Rwanda’s delegation to Saturday’s 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifying match against Nigeria will arrive in Lagos tomorrow, reports thenff.com.

According to the report, Rwanda’s one-man advance party will be in Lagos today, but the full delegation will arrive in Lagos tomorrow aboard a Rwandair Airline flight at 1.15 pm, and will proceed to Uyo, capital of Akwa Ibom State, by 4.00 p.m. of the same day.

The Match Day 7 encounter has become very crucial to both teams as they are wide away from group leaders South Africa, who have 13 points (before FIFA decides on their use of an ineligible player in the win over Lesotho in March this year). Rwanda are second in the pool with eight points, same as Benin Republic, with Nigeria in fourth on seven points.

Lesotho have six points, with Zimbabwe propping up the table on four points.

While the world still awaits FIFA’s decision, Nigeria and Rwanda will go for each other’s jugular to be appropriately placed to benefit from Bafana Bafana’s error. The Crocodiles will leap to nine points if South Africa are penalised for their infraction.

Saturday’s showdown at the Godswill Akpabio Stadium comes five months and two weeks after the Super Eagles defeated the Amavubi 2-0 in the latter’s home ground in Kigali in a Match Day 5 encounter.

It also comes nine months and two weeks after an inspired Amavubi came from behind to defeat the Super Eagles 2-1 in a 2025 AFCON final-day qualification match at the same Godswill Akpabio Stadium. Unfortunately for the Amavubi, the win did not earn them qualification, as the Benin Republic took the second ticket from the group behind Nigeria, after drawing with Libya in Tripoli.

While the Amavubi have a date with bottom-placed Zimbabwe on Matchday Eight, the Super Eagles must fly to Bloemfontein to confront group leaders South Africa.