Greece 2-1 Nigeria: Final score, stats and lineups
FIFA World Cup · Group Stage
Greece
1-0-2
- Dimitris Salpingidis 44'
- Vasilis Torosidis 71'
2-1
FT
Nigeria
0-1-2
- Kalu Uche 16'
Key events
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16'
Kalu Uche
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Georgios SamarasOff: Sokratis Papastathopoulos37'
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Dimitris Salpingidis44'
- Halftime 45'+3'
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45'
Chinedu ObasiOff: Peter Odemwingie
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55'
Elderson EchiéjiléOff: Taye Taiwo
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Vasilis Torosidis71'
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77'
Rabiu AfolabiOff: Elderson Echiéjilé
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Sotiris NinisOff: Theofanis Gekas79'
- End Regular Time 90'+5'
Team stats
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11Corner Kicks3
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56Possession44
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27SHOTS10
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11ON GOAL4
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6Blocked Shots2
Match info
- Competition
- FIFA World Cup
- Round
- Group Stage
- Kickoff
- Thursday, June 17, 2010, 10:00 AM ET
- Venue
- Free State Toyota Stadium, Bloemfontein, South Africa
- Where to watch
- ESPN, ESPN3, EMOB
- Attendance
- 31,593
- Series
- NGA leads series 1-0
Team stats
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13Fouls15
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3Yellow Cards1
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0Red Cards1
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3Offsides0
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11Corner Kicks3
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3Saves8
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56Possession44
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27SHOTS10
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11ON GOAL4
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0.4On Target %0.3
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0Penalty Goals0
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0Penalty Kicks Taken0
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319Accurate Passes233
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381Passes297
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0.8Pass Completion %0.8
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7Accurate Crosses1
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37Crosses13
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0.2Cross %0.1
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68Long Balls48
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43Accurate Long Balls17
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0.6Long Balls %0.4
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6Blocked Shots2
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9Effective Tackles7
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13Tackles9
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0.7Tackle %0.8
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13Effective Clearances20
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19Clearances42
Lineups
Greece5-3-2- 12Alexandros TzorvasG
- 8Avraam PapadopoulosCD
- 16Sotirios KyrgiakosCD-L
- 19Sokratis Papastathopoulos↓CD-R
- 15Vasilis TorosidisLB
- 11Loukas VyntraRB
- 21Kostas KatsouranisCM
- 10Georgios KaragounisCM-L
- 6Alexandros TziolisCM-R
- 17Theofanis Gekas↓CF-L
- 14Dimitris SalpingidisCF-R
- 2Giourkas Seitaridis
- 23Athanasios Prittas
- 9Angelos Charisteas
- 5Vangelis Moras
- 4Nikos Spyropoulos
- 13Michail Sifakis
- 18Sotiris Ninis↑
- 7Georgios Samaras↑
- 22Stelios Malezas
- 3Christos Patsatzoglou
- 20Pantelis Kapetanos
- 1Kostas Chalkias
Nigeria4-3-3- 1Vincent EnyeamaG
- 6Danny ShittuCD-L
- 2Joseph YoboCD-R
- 3Taye Taiwo↓LB
- 17Chidi OdiahRB
- 15Lukman HarunaCM
- 20Dickson EtuhuLM
- 14Sani KaitaRM
- 8Yakubu AyegbeniF
- 12Kalu UcheLF
- 11Peter Odemwingie↓RF
- 5Rabiu Afolabi↑
- 21Elderson Echiéjilé↓↑
- 7John Utaka
- 23Dele Aiyenugba
- 13Ayila Yussuf
- 19Chinedu Obasi↑
- 16Austin Ejide
- 4Kanu
- 9Obafemi Martins
- 22Dele Adeleye
- 18Victor Obinna
- 10Brown Ideye
Last five games
GreeceWLDLL
NGA leads series 1-0
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