Nigeria will confront Argentina for the fifth time in simply their 6th World Cup finals appearance in Russia, with the somewhat dismal record of losing every one of the four past gatherings hanging over them.
The two sides were attracted together Group D, implying that the 1998 competition in France was the main time the Super Eagles have qualified without coming up against the South American side.
There are just 13 installations in World Cup history that have been played no less than five times up until the point that the last competition in Brazil, with one happening six times and two seven.