Ivory Coast vs Nigeria LIVE: Latest Africa Cup of Nations updates as Troost-Ekong penalty breaks deadlock

Nigeria will expect to beat bottom side Guinea-Bissau in their final match. If they avoid defeat, they are guaranteed to progress as one of the top two.

And if Nigeria avoid defeat, hosts Ivory Coast must win against the group leaders to finish in the top two and go through automatically.

How’s Group A shaping up now?

Equatorial Guinea beat Guinea-Bissau 4-2 earlier today and moved to the top of the group with four points. Just behind them are the Super Eagles.

Nigeria also have four points through a draw and a win from their opening two games, but their goal difference is one fewer than Equatorial Guinea’s.

Ivory Coast are third with three points, and Guinea-Bissau are bottom with zero after two losses.

90+9 mins: Nigeria where under a serious amount of pressure and there goes the whistle.

They’ve claimed a big, big victory over Ivory Coast in Group A and now have a huge opportunity to get into the knockout rounds with a match against Guinea-Bissau still to come.

90+5 mins: The Nigerian players are trying to eke minutes out of the game. Going down and taking their time recovering from minor injuries.

Nigeria have never beaten Ivory Coast in their own backyard and they’re mere minutes away from a big win.

90 mins: Bassey gives away another corner and the crowd starts to increase the noise as Ivory Coast look to equalise.

There’s a massive nine minutes of added time to play yet.

The corner comes to nothing.

83 mins: An Ivory Coast corner is floated into the box but Nigeria clear their lines. They burst ip the pitch but hold onto possession too long,

Bright Osayi-Samuel dances into the box and looks to shoot but he takes too many touches and gets brought down.

80 mins: Into the final 10 minutes now and Ivory Coast have flooded the pitch with attacking players in order to find a way through Nigeria.

The Super Eagles are happy to just defend this lead but with the way the momentum is turning they’ll have to be perfect in defence.

76 mins: A corner for Ivory Coast, who are started to control this second half, sees the ball swung over to the far side of the penalty area.

Evan Ndicka leaps into the air and powers a headed effort over the top of the crossbar. Nigeria are hanging on.

73 mins: Chance! Ivory Coast have made a few changes, one of which is Nicolas Pepe, who makes an enterprising run down the right wing.

He gets into the box as the ball comes over the top only for Stanley Nwabili to push the ball away from him. The hosts regain possession and pull it back to Seko Fofana who curls a shot wide of the far post.

70 mins: 20 minutes to go and the second cooling break is taken. It’s a chance for both teams to reset and come up with a method to get through this match.

All the pressure is now on Ivory Coast who will drop to third place should they lose.