Nigeria come into this game after a 2-1 loss to England in another warm-up game. While that scoreline seems like it was a close game, the reality is far from that and the Super Eagles looked really poor defensively and could have been down by four goals in the first half if England had taken all their chances. They did enjoy some attacking play in the second half when Alex Iwobi scored almost immediately after the break, but with such a poor defence, the Super Eagles would achieve little in Russia when the competition begins.
The Czech Republic also come into this game after a shocking defensive show in their last game against Australia as they conceded 4 goals and scored none against the World Cup-bound Aussie team. Although they would not be playing at the World Cup, that doesn’t mean they should not salvage some pride, and this game offers them another chance to get a win over a World Cup-bound team.
We expect the Czech’s to approach this game from an attacking point of view after watching Nigeria against England, however, there is no guarantee that their defence would shut out the Nigerians.
Nigeria have scored 8 goals in their last ten away games and they have scored at least one goal in three of their last four games. But they have kept just one clean sheet in their last eight games.
The Czech Republic also have a similar record to their opponents as they have conceded in 9 of their last ten games, and they have scored in all but two of those matches.
