Nigeria will face Argentina for the fifth time in just their sixth World Cup finals appearance in Russia, with the rather ominous record of losing all four previous meetings hanging over them.
The two sides were drawn together in Group D, meaning that the 1998 tournament in France was the only time the Super Eagles have qualified without coming up against the South American side.
There are only 13 fixtures in World Cup history that have been played at least five times up until the last tournament in Brazil, with one occurring six times and two seven.
However, the vast majority of those include teams that having played in at least 10 World Cups, and a lot took place when there were far fewer teams competing in the tournament.
Four of Nigeria’s five appearances so far have come when there were at least 32 teams in the competition, making the number of meetings with Argentina all the more remarkable.