For the second straight AFCON qualifying series the Super Eagles have been drawn against fellow West Africans Sierra Leone for a place in next year’s final tournament in Cote d’Ivoire.
Both teams were drawn in the same qualifying group on the road to the delayed 2021 AFCON.
The Leone Stars forced a pulsating 4-4 draw with the Eagles in Benin City after they were down 4-0.
Both teams then played out a goalless draw in Freetown in the reverse tie.
Interestingly, both West African teams qualified for the tournament proper in Cameroon with Nigeria topping the qualifying section that also had Benin and Lesotho.
The other teams in Group A are Guinea Bissau and either Sao Tome Principe or Mauritius.
The top two teams from the group will advance to the 24-team AFCON.
The Super Eagles stopped Guinea Bissau 2-0 in the first round f the 2021 AFCON.
There is a disciplinary procedure involving Sao Tome and Mauritius and the winner of this petition will now feature in the qualifiers.
