Nigeria vs Kenya; World Cup 2014 Qualifier

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The Nigerian team will clash with the Kenyans on the 23^rd of March 2013 in a FIFA 2014 World Cup qualifier at Calabar.

The Nigeria national football team, nicknamed Super Eagles or Green Eagles, previously, They are the current African Cup of Nation champions. 

A worthy and powerful team of striking style, they have won the African Cup of Nation a total of 3 times, and have reached the FIFA World Cup round of 16 twice, and now will face Kenyans on Saturday 23^rd March of World cup qualifier at 20:00.

Meanwhile the Kenyans never qualified for FIFA World Cup. Kenya has appeared in five African Cup of Nations tournaments, never reaching second round. The team entered its first FIFA World cup qualifications In 1974. As of 2010, they have not qualified to the final tournament. A controversial incident took place in 2004 when FIFA suspended Kenya from all football activities for three months, due to the interference of the government in football activities. The ban was reversed after the country agreed to create new statutes.

Kenya World Cup record:

·         1903 to 1970 – Did not enter

·         1974 to 2010 – Did not qualify

Head To Head:

Played: 4

Nigeria won: 4

Kenya won: 0

Last 5 performances of both the teams:

Nigeria:

25/01/13             Nigeria 1-1 Zambia

29/01/13             Nigeria 2-0 Ethiopia

03/02/13             Nigeria 2-1 Côte d'Ivoire

06/02/13             Nigeria 4-1 Mali

10/02/13             Nigeria 1-0 Burkina Faso

Kenya:

06/02/13            Kenya 3-0 Libya

14/11/12            Kenya 0-1 Tanzania

16/10/12            Kenya 1-2 South Africa

17/06/12            Kenya 0-1 Togo

09/06/12            Kenya 0-1 Namibia