Nigeria head coach Augustine Eguavoen believes his outfit deserves to be at the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar.
The Super Eagles will be hosted at the Cape Coast Stadium for the first leg on March 25 before the return leg in Abuja on March 29.
The winner of both ties will represent Africa at the global showpiece.
"There is no doubt in my mind. I am a Nigerian, a full-blooded Nigerian, and if you ask me such a question, I think, without mincing words, we deserve a place at the World Cup," Eguavoen said.
"It’s going to be a very tough game and a tight one as well.
"We have a lot of mutual respect for one another, and when Ghana plays Nigeria and Nigeria plays Ghana, it’s always tough, it’s always tight. But you see, it’s going to boil down to us trying to go there (Ghana).
We will play everything we can to try to win the game, in fact, both games, but with no disrespect because Ghana is a very strong side, individually and collectively. We will just go and fight and try to win the game."
Nigeria is expected to begin camping for the matches in Abuja on March 21 and leave for Ghana on the eve of the Cape Coast leg of the tie.