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The match organizers of the forthcoming Ghana-Nigeria international friendly JV2i Consult are expected to hand a 1,000 match tickets to African Origin Travels and Sports Tourism, official travel agents of the game on Monday, GHANAsoccernet.com can confirm. And indications are that the allocated 1,000 tickets for the August 9 clash have special features for specific locations at the match venue, Vicarage Road Stadium, intended to guard against racketeering. The move, according to the match organizers, has been necessitated following the alleged tickets issues that rocked the England-Ghana international friendly at Wembley a few weeks ago. �Serial numbers of all the allocated thousand tickets have been sent to the British High Commission as well as the Ghana Football Association, an initiative to differentiate the tickets meant for the Ghanaian Territory / Nigeria Territory from those ones allocated to be Sold within the UK,� a source at JV2i told GHANAsoccernet.com. The source added: �Prospective match ticket buyers who have valid UK visas are advised to source from the tickets that have different serial numbers from that of the 1,000 handed to African Origin Travels and Sports Tourism.� Ghana will take on their Nigerian counterparts in an expected crunch tie in the UK next month at the Vicarage Road 22,100 sitting capacity Stadium. The Stadium, with a record attendance of 34,099 when Manchester United played as guests of Watford FC in 1969 is located at Hertfordshire. The prices of the tickets range from �15 to �60. The family ticket-Two adults and two children tickets will go for 60Pounds (Advance purchase only), while children will pay 15pounds.