The Super Eagles have slipped from their recent African dominance, failing to qualify for the 2022 World Cup. From a continental perspective, they have been poor as well since winning the 2013 AFCON tournament, failing to qualify altogether in 2015 and 2017 before falling short of reaching the final in 2019 and 2021.

They boast a supremely talented squad this time around, but getting those players to reprise their club form at the international level has been a struggle in the past decade. Striker Victor Osimhen is fresh off winning the coveted African Player of the Year award for 2023, but they lost in-form forward Victor Boniface to a groin injury just before the tournament.

They face 88th-ranked Equatorial Guinea to open the competition, who went unbeaten through their seven matches in 2023 and reached the quarterfinals of AFCON 2021, beating Algeria in the group stage before falling to eventual champions Senegal.

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Before backing the talented Super Eagles, we have to see it to believe it from Nigeria. They have continued to fall short of the expectations put forth by their on-paper roster, the latest being a 2-0 defeat to 80th-ranked Guinea in their pre-tournament friendly.

They slumped to consecutive 1-1 draws against Lesotho and Zimbabwe to begin World Cup qualifying in late 2023, and fell to fellow Group A participants Guinea-Bissau in AFCON qualifying earlier back in March by a 1-0 score. Nigeria has particularly struggled to score goals, something Victor Osimhen hopes to

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