01
12 Jun 2002
FIFA World Cup · Group F
Nagai Stadium, Osaka
Nigeria
0–0
England
England drew
England men · International friendly
England
v Nigeria
2–1
Full time
England v Nigeria finished 2–1.
- Nigeria
- Iwobi 47'
- Date
- Saturday 2 June 2018 · England in 2018
- Kick-off
- 17:15 UK
- Venue
- Wembley Stadium, London
- Competition
- International friendly
Last checked 21 October 2026
Team sheets
Line-ups
England Formation 3-1-4-2
Starting XI
- No. 1, Jordan Pickford GK
- No. 4, Kyle Walker CB
- No. 5, John Stones CB
- No. 6, Gary Cahill CB
- No. 8, Eric Dier SW
- No. 2, Kieran Trippier RM
- No. 7, Jesse Lingard CM Off in the 67'
- No. 11, Dele Alli CM Off in the 82'
- No. 3, Ashley Young LM Off in the 68'
- No. 9, Harry Kane FW Off in the 73'
- No. 10, Raheem Sterling FW Yellow card 52' Off in the 73'
Substitutes
- No. 17, Ruben Loftus-Cheek On in the 67'
- No. 12, Danny Rose On in the 68'
- No. 20, Marcus Rashford On in the 73'
- No. 21, Danny Welbeck On in the 73'
- No. 15, Fabian Delph On in the 82'
- No. 13, Jack Butland (not used)
- No. 14, Harry Maguire (not used)
- No. 16, Jake Livermore (not used)
- No. 18, Adam Lallana (not used)
- No. 19, Jamie Vardy (not used)
- No. 23, Nick Pope (not used)
- No. 24, Tom Heaton (not used)
Nigeria Formation 4-2-3-1
Starting XI
- No. 23, Francis Uzoho GK
- No. 12, Abdullahi Shehu RB Off in the 45'
- No. 5, William Troost-Ekong CB
- No. 6, Leon Balogun CB Off in the 45'
- No. 2, Brian Idowu LB
- No. 17, Ogenyi Onazi RM Off in the 45'
- No. 15, Joel Obi LM Off in the 45'
- No. 18, Alex Iwobi RW
- No. 10, John Obi Mikel AM
- No. 11, Victor Moses LW Off in the 63'
- No. 9, Odion Ighalo FW Off in the 77'
Substitutes
- No. 4, Kenneth Omeruo On in the 45'
- No. 8, Peter Etebo On in the 45'
- No. 19, John Ogu On in the 45'
- No. 21, Tyronne Ebuehi On in the 45'
- No. 7, Ahmed Musa Yellow card 77' On in the 63'
- No. 14, Kelechi Iheanacho On in the 77'
- No. 1, Ikechukwu Ezenwa (not used)
- No. 3, Elderson Echiéjilé (not used)
- No. 13, Wilfred Ndidi (not used)
- No. 16, Daniel Akpeyi (not used)
- No. 20, Chidozie Awaziem (not used)
- No. 22, Simy (not used)
- No. 26, Ola Aina (not used)
- No. 27, Mikel Agu (not used)
Men's senior internationals · Newest first
The 2 meetings before this one
02
16 Nov 1994
International friendly
Wembley, London
England
1–0
Nigeria
England won
England: Platt 41'
Nigeria: None
Official meetings since 1994
England v Nigeria stats
Meetings3In our results database
England wins2England perspective
Draws1Level at full time
Nigeria wins0Nigeria victories
England have scored 3 goals to Nigeria's 1 across these meetings.
Individual fixture records
Who has scored most?
England · Fixture leader
1Platt
1 goals against Nigeria in matches we hold scorer data for.
Nigeria · Fixture leader
1Iwobi
Nigeria's leading scorer against England in matches we hold scorer data for.