Nigeria’s Super Eagles are expected to arrive in Ghana on March 23 for the crucial 2022 World Cup playoff games against the Black Stars, Footballghana.com can exclusively confirm.
Nigeria will be hosted at the Cape Coast Stadium on March 25 in the first leg before the return leg game at the Moshood Abiola National Stadium in Abuja on March 29.
Austin Eguavoen having named his squad for the games will arrive in the country on Wednesday before the game on Friday.
Footbalghana.com can authoritatively confirm that 23 players will make the trip to Ghana with a chartered flight.
The winner of the tie will book a place in the 2022 World Cup scheduled to be hosted in Qatar later this year.
The Black Stars after a disappointing 2021 Africa Cup of Nations [AFCON] campaign in Cameroon are seeking to make amend against their rivals.
And having failed to play in the last edition in Russia, the four-time African champions are seeking to play in the global showpiece for the fourth time
Meanwhile, the Black Stars technical team, led by Otto Addo are yet to announce the squad for the tie.
Nigeria has played against Ghana more than any other country in the world in football, with a total of 57 senior matches between both countries in 71 years.
Ghana has won 19 of those clashes with Nigeria winning 16, with 19 of the games ending in a draw.
The two teams most recent encounter ended in a 0-0 in Accra with the Eagles winning 3-0 in Port Harcourt to qualify for the 2002 finals in Korea/Japan.
Ghana and Nigeria have clashed in qualifying campaigns for 1962, 1970, 1974, and 2002 World Cup finals.
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