It was full of joy for Nigerians, the coaching crew, NFF and players for winning over Rwanda in the 2026 World Cup qualifiers in Rwanda, played 21 -3- 2025. Back to history, Nigeria has visited Rwanda three times. All three times Nigeria came back home with draws, and the only goal scored on Rwandan soil came from Obafemi Martins in a 2005 World Cup qualifier.
As Nigeria secured a win in Rwanda victory Osimhen and Super Eagle set records.
Firstly, the Super Eagles have secured their first win in Rwanda.

Two goals scored by victory Osimhen broke the record for Obafemi. Martin is the only player to score in Rwanda and lifted Osimhen to second in the Super Eagle’s top five all-time scorers. The overall results of the Super Eagle match raise the hope of Nigeria qualifying for the 2026 World Cup.

The Super Eagle coach and Technical crew did very well but needed to work on these two things.

Nigeria’s wide players, struggling to stretch Rwanda’s defensive shape, showed that the Super Eagle technical department needed to work on penetration from the flanks and ball crossing for them to create more chances of scoring goals.

The technical department should please work on how super Eagle can penetrate to attack through
Penetrating pass because the combination of long ball and wing play failed to break down the Rwanda defensive structure.

Results from other groups

Wednesday, 19 March 2025
Group D

16:00: Eswatini 0-0 Cameroon
Group H

16:00: Liberia 0-1 Tunisia
Group I

16:00: Central African Republic 1-4 Madagascar
Thursday, 20 March 2025
Group G

13:00: Mozambique 3-1 Uganda
Group B

16:00: Zimbabwe 2-2 Benin
Group A

16:00: Sierra Leone 3-1 Guinea-Bissau
Group F

16:00: Cape Verde 1-0 Mauritius
Group C

16:00: Malawi 0-1 Namibia
Group F

16:00: Gambia 3-3 Kenya
Group B

19:00: Libya 1-1 Angola
Group F

19:00: Gabon 3-0 Seychelles
Group I

21:00: Comoros 0-3 Mali
Friday, 21 March 2025
Group G

13:00: Botswana 1–3 Algeria
Group H

13:00: Equatorial Guinea 2–0 São Tomé and Príncipe
Group A

16:00: Burkina Faso 4–1 Djibouti
Group B

16:00: DR Congo 1–0 South Sudan
Group C

16:00: Rwanda 0–2 Nigeria
Group C

16:00: South Africa 2–0. Lesotho

Group G

19:00: Burundi 0 vs. 1 Côte d’Ivoire
Group G

19:00: Ghana 5 vs. 0 Chad
Group A

21:00: Ethiopia 0 vs. 2Egypt
Group G

21:00: Guinea 0vs.0 Somalia
Group E

21:30: Niger 1 vs. 2 Morocco
Saturday, 22 March 2025
Group B

16:00: Togo vs. Mauritania
Group B

19:00: Sudan vs. Senegal

Tables stand