Group leaders Nigeria will fancy their chances of scooping the three points when they take on Botswana in Casablanca on Thursday, in their second match of the determined campaign to win a 10th Women Africa Cup of Nations title.
The Super Falcons wasted little sweat in dispatching Tunisias senior girls 3-0 in their first match of the campaign, and will book an early slot in the quarter finals if they collect another three points against the Southern Africans at the Larbi Zaouli Stadium, at a game starting by 8pm.
Three years ago, in the 12th edition of the competition hosted by the same country, the Falcons scored a goal in each half courtesy Ifeoma Onumonu and Christy Ucheibe to to turn the hopes of the Botswanans to ashes at the Stade Prince Moulay El Hassan.
The opposition will have a number of new birds to contend with on Thursday, with the likes of Esther Okoronkwo Woman of the Match against Tunisia, Jennifer Echegini, Rinsola Babajide and Chinwendu Ihezuo likely to present a number of problems at the fore, alongside the well-known faces of Captain Rasheedat Ajibade, Asisat Oshoala and Toni Payne.
Head Coach Justine Madugu may take the option of starting with Christy Ucheibe, Halimatu Ayinde and Jennifer Echegini in the midfield, to provide ample ammunition for Ajibade, Payne and either of Oshoala and Ihezuo to do the damage.