Nigeria Vs Sierra Leone AFCON Prediction Thursday

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Written By: Tanwa

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Nigeria and Sierra Leone will set the ball rolling in group A of the African Cup of Nations when they face each other at the Moshood Abiola National Stadium on Thursday.

For the Super Eagles, they will be gunning for a third consecutive appearance in the tournament and they'll also be looking to end their current five-game winless run.

Sierra Leone will be looking to pick their own third consecutive victory and get the qualifying campaign off to a flying start.

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Nigeria's new head coach Jose Peseiro will also be looking to make a good impression by picking up a positive result in his first competitive game in charge, having conceded defeats to Mexico and Ecuador in international friendlies.

The failure of the Super Eagles to qualify for the world cup later this year would also be fresh in the minds of Nigerians and will want to start of their AFCON qualifiers without any feeling of Deja Vu.

Nigeria are the favourites to win at 1.27 odds.