Nigeria vs Argentina LIVE World Cup 2018: Lionel Messi scores - latest score, goals and updates plus prediction, how to watch online, team news, line-ups
Argentina will need to achieve a 2-0 score against Nigeria to keep their World Cup hopes alive. After a tough game against Croatia last week the 2014 World Cup finalists might look to make a few changes to their squad ahead of their game against Nigeria on Tuesday.
Nigeria are currently second place in Group D with a win or a draw against Lionel Messi's men securing their place in the round of 16.
Former Ivory Coast captain Didier Drogba has warned the Nigerian side against taking a defensive approach against the Argentine side claiming that their offensive approach against Iceland brought them the victory.
PENALTY! For Nigeria, Mascherano has his hands all over one of the Nigerian players as the ball is being delivered from a corner and the referee sees it and gives the penalty
GOOD SAVE! Iceland on the attack again Gunnarsson runs onto a ball in the box and fires it first time, Kalinic fully dives to his right and tips the ball around for a corner
Iceland whip a corner into the box and Kalinic stops Ingason from heading the ball towards goal but it falls to Bjarnason on the edge of the box, who fires it... it's saved again!
Brilliance again from Messi, he takes the ball out wide on the right and he manoeuvres it back inside, before opening up the space with a one-two with Higuain, Messi then squares in to Di Maria whose shot is blocked by Moses
Iceland have had their best period of play so far, a well worked corner comes in and it is headed down into the path of Bjarnason whose strike is blocked by Perisic
Messi slips Higuain through the defence with a deft touch pass, and the Argentina striker should do better, Uzoho comes flying out of goal and makes the save
A good period of play for Croatia here, they've dominated possession so far and they win a corner, Modric whips it in and there's a scramble in the box, Iceland defend well but it's another corner
GOAL! Banega finds Messi with a long ball over the defence from the half way line, Messi brings it down, takes one touch to find the space in the box and fires a right footed shot across goal to give Argentina the lead
Pjaca makes a good run for Croatia, he gets the ball 30 yards out from the Iceland box, and he turns and runs at the defence, he's brought down on the edge on the box and could have had a free kick but the referee wasn't interested
Nigeria break away and find space in front of Argentina's goal but Otamendi's makes a solid block at the back, the ball comes to Messi who darts forward and is brought down
Nigeria vs Argentina kicks off at 19:00 at the Saint Petersburg Stadium
Where can I watch it?
Live coverage is available on BBC One and online via the BBC Sport website.
Odds
Nigeria: 5/1
Argentina: 4/9
Draw: 16/5
Prediction
Both teams have their World Cup hopes on the line in this game. The previous two games should serve as a wake-up call to Argentina who are widely expected to take the victory.
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