- The first edition of the Unity Cup Invitational Tournament was held in 2004, Extrasportnigeria.wordpress.com reports.
- Nigeria was the winner of the first and only previous edition of the Unity Cup.
- The Super Eagles are seeking to defend their title with the final match against Jamaica on Saturday.
- The game against the Reggae Boyz of Jamaica will be held at the Brentford’s Gtech Community Stadium in West London.
- On Saturday, Coach Eric Chelle will be seeking his third win in four matches for champions Nigeria.
- Nigeria and Jamaica enlivened the city of Kingston in a memorable 2-2 draw in a friendly match just before the 1998 FIFA World Cup finals in France.
- Moses Simon was the player with Coach Eric Chelle at the last pre-match media briefing in West London on Friday.
- Former junior international Benjamin Frederick called up for Nigeria in place of the absent Christantus Uche. He is hopeful of playing some minutes against Jamaica.
- Former Chelsea talent, Malik Mothersille, has been added to the Jamaica roster for this match. The London-born talent, who is eligible to play for England and Jamaica, got confirmation to play for Jamaica.
- Goalkeeper Maduka Okoye, defenders Waliu Ojetoye and Junior Nduka, midfielder Saviour Isaac and forwards Tolu Arokodare, Nathan Tella and Adamu Abubakar all sat out in the match against Ghana. They are still on the list for this game.
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