U-17 WWC: What are Flamingos chances against United States?

Nigeria's U-17 Women's team will take on the United States youth team at the DY Patil Stadium on Friday, October 21 for a place in the last four at the ongoing FIFA Women's World Cup in India.

The Flamingos secured a quarterfinal place following their 2-1 victory against Chile in their final Group B fixture on Monday, October 17.

Goals from stand-in captain Blessing Emmanuel and Bisola Mosaku sealed a comfortable win for Coach Olowoore Bankole's side.

Prior to the victory against Chile, the Flamingos had thrashed New Zealand by 4-0 in their second group game after suffering a disappointing 2-1 defeat to Germany in their group opener.

Nigeria finished in second place in Group B with 6 points behind Germany who managed 9 points after winning all three of their group games.

In Group A, the United States thumped North African side Morocco 4-0 to finish on top of the group with 7 points with a superior goal difference of +12 goals ahead of Brazil who managed the same points but with an inferior goal difference of +6.

NIGERIA VS USA H2H

Matches and wins

Flamingos have won 2 of their 3 matches in the tournament so far, with their only defeat coming against Germany in their first game.

The United States, on the other hand, have also managed 2 wins and a draw in their three encounters.


Goals scored and conceded

The Flamingos have managed to score 7 goals and have conceded 3 goals in their 3 matches, resulting in a goal difference of +4.

The USNYT have also scored an astonishing 13 goals in three matches with only one goal conceded — with a goal difference of +12.

Coach Bankole's girls will face arguably one of the strongest sides in the competition on Friday.

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