Ghana coach Otto Addo has maintained that the pressure will be on the Super Eagles to win at home in Abuja Tuesday to qualify for the 2022 World Cup.
Ghana and arch-rivals are on level peggings after the first leg of the World Cup playoffs ended in a goalless draw in Kumasi Friday night.
Assistant coach at German Bundesliga club Borussia Dortmund Addo said the Super Eagles are not favourites to qualify for the World Cup because the pressure will be on them to win Tuesday in front of their fans.
Nigeria have to win Tuesday, while a scored draw will secure Ghana passage to their fourth World Cup.
“The result doesn’t change anything. When we go there we want to win,” said former Ghana international Addo.
“Even though our Africa Cup of Nations was not good this year, you saw we matched Nigeria in the first leg.
“So, I don’t see them as favourites, the pressure will be on them at home and away goals can hurt a lot.”
Ghana will enter Tuesday’s game hoping to avoid missing the World Cup finals for the second time in a row after failing to qualify for the 2018 edition in Russia.
Ghana had qualified for three World Cups in a row before Egypt beat them to the ticket in 2018.
Black Stars will now depart for Nigeria Monday morning via a chartered flight.
