KEY POINTS

  • Nigeria and Honduras are playing a bronze medal match for the first time in the Olympics.
  • Nigeria have previously won a gold and silver in football at the Olympics in 1996 and 2008 respectively.

Honduras take on Atlanta 1996 gold medallists Nigeria in the bronze medal match of the Olympics football event on Saturday (20 August)..

Where to watch live

Kick-off is set for 5pm BST (Saturday). The football matches of the Rio 2016 Olympics will be telecast live on BBC One, BBC Four and Red Button in the United Kingdom. In addition to this, there will be up to 24 HD video streams to follow the event on desktop, mobile and tablet.

Below is a list of all Olympics 2016 Football broadcasters from across the world.

Overview

Nigeria have upset the odds and made it to the latter stages of the competition and are looking for their third Olympic medal in football when they take on Honduras for the bronze medal on Saturday. The Super Eagles were not fancied to make it to the final rounds at the start of the tournament as they took on more fancied Japan and Colombia in the group stages. They negotiated their way out from the group with wins over Sweden and the Asian U23 champions, and then beat Denmark in the quarter-finals. Samson Siasia's team lost out to Germany in the semi-finals despite showing good form going into the last four clash.

John Obi Mikel
John Obi Mikel will be keen to return to Chelsea with a medal as Nigeria take on Honduras for the bronze medal at Rio 2016 Getty

Honduras, on the other hand, have surprised themselves and the world by fighting their way into medal contention and will be going into the match with nothing to lose as the African nation will be favourites to take the final step on the podium. Jose Luis Pinto's team saw off two-time gold medal winners Argentina to qualify alongside Portugal from group D, and then beat South Korea in the quarter-finals before falling heavily to hosts Brazil in the last four.

The two teams have met in the Olympics before and it was at the Sydney games in 2000. It was a group stage clash which ended in a thrilling 3-3 draw. It is the first medal match for Honduras, while it also a first bronze medal match for the Nigerians after having played two finals in 1996 and 2008.

Team News

Nigeria

Possible XI:Akpeyi – Shehu, Madu, Amuzie, Troost-Ekong – Mikel, Etebo, Mohammed – Junior, Ezekiel, Umar.

Honduras

Possible XI:Lopez: Alvarez, Pereira, Murillo, Palacios, Garcia: Elis, Espinal, Banegas, Quioto: Lozano

Below is a list of TV channels that would air the game around the world:

Country/RegionBroadcaster
United KingdomBBC
AlgeriabeIN Sports Arabia
Australia7mate
AustriaZDF
BrazilFox Sports Brazil
ChileESPN, Fox Sports
ColombiaESPN, Fox Sports
DenmarkTV2 Denmark
FranceFrance 4, Foot+
GermanyZDF
HondurasClaro Sports
Hong KongTVB Sport
IrelandLFC TV
ItalyPremium Sport HD
MalaysiaHyppTV
Middle EastbeIN Sports Arabia
New ZealandSKY GO NZ
NigeriaSuperSport 9
PortugalSport TV3
SpainTVE La 1, TDP
United StatesUSA Network, NBC Sports