Egypt vs. Nigeria live score: Result, stats and highlights from pre-AFCON friendly

Egypt and Nigeria make their final AFCON preparations when they face one another in a pre-tournament friendly in Cairo.

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African football giants Egypt and Nigeria will undertake their final AFCON preparations with a friendly meeting in Cairo on Tuesday.

Egypt are the most successful team in Africa Cup of Nations history, with seven successes. However, the last of these triumphs was back in 2010, and Liverpool superstar Mohamed Salah would dearly love to add a major international trophy to his glittering career haul.

Nigeria are still smarting from World Cup qualifying elimination and head coach Eric Chelle will need a strong showing in Morocco, if not victory outright, to hold onto his job.

The Sporting News will provide live score updates from Egypt vs. Nigeria and a match report at full-time.

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Egypt vs. Nigeria live score

	1st Half	Goalscorers
Egypt	1	Saber 28'
Nigeria	0	_

Location: Cairo International Stadium (Cairo, Egypt)
Referee: Mahmoud Nagi (EGY)

Confirmed lineups:

Egypt (4-1-3-2, right to left): El-Shenawy (GK) — Hany, Abdelmaguid, Ibrahim, Aboul-Fetouh— Attia — Ashour, Fathy, Saber — Mostafa, Zizo

Nigeria (4-3-3, right to left): Nwabali (GK) — Osayi-Samuel, Awaziem, Ogbu, Sanusi — Onyeka, Akinsanmiro, Onyedika —Dele-Bashiru, Onuachu, Ejuke

Egypt vs. Nigeria highlights from pre-AFCON friendly

41 mins: Nigeria almost level! Onuachu rises highest to glance Onyeka's long throw-in goalwards. The backpedalling El-Shenawy makes a magnificent save, tipping over the bar.

28 mins: GOAL! Saber gives Egypt the lead!

Excellent work by Zizo down the right channel, leaving Zaidu in his wake. The low cross leaves Saber with a tap-in.

Egypt vs. Nigeria kick off time

This international friendly match kicks off at Cairo International Stadium on December 16 at 8 p.m. local time in Cairo, Egypt. Here's how that time translates across some of the major territories around the globe:

	Date	Kickoff time
USA/Canada	Tue, Dec. 16	1 p.m. ET
USA/Canada	Tue, Dec. 16	10 a.m. PT
UK	Tue, Dec. 16	6 p.m. GMT
Australia	Wed, Dec. 17	5 a.m. AEDT
India	Tue, Dec. 16	11:30 p.m. IST

Egypt vs. Nigeria lineups, team news

Mohamed Salah and Omar Marmoush are unlikely to feature after the Liverpool and Manchester City forwards arrived from club duty as planned.

Trezeguet missed training on Monday after undergoing dental work, while Ibrahim Adel is still nursing an ankle sprain. Both are expected to be fine for the Pharaohs' tournament opener against Zimbabwe.

Egypt starting lineup (4-1-3-2): El-Shenawy (GK) — Hany, Abdelmaguid, Ibrahim, Aboul-Fetouh— Attia — Ashour, Fathy, Saber — Mostafa, Zizo

First-choice goalkeeper Stanley Nwabali was a doubt for Nigeria due to wrist and ankle soreness but was passed fit to start.

Frank Onyeka gets a start in midfield after struggling for game time at Brentford. Paul Onuachu starts up front, with Victor Osimhen one of the late arrivals in camp.

Nigeria starting lineup (4-3-3): Nwabali (GK) — Osayi-Samuel, Awaziem, Ogbu, Sanusi — Onyeka, Akinsanmiro, Onyedika —Dele-Bashiru, Onuachu, Ejuke