LIVE STATS
By Sanu Akingbola

* IRN have never won against European opposition at the World Cup (D1 L4).

* NGA have never won against a South American team at World Cup (L4).

* Benzema has scored 9 goals in his last 8 games for #FRA.

* The percentage of goals so far this World Cup scored through headers, the highest percentage since World Cup 1990 (24.3%).

* Exactly this day, with kick-off time at 5:00pm, Nigeria lost 2-1 to Argentina (revenge?)

* Iran are the only team yet to score at the 2014 World Cup.

* Odewingie has just scored only one goal for Nigeria in the World Cup

* Lionel Messi would break his goal dead-lock today against Nigeria and Enyeama should he score today

* RECORD: Nigeria-Argentina is the first game in World Cup history in which both teams scored in the first five minutes.

* Enyeama is the LAST keeper to concede in the 2014 FIFA World Cup

* Lionel Messi has now scored 10 times in his last eight games for #ARG. Update.

* Lionel Messi is the 2nd Argentina player to score in all three World Cup group games.

* Ahmed Musa is the first Nigeria to score more than one in a match in the World Cup

* Since 1994 when both Argentina and Nigeria met this is the highest goal total five(NG 2:3 AG)

* All 32 teams in the 2014 FIFA World Cup have scored at least a goal

* 123 goals at the average of 3.6 goals per game in 42 matches so far in the 2014 FIFA World Cup

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