Nambia’s Brave Warriors go into Wednesday’s match hoping to do the almost impossible - beat the Super Eagles who have not lost in their last 16 games.
Added to that is the abrupt departure of their coach, Roger Palmgren on Sunday but the Warriors got a morale boosting draw away to Malawi last Wednesday and will be hoping to build on that point with all three points against the African champions.
On the part of the Eagles, expect the same players with the exception of Sunday Mba to start against Namibia. John Ogu should replace the Rangers midfielder, who had a below par performance against Kenya.
Last time out in Calabar, the Eagles had to wait till the 80th minute to get the winner and last Wednesday in Nairobi, it took all of 80 minutes for Ahmed Musa to nudge the Eagles in front. Also against Kenya in April, the Eagles took 93 minutes to get the equalizer against the Harambee Stars.
The Namibians are still without the injured Rudolf Bester, Henrico Botes, Heinrich Isaacks and Ronald Ketjijere, but Oliver Risser has resumed training and is in contention for a starting berth while there are no injury worries for the Super Eagles.
Coach Stephen Keshi is expected to send out his team in his favoured 4-3-3 formation while the Warriors should begin in a 4-4-2 formation with the two upfront expected to join in the midfield battle and crowd out their Nigerian opponents.
The Warriors need to win their last two games to stand any chance of topping the group and qualifying for the last round of qualifiers for the 2014 World Cup. They are currently third on the log with four points from four matches.
So the game should be tight and if there is no goal after 75 minutes, be patient, the Eagles are now in the habit of scoring late goals.
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