Nigeria vs Tunisia Prediction and Betting Tips | December 27th 2025

Nigeria will face Tunisia at the Fez Stadium on Saturday in the second round of the group stages of the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations. Eager to silence the criticism following their failure to qualify for the FIFA World Cup, the Super Eagles knew they needed to start their AFCON campaign positively and they did just that, securing a narrow but convincing 2-1 victory over Tanzania on Tuesday.

A strong first-half performance saw Nigeria go into the break a goal ahead thanks to a towering header from Hull City’s Semi Ajayi. They started the second half slowly and saw their lead cancelled out in the 50th minute before Ademola Lookman restored the Super Eagles’ advantage minutes later with a brilliant strike from outside the box.

Tunisia, meanwhile, faced Uganda at the Rabat Olympic Stadium in their group opener and secured a straightforward 3-1 victory. Eintracht Frankfurt’s Ellyes Skhiri opened the scoring in the 10th minute, before Elias Achouri added a brace, with Uganda scoring a late consolation goal.

Both sides are level on three points in the group, with the winner of their weekend matchup poised to take the lead in Group C.

Nigeria vs Tunisia Head-to-Head and Key Numbers

• The two nations have faced off 21 times. Nigeria have won six of those games while Tunisia have claimed seven victories with their remaining eight contests ending in draws.
• The two teams last faced off in the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations with Tunisia winning the round of 16 clash 1-0.
• Nigeria are three-time winners of the Africa Cup of Nations, last lifting the continental crown in 2013, and have also finished as runners-up five times, most recently in 2023.
• Tunisia, meanwhile, have won the competition once, in 2004, and have also finished as runners-up twice, in 1965 and 1996.

Nigeria vs Tunisia Prediction

The two teams are closely matched ahead of their weekend clash, with only three places separating them in the FIFA World Rankings. The Super Eagles, however, boast the stronger squad on paper and will hope that advantage translates into their performance and the scoreline.

The Eagles of Carthage have been undefeated at senior level since June and will head into the weekend clash with confidence. However, they have struggled for results in this fixture in recent years and could see those difficulties continue on Saturday.

Prediction: Nigeria 1-0 Tunisia

Nigeria vs Tunisia Betting Tips

Tip 1 - Result: Nigeria

Tip 2 - Goals - Over/under 2.5 - Under 2.5 goals (Five of the last six matches between the two teams have produced fewer than 2.5 goals)

Tip 3 - Both teams to score: No

Edited by Ashwin