Guinea-Bissau v Nigeria LIVE: AFCON updates from key Group A clash

Nigeria are safely through to the knockout stages of the Africa Cup of Nations thanks to a hard-fought 1-0 win over Guinea-Bissau, who exit the competition at the group stage.

An own-goal by defender Opa Sangante, who lunged in to stop the ball reaching an unmarked Victor Osimhen after 37 minutes, was enough to separate the two teams in a game that was far more evenly-matched that their respective rankings would have suggested.

The Super Eagles had the best of the chances, with Osimhen the constant threat, and they had two goals disallowed, both due to handballs by the Napoli centre-forward.

But Guinea-Bissau, who knew they were out even before kick-off, put in a strong showing and caused Nigeria plenty of problems, having a goal of their own by Franculino Dju chalked off for a tight offside goal.

The result means that Nigeria go straight through to the Round of 16, although progress as runners up behind Equatorial Guinea, leaving the Super Eagles to face the second-placed team in Group C, which will be one of Cameroon, Senegal or Guinea.

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Nigeria are through to the knockout stages, but this wasn’t a performance that set the pulses racing, and there will be a lot of thinking to do ahead of tougher tests to come. The other result in Group A, which saw hosts Ivory Coast lose heavily to Equatorial Guinea, means that Nigeria will play the runners-up in Group C in the next round.

The final whistle goes and Nigeria have managed to eke out a 1-0 win that sends them through to the Round of 16 as runners up in Group A. Guinea-Bissau finished bravely, but end the campaign without a point to their name.

Calvin Bassey is shown a yellow for timewasting late on.

Nigeria look to hold on to this 1-0 win as we head into the additional time at the end of the game. It’s been a hot and humid 90 minutes and the conditions are starting to take their toll.

Equatorial Guinea have scored a fourth against Ivory Coast, leading 4-0 and quite possibly sending the tournament hosts crashing out of the tournament at the group stage. That result means that the home nation will finish third in Group A on three points and a negative goal difference. It could yet be enough to send them through as one of the best third-placed finishers, but that is not a strong finishing position at all, and they will need plenty of help from the other groups.

The towering Alfa Semedo comes on as Guinea-Bissau throw yet another attacking player at Nigeria.

This game has become remarkably open as Guinea-Bissau throw everything at picking up what would be a massive result in the history of a national team who have enjoyed very limited success at the top level. As they throw numbers forward, so the space opens up for Nigeria’s counter-attacking stars.

Sanca has a pop from range and Nwabili takes no chances and turns the ball around the post.

Nigeria think they’ve scored this time, as Osimhen’s shot is saved but is tucked home at the back post. Yet an offside has been picked up in the build-up and the goal is ruled out. VAR agrees that it's not a goal, although for a handball in the build-up rather than an offside. It remains 1-0.

Franculino bursts into the box and hammers a peach of a shot into the back of the net, but the flag goes up and VAR agrees and the equaliser is chalked off.

Nigeria should score, but some last-ditch defending denies the Super Eagles from close range.

Cande has a crack from a free-kick from range and forces a good save from Nwabili. Guinea-Bissau very nearly equalise from the resulting corner as a front-post header drifts narrowly wide.

There’s been a third goal in the other game in this group, and it’s another for Equatorial Guinea, who now lead Ivory Coast 3-0. That is a huge, huge result, and leaves the hosts of the AFCON at massive risk of crashing out at the group stage. They’ll be waiting nervously to see the rest of the results in the group stage to see if they can nab one of the qualification spots for the third-placed finishers.

The humidity is still extremely high here, even with the sun having set, and it’s time for a bit of a drink and a pause in play for the two sets of players.

Oh my, we have a shock on our hands in the other game in this group, where Equatorial Guinea have scored a long-range free-kick to go 2-0 up against hosts Ivory Coast.

A tempting free-kick delivery is floated towards the head of Osimhen, but the keeper does superbly to punch clear. He’s been good today, has Jonas Mendes.

The wonderfully-named Ze Turbo comes on as Guinea-Bissau look to grab a goal and snatch what would be a big result.

That Ivory Coast equaliser in the other game in this group has been ruled out for an offside, and the buzz around this ground dips as news filters through.