Super Falcons vs Comoros – Preview, team news, predictions & H2H as Nigeria eye Olympic spot

⚽ Quick Predictions
Competition	CAF Women’s Olympic Qualifiers, Second Round (Leg One)
Venue	Remo Stars Stadium, Ikenne-Remo
Ajibade’s WAFCON form	2 goals, 1 assist (2026 tournament)
H2H record	First-ever meeting
Key absence	Deborah Abiodun (Nigeria) — out, season-ending surgery
Score prediction: Nigeria 3-0 Comoros

The Super Falcons of Nigeria host Comoros at the Remo Stars Stadium on October 9, 2026, in the first leg of their second-round Olympic qualifying tie.

Rasheedat Ajibade, who finished the WAFCON 2026 as one of Nigeria’s joint top scorers, captains a Super Falcons side missing several senior players.

Comoros arrive unbeaten in their only competitive assignment of the campaign, a 30-goal aggregate demolition of Sudan that has made them impossible to dismiss despite the gulf in world ranking.

Match Preview: Super Falcons vs Comoros

Comoros have not played since their first-round tie against Sudan, which they won 17-0 away in Casablanca in June, before completing a 13-0 second-leg win at home four days later.

Fatima Said Madjiri opened the scoring in the eighth minute of the first leg, Haloua Ahamada struck four times between the 33rd and 89th minutes, and Shaima Boina Ali added a hat-trick either side of half-time.

The second leg followed the same pattern, with Faïza Houmadi scoring twice before half-time and twice more after it, captain Zaharouna Haoudadji getting on the scoresheet in the 53rd minute, and Ahamada completing her double.

Nigeria’s last competitive outing ended their WAFCON campaign in disappointment. Cameroon’s Myriam Nyadjou struck in the 19th minute to eliminate the Super Falcons 1-0 in the quarter-finals.

Four days after a 6-2 win over Egypt had carried them through the group stage. South Africa then beat Nigeria 2-1 in the Women’s World Cup play-off on August 13, confounding the Super Falcons to miss the Women’s World Cup for the first time since the tournament’s inception in 1991.

Head-to-Head: Super Falcons vs Comoros

Nigeria and Comoros have never faced each other, so this tie carries no head-to-head history into the first leg.

Nigeria remain Africa’s most decorated women’s team, while Comoros, nicknamed the Coelacanths, are chasing a first-ever Olympic Games appearance.

Team News: Super Falcons vs Comoros

Nigeria

Nigeria’s squad has thinned out considerably since Augustine Eguavoen’s original 28-woman selection was announced in September.

Asisat Oshoala, Oluwatosin Demehin, Ashleigh Plumptre and Flourish Sabastine have all withdrawn from the squad that assembled at the Remo Stars Sports Complex this week, while Osinachi Ohale will not be considered at all, having retired from international football after a 16-year career.

Deborah Abiodun is also unavailable, ruled out for the rest of the 2026 season after Washington Spirit confirmed she will undergo surgery. Brighton’s Chiamaka Nnadozie remains first-choice goalkeeper.

Predicted XI (4-3-3): Nnadozie; Oladipo, Ogbonna, Edet, Abdulwahab; Ucheibe, Payne, Igbokwe; Akekoromowei, Kanu, Ajibade.

Comoros

Comoros have reported no fitness concerns since their June win over Sudan, and Youssouf Abdallah is expected to field largely the same group that produced the thirty-goal aggregate victory.

Predicted XI (4-3-3): Said Aicha; Housseni Bibihawaraissa, Maoulida Assimina, Said Dior, Said Ali Nasrati; Madjiri Fatima Said, Houmadi Faiza, Haoudadji Zaharouna (captain); Ahamada Haloua, Boina Ali Tyssianne, Hadhirami Anllaouia.

Star Player Watch: Rasheedat Ajibade vs Haloua Ahamada

🇳🇬 Rasheedat Ajibade Paris Saint-Germain	Stat	🇰🇲 Haloua Ahamada CPB Bréquigny
26	Age	31
2 (WAFCON 2026)	Goals	6 (Olympic qualifying R1)
1 (WAFCON 2026)	Assists	Not sourced this campaign
Goals and assists cover each player’s current competitive campaign only.

The Managers: Augustine Eguavoen vs Youssouf Abdallah

Augustine Eguavoen takes interim charge of the Super Falcons as his first women’s football role, having previously led the Super Eagles to bronze at the 2006 Africa Cup of Nations in Egypt.

He succeeded Justine Madugu, whose exit followed Nigeria’s failed World Cup play-off bid, and is assisted by Christopher Danjuma, Ayisat Yusuf and goalkeeping coach Olatunji Baruwa.

Youssouf Abdallah took over a Comoros side that had been inactive since April 2025, and his first assignment, the 30-0 aggregate win over Sudan, is already the biggest result in the team’s history.

Facing Nigeria is a considerable step up in opposition quality for a coach still shaping his group.

Tactical Preview: Super Falcons vs Comoros

Comoros scored through defenders, midfielders and forwards alike against Sudan, a pattern that points to an expansive, front-foot approach from Abdallah whenever his side has the ball.

That style would hand space to Nigeria’s quickest attackers, Ajibade, Uchenna Kanu and Janet Akekoromowei, in transition.

Sudan offered little resistance, and Comoros are unlikely to repeat such an open approach against stronger opposition.

Expect a more disciplined, deeper block from Abdallah’s side, leaning on set pieces rather than sustained possession, which puts the onus on Nigeria’s patience in build-up play rather than raw pace to break the tie open.

Betting Tips: Super Falcons vs Comoros

Score Prediction: Super Falcons vs Comoros

🔮 Nigeria 3-0 Comoros

Why Nigeria score: Home advantage, a 36-place ranking edge and Comoros’ four-month absence from competitive action favour the Super Falcons heavily.

Why Comoros stay level: They are unlikely to, having never faced opposition of Nigeria’s quality, though their scoring spread against Sudan means a shutout is not guaranteed.