Super Eagles head coach, Jose Peseiro has revealed Alhassan Yusuf will miss the side’s clash with the AFCON host Cote d’Ivoire, due to injury. 

Yusuf sustained a thigh injury in Super Eagles’ 1-1 draw with Equatorial Guinea on Sunday, while Joe Aribo and Leicester City star Kelechi Iheanacho are in line to replace him in the starting line-up against the Ivorians.

The Super Eagles next play the Elephants of Cote d’Ivoire at the Alssanne Quattara Stadium, Ebimpe, Abidjan later today Thursday, with the game set to kick-off at 6pm Nigeria time.