Eagles set up Ghana WAFU Cup showdown

Nigeria on Thursday beat Benin 1 - 0 in Cape Coast to set a final showdown with rivals Ghana in the 2017 WAFU Cup of Nations .

Hosts Ghana defeated Niger 2 -0 to qualify for Sunday’s final.

It will be the second meeting between the Super Eagles and Black Stars at the competition after an earlier meeting in the Group stages . Nigeria won the match 2 -0 .

Kano Pillars midfielder Rabiu Ali scored for Nigeria with only 11 minutes on the clock. Benin were reduced to 10 after striker Merceline Koupko was sent off following a second yellow card for diving in the 37 th minute .

Nigeria had earlier defeated Benin 2 - 1 over two legs to earn a ticket to the 2018 African Nations Championship only a few weeks ago. After a 1 - 0 defeat in Cotonou, courtesy of a late penalty kick , goals by Ali and Kingsley Eduwo saw the Eagles nick the ticket to Kenya .

Nigeria goalkeeper Ikechukwu Ezenwa had little to do in the game as the Eagles beat the Squirrels . Nigeria have yet to concede a goal in the tournament, stretching their run to five clean sheets .

In the Ghana match , Kwame Kizito and Stephen Sarfo scored for the Black Stars to book their second meeting with Nigeria in the competition .