Nigeria’s Tremendous Eagles will face Russia in a world pleasant on the Nizhny Novgorod Stadium on Tuesday, October 6, 2026.
The match would be the second assembly between the 2 nations in 16 months, with the fixture confirmed by Nigeria’s FIFA Match Agent, Jairo Pachon of Eurodatasports.
The 2 sides final met on June 6, 2025, on the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow, the place they performed out a 1-1 draw.
Russia took the lead via an personal aim by Nigeria defender Semi Ajayi within the first half, earlier than Tolu Arokodare equalised for the Tremendous Eagles after the break.
Nigeria, who missed out on the 2026 FIFA World Cup within the USA, Canada and Mexico, have since performed plenty of worldwide matches.
The Tremendous Eagles retained the Afro-Caribbean Unity Cup in London, drew 2-2 with Poland in Warsaw and suffered a slender 2-1 defeat to Portugal in Meira.
The October pleasant will happen on the 44,000-capacity Nizhny Novgorod Stadium, which hosted matches in the course of the 2018 FIFA World Cup.
It is going to be Russia’s second sport on the stadium. They beforehand defeated Cyprus 1-0 there in a 2020 European Championship qualifier in June 2019.
Nigeria are presently ranked twenty sixth within the FIFA world rankings, whereas Russia sit thirty fifth.
The match will come precisely one week after Nigeria’s second 2027 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying match towards Guinea-Bissau on September 29.
Earlier than travelling to Bissau, the Tremendous Eagles will open their AFCON 2027 qualifying marketing campaign towards Madagascar on the Godswill Akpabio Stadium in Uyo on September 25.
The Russia pleasant will subsequently present one other essential check for Nigeria because the group continues preparations for the 2027 AFCON qualifiers.
