2 – Nigeria and Mexico were the only two nations to keep clean sheets in both of their first two games at the 2014 World Cup.
3 – Argentina have won all 3 previous meetings against Nigeria at World Cups – 2-1 winners at USA ’94, 1-0 at South Korea/Japan 2002 and 1-0 at South Africa 2010.
4 – Argentina have won their last four matches against African nations at the World Cup.
4 – Nigeria have lost all four previous meetings with South American nations at the World Cup.
5 – All five of Nigeria’s World Cup victories have come against European nations.
8 – Lionel Messi has scored 8 goals in his last 7 appearances for Argentina.
10 – Nigeria won their first World Cup match in 10 games with their 1-0 win over Bosnia and Herzegovina. They had drawn 3 and lost 6 of their previous matches.
11 – Argentina have won 11 of their last 14 World Cup group matches, drawing 2 and losing only 1.
28 – Argentina have the oldest squad at the World Cup, with an average age of 28 years and 336 days.
221 – Nigeria enter this game having gone 221 minutes without conceding a goal at a World Cup.