Nigeria, Poland in historic clash (LIVE UPDATES)

The Eagles – as both national teams are known — will be meeting for the first time tonight, and reports indicate the venue of the match, the 42,000-capacity Stadium Wroclaw, is completely sold out.

Poland has Senegal in its World Cup group, which is why it is playing Nigeria; while the Eagles believe the Polish style is a bit similar to that of Croatia, who they play first in Russia in June.

Torino midfielder, Joel Obi, will start and play for Nigeria for the first time since he started against Scotland at Craven Cottage on May 28, 2014.

Nigeria starting XI: Francis Uzoho; Shehu Abdullahi, William Troost-Ekong, Leon Balogun, Brian Idowu; Joel Obi, Wilfred Ndidi, Kelechi Iheanacho; Victor Moses, Alex Iwobi, Odion Ighalo

Poland Starting XI: Lukasz Fabianski; Lukasz Piszczek, Kamil Glik, Marcin Kaminski; Przemyslaw Frankowski, Grzegorz Krychowiak, Piotr Zielinski, Karol Linetty, Rafal Kurzawa; Dawid Kownacki, Robert Lewandowski

Stay with PREMIUM TIMES for Live Updates from Stadium Wroclaw…Kick off is 8:45 p.m.

Eagles led out by William Troost-Ekong in the new Nike jersey

Both national teams have rendered their national anthems and we are set for action

Referee Marc Oliver sounds the kick-off whistle and the Super Eagles get the game underway

Early offside by Ighalo

Quite chilly in Wroclaw tonight, temperature put at one degree Celsius

Bayern Munich star Robert Lewandowski leading Poland while Willam Troost Ekong is the skipper for Nigeria tonight

Nervous moment for Poland again but Ighalo ruled offside

Free kick to Nigeria as Iheanacho is brought down

Iwobi conceeds a throw near the Nigeria goal area

CHANCE!!!! Lewandowski hits the post

Good delivery for Bayern Munich striker, the Super Eagles defenders will have their hands full tonight

Poland’s Karol Linetty goes down from a challenge from Shehu Abdullahi

Iwobi wriggles his way to try a cross but goes off play

Poland featuring a decent squad tonight, goalkeeper Lukasz Fabianski is having his 43rd game tonight

15 minutes gone , still goalless but Poland with the best chance so far

Early change for Poland as injured Karol Linetty has been stretched out

A good first 15 minutes for the Eagles in their new Nike jerseys – showing composure and good ball rotation

Goralaski comes in for Linetty

Fabianski very alive as he picks the ball fast again before Ighalo get there

Poland wins a corner as Ekong heads the ball away

Joel Obi goes down after a rash challenge from a Poland player but gets back on his feet fast enough

Kaminski makes a desperate clearance as Nigeria launch a cross into the Poland box

Moses brought now and Nigeria have a free kick in an interesting position

Moses takes the free kick himself but goes wide

Poland have come pretty close on two occasions but it is still goalless

Victor Moses not looking good after a challenge from Gorlaski

The Chelsea man is back in action

Good cross for Moses but Ighalo’s glancing header is off the mark

Free kick for Poland as Shehu Abdullahi commits a free kick just outside the penalty box

Poland denied a goal as Leon Balogun makes a clearance from the line

Poland piling the pressure in the latter stages with four successive corner kicks

Uzoho has had a busy last five minutes but the Super Eagles survived the scare

HALF TIME: Poland 0-0 Nigeria

First Half: Uzoho achieves 2nd clean sheet in 2nd 45 minutes of Eagles career

The Super Eagles were better in the opening minutes as they put on a press every time Lukasz Fabianski had the ball, forcing the Poles to go long. Apart from Robert Lewandowski hitting the base of the post in the seventh minute and a flurry of corner kicks at the tail end of the first half, Nigeria goalkeeper, Francis Uzoho was not under immense pressure.

Poland kick off the second half

Poland have made some changes including their goalkeeper

Poland’s Gorlaski gets first Yellow card of the match

SAVE: Uzoho makes a point-blank save from Lewandowski

Rohr dishing out instructions to Ahmed Musa as he gets set to come in

Yellow Card to Joel Obi after a challenge on Gorlaski

Ahmed Musa comes in for Alex Iwobi

This will be the 68th cap for Musa

Penalty won by Victor Moses

Goal!!!! Moses puts Nigeria in front from the penalty spot

Victor Moses was Nigeria’s top scorer in the World Cup qualifiers

Another change for Nigeria as Joel Obi goes out for Ogenyi Onazi