🏴 England 0–0 Nigeria 🇳🇬
2002 World Cup · Group. tournament · tables
Starting line-ups
List Pitch
🏴 England
David Seaman · GK 1 Seaman Danny Mills · RB 2 Mills Ashley Cole · LB 3 Cole Rio Ferdinand · CB 5 Ferdinand Sol Campbell · CB 6 Campbell Nicky Butt · CM 21 Butt Trevor Sinclair · LM 4 Sinclair David Beckham · RM 7 Beckham Paul Scholes · CM 8 Scholes Michael Owen · CF 10 Owen Emile Heskey · CF 11 Heskey 🇳🇬 Nigeria
Vincent Enyeama · GK 22 Enyeama Ifeanyi Udeze · LB 14 Udeze Efe Sodje · RB 16 Sodje Joseph Yobo · CB 2 Yobo Isaac Okoronkwo · CB 5 Okoronkwo Jay-Jay Okocha · RM 10 Okocha Justice Christopher · DM 15 Christopher James Obiorah · AM 20 Obiorah Femi Opabunmi · LM 23 Opabunmi Julius Aghahowa · CF 17 Aghahowa Benedict Akwuegbu · CF 18 Akwuegbu Players sit in vertical bands (GK · defence · midfield · attack) by their listed position — no
left/right placement is inferred. Order within a band is squad-sheet order, not a formation.
Pre-match model (Elo→Poisson, 90-min W/D/L)
🏴 England 68.2% draw 20.7% 11.1% Nigeria 🇳🇬
Model P(result)
20.7%
P of the observed 90-min outcome
Upset rank
#64
of 487 · −log₂ P
Upset index
2.27
−log₂ P(observed)
England's run D 🇸🇪 1–1 Sweden, Group W 🇦🇷 1–0 Argentina, Group D 🇳🇬 0–0 Nigeria, Group W 🇩🇰 3–0 Denmark, Round of 16 L 🇧🇷 1–2 Brazil, Quarter-final Nigeria's run L 🇦🇷 0–1 Argentina, Group L 🇸🇪 1–2 Sweden, Group D 🏴 0–0 England, Group
Head-to-head at the World Cup No prior World Cup meetings.