Goals, cards, substitutions, and other recorded match events.
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The Nigeria vs Mozambique timeline covers Africa Cup of Nations (World), Round of 16 on 5 Jan 2026 and tracks 18 recorded match events from the game. The scoreline is Nigeria 4-0 Mozambique, so the event list can be read alongside the final result. The timeline includes 4 goals, 4 cards, and 10 substitutions, which helps show whether the game was shaped by goals, cards, substitutions or a mix of all three.
The event mix shows 4 goals, 4 cards, and 10 substitutions. That makes the timeline useful for seeing when the match opened up, when discipline became part of the story and how both benches changed the game through substitutions.
The first major moments listed here include 20' - Nigeria, Ademola Lookman - Normal Goal, 25' - Nigeria, V. Osimhen - Normal Goal, 38' - Nigeria, Onyinye Ndidi - Yellow Card, 45+3' - Nigeria, Ogochukwu Onyeka - Yellow Card, and 46' - Mozambique, Diogo Calila - Substitution 1. Reading those events in order gives a quick route through the match story before opening the full timeline for every recorded action.
