Lucy Ward
Former Leeds United Ladies striker on BBC Two

You have to ruffle the feathers of the opposition - particularly if they are of a higher quality than you. I've seen Nigeria a couple of times and you just don't know what you are going to get with that final pass.

This is a brilliant start from Nigeria. Again, they win the ball high up the pitch and Francisca Ordega can swing a cross in from the right.

There are two team-mates in the centre but she overcooks it and keeper Almuth Schult calmly collects.

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Svenja Huth loses possession for Germany on the right wing and Nigeria switch it around the back and counter quickly.

They win a corner on the right-hand side and it falls to Francisca Ordega at the near post. She manages to swivel around and get a pop shot away but it's comfortably saved.

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It's also a World Cup debut for Nigerian forward Chinwendu Ihezuo. How will she get on today?

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Sulaimon Adelekan: It's a massive day for Nigerian football. The Super Falcons play Germany while the Super Eagles play Burundi in the AFCON. Hoping for the best from both sides.

Really looking forward to seeing how Germany forward Lea Schuller gets on from the start today. She's only 21 but was joint top-scorer in qualifying with six goals and scored a winner against France in a friendly in February.

Today's venue, the Stade des Alps in Grenoble, has a capacity of 20,068. It is a familiar hunting ground for Nigeria, who played their second group match against South Korea here.

It is the only game they have won so far, netting twice in what proved to be a vital victory on 12 June.

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The players are out in the sun. It's scorching in Grenoble! National anthems first, then hand shakes, then team pictures.

The winner of this last-16 tie, will potentially avoid pre-tournament favourites France and the USA until the final.

They will face Sweden or Canada in the quarter-finals, before setting up a last four tie against one of Italy, China, the Netherlands or Japan.

In contrast, France must beat Brazil in their first knock-out match to set-up a potential semi-final tie with defending champions the United States.

Norway, Australia, England or Cameroon would await in the semi-finals.

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Host nation France are still regarded as favourites to win the World Cup despite a looming quarter-final tie against world number one the United States.

As France and the USA are likely to clash in the last eight, Germany are now second favourites to win the tournament.

The German team is in the bottom half of the draw which contains no other teams from the top four of the Fifa World Cup ranking until the final.

They have an 18% chance of winning the tournament.

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Nigeria boss Thomas Dennerby, speaking to BBC Sport: "First of all we have to bring a good defence like we did against France. We have to find the right ways to attack and I think we will have the opportunity to steal some balls."

By winning Group B, Germany ensured they remained in the bottom half of the draw - a far more favourable route to the final.

Today's opponents Nigeria scraped into the knock-out stages with three points and a better goal difference than Group F's Chile.

It is only the second time they have reached this stage - also doing so in 1999 when they were knocked out in the quarter-finals.

They remain the only African nation to have qualified for every World Cup, but ranked 38th in the world, are undoubtedly today's underdogs.

Germany, back-to-back world champions in 2003 and 2007, are yet to concede a goal in the tournament.

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This is Nigeria's youngest average starting XI of the 2019 World Cup so far (25 years and 152 days)

Laura Bassett
Former England defender on BBC Two

It's the real deal. In the group stages it is about gaining momentum and performances. Now, you know in the back of your mind that it is do or die.

A rule that states goalkeepers at the 2019 Women's World Cup must be cautioned for encroachment at penalties has been suspended for shootouts.

Under new guidelines, keepers at this tournament are booked if they come off their line prior to a penalty kick.

So far, three players have been shown yellow cards for breaking the rule.

But football's law makers say having it in place for penalty shootouts risks "unfairly distorting" the outcome if a goalkeeper is sent off.

You can find more details on the rule and the dispensation here.

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What a boost it is for Germany to see key player Dzsenifer Marozsan on the bench. It's also a big day for captain Alexandra Popp, who is making her 100th appearance for Germany today.

It's bad news for Nigeria though - they are without key forward Asisat Oshoala, who appeared to pick up a knock in their final game against France.

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Casey Stoney
Manchester United Women manager on BBC Two

There are no second chances at this stage. Germany stumbled in their first game against China and couldn't cope with China's physicality. Fifteen of these 23 German players have been to Under-17 and Under-20 World Cups.

At the halfway point of the Women's World Cup, a new record for total UK TV reach has been made.

Surpassing the current record of 12.4m, which was set back in 2015, the TV reach now stands at 17.2m, making it the UK’s most viewed women’s football tournament on record.

It comes after a record-breaking 6.1m tuned in for England and Scotland's opening group match.

However, attendances in France have been disappointing despite pre-tournament hopes of many games reaching capacity crowds.

The average attendance is 18,498, the lowest of any tournament with the exception of 1995. Even with capacity crowds at each of the remaining 16 matches, the average will not exceed the figure at the last three finals tournaments.

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