{"id":5675,"date":"2026-01-05T19:23:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-05T19:23:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/5675\/"},"modified":"2026-01-05T19:23:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-05T19:23:07","slug":"nigeria-vs-mozambique-live-score-afcon-2025-round-of-16-super-eagles-lock-horns-against-the-mambas-in-fes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/5675\/","title":{"rendered":"Nigeria Vs Mozambique LIVE Score, AFCON 2025 Round Of 16: Super Eagles Lock Horns Against The Mambas In Fes"},"content":{"rendered":"

Nigeria’s players celebrate a goal scored by their teammate Victor Osimhen during the Africa Cup of Nations group C soccer match between Nigeria and Tunisia in Fez, Morocco. Photo: AP\/Mosa’ab Elshamy<\/p>\n

Tonight’s 2025-26 Africa Cup of Nations Round of 16 match sees Nigeria national football team battle it out against the Mozambique national football team at the F\u00e8s Sports Complex. The winner of the contest will book their place in the Quarter-finals. The Super Eagles will be favourites but the Mambas will keen to upset the odds and progress further. Catch the play-by-play updates and live scores from the NIG vs MOZ AFCON match, right here<\/p>\n

LIVE UPDATES<\/p>\n

6 Jan 2026, 12:51:55 am IST<\/p>\n

Nigeria Vs Mozambique Live Score, AFCON RO16: NGA With The Ball Possession<\/p>\n

The Super Eagles pile pressure on Mozambique, as they are forced to stop attempts from Osimhen and Lookman. MOZ are defending with their lives depending on it.<\/p>\n

Nigeria 0-0 Mozambique 14′<\/p>\n

6 Jan 2026, 12:46:30 am IST<\/p>\n

Nigeria Vs Mozambique Live Score, AFCON RO16: MOZ Unhappy With Ref’s Decision<\/p>\n

Bruno Langa brings down Nigerian player but the referee points it as a foul. Replays show that Langa did get the ball as well as the player. Poor call that!<\/p>\n

Nigeria 0-0 Mozambique 12′<\/p>\n

6 Jan 2026, 12:42:48 am IST<\/p>\n

Nigeria Vs Mozambique Live Score, AFCON RO16: Iwobi Chance<\/p>\n

Fulham forward Alex Iwobi takes a shot from 20 yards out, but Mozambique\u2019s goalkeeper Ernan sends it behind for a corner.<\/p>\n

Nigeria 0-0 Mozambique 7′<\/p>\n

6 Jan 2026, 12:38:59 am IST<\/p>\n

Nigeria Vs Mozambique Live Score, AFCON RO16: Osimhen Flagged Off<\/p>\n

Seems Osimhen finds the back of the net after being set up in the box by Adams, but the goal is ruled out as offside.<\/p>\n

Nigeria 0-0 Mozambique 3′<\/p>\n

6 Jan 2026, 12:32:16 am IST<\/p>\n

Nigeria Vs Mozambique Live Score, AFCON RO16: KO<\/p>\n

Right then, after the drama in the first game, we are in the second one. The Super Eagles will fancy their chance. There’s a slight delay to the kick-off as the ref has not started the game yet.<\/p>\n

Nigeria 0-0 Mozambique 1′<\/p>\n

6 Jan 2026, 12:25:43 am IST<\/p>\n

Nigeria Vs Mozambique Live Score, AFCON RO16: Mo Salah’s Goal Seals Victory For EGY<\/p>\n

Mohamed Salah scored the winning goal as Egypt beat Benin in Extra-time (3-1) and book their place in the quarter-final.<\/p>\n

5 Jan 2026, 11:52:48 pm IST<\/p>\n

Nigeria Vs Mozambique Live Score, AFCON RO16: Elsewhere In Agadir<\/p>\n

Benin did their best to take Egypt to extra-time but the Pharaohs have hit back with a lead via Ibrahim header. Second-half coverage of ET, RIGHT HERE<\/a><\/p>\n

5 Jan 2026, 11:40:44 pm IST<\/p>\n

Nigeria Vs Mozambique Live Score, AFCON RO16: Starting XIs<\/p>\n

5 Jan 2026, 10:53:39 pm IST<\/p>\n

Nigeria Vs Mozambique Live Score, AFCON RO16: H2H<\/p>\n

Total matches: 6<\/p>\n

Nigeria won: 5<\/p>\n

Mozambique won: 0<\/p>\n

Draws: 1<\/p>\n

5 Jan 2026, 09:00:01 pm IST<\/p>\n

Nigeria Vs Mozambique Live Score, AFCON RO16: Match Details<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Nigeria’s players celebrate a goal scored by their teammate Victor Osimhen during the Africa Cup of Nations group…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5676,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45],"tags":[1428,2990,4327,4324,122,1972,4328,4322,4320,4325,4321,4326,4323],"class_list":{"0":"post-5675","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nigeria","8":"tag-2025-afcon","9":"tag-afcon-2025-26","10":"tag-africa-cup-of-nations-round-of-16","11":"tag-how-to-watch-nigeria-vs-mozambique","12":"tag-nigeria","13":"tag-nigeria-vs-mozambique","14":"tag-nigeria-vs-mozambique-h2h","15":"tag-nigeria-vs-mozambique-live","16":"tag-nigeria-vs-mozambique-live-score","17":"tag-nigeria-vs-mozambique-live-today","18":"tag-nigeria-vs-mozambique-live-updates","19":"tag-nigeria-vs-mozambique-today-match","20":"tag-where-to-watch-nigeria-vs-mozambique-live"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5675","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5675"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5675\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5676"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5675"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5675"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5675"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}