Nigeria plays Portugal in international World Cup friendly: All to know

Who: Portugal vs Nigeria What: World Cup 2026 warm-up Where: Estadio Dr Magalhaes Pessoa, Leiria, Portugal When: Wednesday, June 9 at 8:45pm (21:45 GMT) How to follow: We’ll have all the build-up on Al Jazeera Sport from 18:45 GMT in advance of our live text commentary stream.

Portugal will wrap up their World Cup 2026 preparations with a friendly against Nigeria on Wednesday evening, before flying out to North America and settling into their base camp in Florida in the United States.

Roberto Martinez’s side are one of the favourites to win the World Cup and have a football squad packed full of talent, including star names such as Cristiano Ronaldo, Bruno Fernandes and Bernardo Silva.

They’ll be desperate for a winning send-off in this final World Cup warm-up match after securing victory against Chile in another friendly in Oeiras on Saturday.

Portugal won that encounter 2-1 with Goncalo Guedes and Bruno Fernandes scoring for the hosts. But it was a feisty encounter, and both sides were reduced to 10 men, with Portugal’s Rafael Leao sent off for punching a Chile player.

Nigeria won’t be heading to the World Cup this summer, but the Super Eagles are unbeaten in their last six matches and will provide a stern test for their opponents.

The 41-year-old played the first half against Chile on Saturday before being substituted at half-time.

The veteran forward is included in the squad to face Nigeria and could well get some more minutes as he continues preparations for what will surely be his final World Cup.