Nigeria, Iceland line-ups revealed

CAIRO – 22 June 2018: Nigeria will face Iceland at their second game of the group D at 2018 World Cup at Volgograd Arena.

Welcome to Volgograd!

The teams are ready for #NGAISL - are you?

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The African side hopes to achieve a good result to improve their chances to reach the second round before facing Argentina at the last game of the group stage.

On the other hand, Iceland, who participates at the World Cup for the first time in the history, hopes to continue their amazing run at the competition as they ended the opening game against Argentina with a 1-1 draw.

Okay - now for Match 2!

Here are the teams for #NGAISL 👇 pic.twitter.com/AOgHVq8QVP

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Iceland line-up for the game consists of: Hannes Þór Halldórsson, Birkir Már Sævarsson, Ragnar Sigurðsson, Kári Árnason, Birkir Bjarnason, Gylfi Sigurðsson, Hörður Björgvin Magnússon, Aron Gunnarsson, Rúrik Gíslason, Alfreð Finnbogason and Jón Daði Böðvarsson.

Nigeria line-up for the game consists of: Francis Uzoho, William Troost-Ekong, Kenneth Omeruo, Brian Idowu, Leon Balogun, Oghenekaro Etebo, John Obi Mikel, Wilfred Ndidi, Victor Moses, Ahmed Musa and Kelechi Iheanacho.

Argentina, who lost 3-0 to Croatia on Thursday, hopes for any result other than Iceland’s victory to increase their chances to reach the second round.