Result of the 13 November 2026 match: Nigeria beat Tanzania 3–1 in Uyo, according to ESPN’s match record. This article was published as a pre-match preview; read the result report and Arokodare’s double.

Nigeria host Tanzania at Godswill Akpabio Stadium in Uyo on Friday, 13 November 2026, for Matchday 3 of Africa Cup of Nations qualifying. The Nigerian federation's notice published on 7 November confirms a 17:00 local kick-off, equivalent to 18:00 in Jerusalem, for the senior men's international.

Nigeria begin this round with three points

CAF's November-window preview, published on 11 November, puts Nigeria on three points from their opening two matches before the Tanzania double-header. Guinea-Bissau and Madagascar are the other teams in Group L. Nigeria's qualification race therefore extends beyond their direct results against Tanzania.

Tanzania already have a finals place as one of the three co-hosts, alongside Kenya and Uganda. Under the format CAF announced on 19 May, only the highest-placed other team qualifies from each group containing a host. The remaining groups send their top two. The same numerical league position can consequently have different implications in different qualifying sections.

Automatic qualification does not make this a friendly

The match remains part of a six-game home-and-away qualifying programme, and its result counts in the group standings. At the same time, a defeat for Tanzania would not remove their automatic host berth. Those are separate issues: how points are accumulated and how the finals places are allocated.

CAF places Matchdays 3 and 4 in the November window, with the final two rounds in March 2027. The tournament itself is scheduled for 19 June to 17 July 2027. Uyo is therefore one stage of a longer qualification route.

Victor Osimhen wearing Lille’s kit on 2 October 2019; an archival illustration of the Nigerian forward, not from the Tanzania fixture. Image credit: Liondartois — Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 4.0.