Nigeria vs Angola LIVE: Africa Cup of Nations quarter-final result, final score and reaction as Super Eagles win

The favourites for the 2024 Afcon take on an impressive Angola outfit who have top-scored at the tournament so far

Nigeria and Angola look ahead to their AFCON quarter-final

The 2023 Africa Cup of Nations has reached the quarter-final stage and the first of those took place in Abidjan on Friday evening, with Nigeria knocking out Angola after a 1-0 victory.

It’s now four clean sheets in a row for the Super Eagles, who look defensively solid and to have a platform for success, despite possessing some of the best attacking talents with the likes of Victor Osimhen in their squad. Tonight though - as in the round of 16 - it was Ademola Lookman who scored the winner, netting in the first half for what turned out to be the only goal of the game.

Osimhen did find the back of the net but saw his goal ruled out for offside, while Angola rarely threatened to find a late equaliser in truth. Nigeria will play South Africa or Cabo Verde in the semis. Follow all the reaction to Nigeria vs Angola below and get all the latest Afcon odds and tips here.

Nigeria vs Angola - LIVE

• Goal - Lookman scores his third in two knockout games to put Nigeria ahead on 41’ (1-0)
• Post - Zini latches onto through pass and beats the keeper but hits the post on 60’ (1-0)
• No goal - Osimhen header ruled out for offside after VAR check on 75’ (1-0)
• REPORT: Nigeria through to Afcon semi-finals as they edge past Angola

[2 February 2024 15:45 · Karl Matchett]

Nigeria vs Angola - LIVE

The Africa Cup of Nations has reached the knockout stages, as Ivory Coast play host for the second time in the competition’s history.

Of the 24 nations taking part in the Afcon, Senegal were installed as the pre-tournament favourites, but the reigning champions have been knocked about amid a flurry of surprising results. The previous beaten finalists, Egypt, have also been knocked out, as have World Cup semi-finalists Morocco, who many tipped to go all the way here.

The quarter-final line-up is: Nigeria v Angola, DR Congo v Guinea, Mali v Ivory Coast, Cape Verde v South Africa.

The tournament is officially Afcon 2023, despite taking place in 2024, after it was pushed back several months due to concerns over the Senegalese heat in the summer months.

Here is the full schedule of fixtures, dates and kick-off times.

[2 February 2024 15:35 · The Independent]

Nigeria vs Angola - LIVE

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[2 February 2024 13:42 · Karl Matchett]

Nigeria vs Angola - LIVE

Good afternoon and welcome to the Independent’s live coverage of the Africa Cup of Nations, where today we have Nigeria facing Angola in the quarter-finals.

We’ll have all the team news and build-up right here, with kick-off set for 5pm GMT.