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Follow live actions as Super Eagles take on Three Lions

Follow all the live updates on the friendly game between England and Nigeria at Wembley.
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The S

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The game will kick at 5:15 pm at Wembley and both teams will be looking to line-up with their best teams.

Super Eagles boss Gernot Rohr will be able to call on all his stars except Moses Simon who has been ruled out of the 2018 World Cup and maybe Wilfred Ndidi who is still trying to regain full fitness.

Nigerian substitution: Ahmed Musa for Victor Moses, Ighalo out, Iheanacho in.

61mins: Eric Dier headed wide from a corner in the far post.

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52mins: Sterling gets a yellow card for diving.

47mins: Goal for Nigeria!!! Iwobi strikes into the net following up on an Odion Ighalo ball which beat Pickford to hit the bar.

Start of second half:

Four substitutions for Nigeria. Balogun, Shehu, Joel Obi and Onazi made way for Omeruo, Ebuehi, Ogu and Etebo.

45mins: Victor Moses dances in the England box before letting go off a left shot which was comfortable for Pickford.

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38mins: Kane scores for England. Shoots straight at goal with the ball slipping past Uzoho.

36:55mins: Sterling shots over the top with his left foot after the ball fell to him in the box.

36mins: Nigeria's first shot on target as Odion Ighalo shoots straight at England goalkeeper.

32mins: Uzoho dives well to save a Sterling cross from reaching an unrushing Tripper.

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29:55mins: Balogun clears a ball in the box with Kane lucking.

28mins: Lingard gets on a low ball from Tripper into the box but Uzoho puts his hands to it to save for a corner which is defended well by the Super Eagles.

18mins: Sterling and Harry Kane combine well before the latter plays a one-two to play in Ashley Young whose left footed drive was blocked by Bryan Idowu.

12mins-Sterling escapes Troost-Ekong's challenge but his chip went wide.

10mins- Cahil threatens from a corner again but Joel Obi heads out but Sterling gets a ball in the box and shoots before it was deflected for a another corner.

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05mins-Gary Cahil scores for England from a corner after Francis Uzoho had saved from a Tripper freekick.

04mins-Joel Obi down receiving treatment after he and Leon Balogun had a head collision.

Dele Alli is being booed by the Nigerian crowd at Wembley. The Tottenham star is born to a Nigerian father a a British mum

Kick off

Starting XIs

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Nigeria's starting line-up

(Official) Uzoho, Shehu, Idowu, Balogun, Ekong; Onazi, Obi, Obi; Moses, Ighalo and Iwobi

England starting XI

Pickford; Walker, Stones, Cahill; Trippier, Young, Lingard, Dier; Kane, Sterling, Dele

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Likely starting XI

Although the official line-up for the game is not out, a starting XI of Uzoho, Shehu, Idowu, Balogun, Ekong; Onazi, Obi, Obi; Moses, Ighalo and Iwobi as been widely reported by the Nigerian media monitoring situation from London.

England boss Gary Southgate is likely to start the likes of Harry Kane, Dele Alli and Jesse Lingard although Raheem Sterling is a huge doubt after arriving in camp late.

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