• Nottingham Forest striker Taiwo Awoniyi has been speaking ahead of the Super Eagles Group A Cup of Nations qualifying contest against Sierra Leone at the Liberian capital on Sunday.

Awoniyi, 25, is confident they must get the job done on Sunday because he believes the Nigerian players are coming off tremendous individual seasons. 

After helping Forest to stay in the Premier League, the 25-year-old is confident of victory against Sierra Leone.

“Of course, Nigerians should not expect anything other than victory. Because looking at the calibre of players that we have in the team, these are players that have done well for their club sides, and I hope that we can bring home the same spirit that we have from our club sides.”

“This is a game that you have to put in your best because you only have 90 minutes to play. Perhaps, the next time you play again in September or thereabout.

Guinea-Bissau topped Group A of the qualifiers with ten points after five qualifying matches, followed by Nigeria with nine, while Sierra Leone is third with five points.

A win or draw for Nigeria will mean the end of the road for Sierra Leone, but if the Leone Stars can stun the Super Eagle, they revive every hope of reaching a back-to-back AFCON.

In seventeen meetings between the West African nations, Sierra Leone only managed two wins, ten defeats and five draws.

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