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Nigeria will battle Tunisia for a place in the quarter-final of the Africa Cup of Nations on Sunday as both countries go head to head in Garoua.
The Eagles of the Carthage astonishingly lost their last group game 1-0 against The Gambia on Thursday night to set up a meeting with the Super Eagles who have been clinical in all their group matches.
The last time both countries met was in a friendly match in October 2020 and it ended in a 1-1 draw.
Leicester City forward Kelechi Iheanacho’s opener was cancelled out by Mohamed Drager’s effort at the Jacques Lemans Arena in Austria.
The winner of the Nigeria v Tunisia game will confront the winner of the match between Burkina Faso and Gabon in the quarter-final.
Fixtures of the Round of 16
Sunday 23 January 2022: Burkina Faso vs Gabon at Limbe Stadium (17:00)
Sunday 23 January 2022: Nigeria vs Tunisia at Garoua Stadium (20:00)
Monday 24 January 2022: Guinea vs Gambia at Bafoussam Stadium (17:00)
Monday 24 January 2022: Cameroon vs Comoros at Olembe Stadium (20:00)
Tuesday 25 January 2022: Senegal vs Cape Verde at Bafoussam Stadium (17:00)
Tuesday 25 January 2022: Morocco vs Malawi at Yaounde Stadium (20:00)
Wednesday 26 January 2022: Cote d’Ivoire vs Egypt at Douala Stadium (17:00)
Wednesday 26 January 2022: Mali vs Equatorial Guinea at Limbe Stadium (20:00)
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