second source | To be confirmed |
| 5 or 6 | Nigeria v Guinea-Bissau | 22 to 30 March 2027 | Saturday 28 March 2027, confirmed by Afrik-Foot and Wikipedia | To be confirmed |
Two November games against Tanzania are confirmed by Legit.ng and Afrik-Foot, who both describe a home and away pairing in the November window. We publish exact dates and West Africa Time kick-offs only once two sources agree, and we will update this page when they do.
Every Super Eagles result in 2026, March to October
Each score below appears on ESPN’s Nigeria match feed and in at least one independent report, named in the last column. Scores are shown home side first.
| Date | Match | Venue | Competition | Result | Second source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 27 Mar | Iran 1-2 Nigeria | Mardan Stadium, Antalya | Friendly | WON | News Agency of Nigeria |
| Tue 31 Mar | Jordan 2-2 Nigeria | Mardan Stadium, Antalya | Friendly | DRAW | Channels TV |
| Tue 26 May | Nigeria 2-0 Zimbabwe | The Valley, London | Unity Cup | WON | Wikipedia (Femi Azeez scored twice) |
| Sat 30 May | Jamaica 0-3 Nigeria | The Valley, London | Unity Cup final | WON | Channels TV |
| Wed 3 Jun | Poland 2-2 Nigeria | PGE Narodowy, Warsaw | Friendly | DRAW | Sofascore |
| Wed 10 Jun | Portugal 2-1 Nigeria | Estadio Dr. Magalhaes Pessoa, Leiria | Friendly | LOST | El Diario NY |
| Fri 25 Sep | Nigeria 2-1 Madagascar | Godswill Akpabio International Stadium, Uyo | AFCON 2027 qualifier | WON | Blueprint |
| Tue 29 Sep | Guinea-Bissau 3-0 Nigeria | Stade du 24 Septembre, Bissau | AFCON 2027 qualifier | LOST | Blueprint, Arise TV |
| Tue 6 Oct | Russia 3-3 Nigeria | Nizhny Novgorod Stadium | Friendly | DRAW | EWN, Voice of Nigeria |
| 9 matches | W4 D3 L2 | GF 17, GA 14 |
The split matters more than the total. In the seven friendlies Nigeria scored 15 and conceded 10, with one defeat, to Portugal. In the two competitive games they scored 2 and conceded 4. The 3-3 in Russia was the fifth time in nine games that Nigeria conceded at least twice. We have not listed scorers for the Madagascar game, because two reports we checked name different second scorers. Nigeria did not qualify for the 2026 World Cup, after losing the CAF play-off to DR Congo on penalties in November 2025, which SuperSport and Wikipedia both record.
The head-to-head maths for 28 March
CAF ranks teams level on points by their head-to-head record first, as set out on Wikipedia’s AFCON 2027 qualification page: points in the games between them, then goal difference in those games, then goals scored, then away goals, and only after that overall goal difference. Nigeria already lost the first meeting 3-0 away. If Nigeria and Guinea-Bissau finish level on points, this is what the home game in March would decide. The table is our own arithmetic from those rules.
| Nigeria v Guinea-Bissau on 28 March | Head-to-head goal difference | Who is ahead if level on points |
|---|---|---|
| Nigeria win by 4 or more, for example 4-0 | Nigeria +1 or better | Nigeria |
| Nigeria win 3-0 | Level, goals level, away goals level | Nobody yet: overall goal difference decides |
| Nigeria win by 3 while conceding, for example 4-1 | Level, goals level | Guinea-Bissau, on away goals |
| Nigeria win by 1 or 2 | Guinea-Bissau ahead | Guinea-Bissau |
| Draw or Guinea-Bissau win | Guinea-Bissau take more head-to-head points | Guinea-Bissau |
In plain terms, a narrow home win over Guinea-Bissau will not be enough if the two sides end level on points. Nigeria either need to finish above them on points outright, which means Guinea-Bissau dropping points elsewhere, or beat them by four clear goals in March. That is why the two November games against Tanzania, which are worth six points on paper, carry so much weight. The same rule applies to any three-way tie, where it is applied to the games among those three teams first.
Our record on Nigeria and on AFCON qualifiers
Read live from our homepage this morning, our overall record stands at 121 wins and 86 losses, 58 percent over 207 graded picks, with strong picks of 70 percent and above winning 27 of 32. In AFCON qualifiers our graded log shows 9 wins and 5 losses. We have graded exactly one Nigeria pick: Nigeria to beat Madagascar at 72 percent on 25 September, which won 2-1. One pick is a sample, not a hit rate. We did not publish a pick for the defeat in Bissau, so it is not on our record either way.
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