Africa Cup of Nations

Algeria vs Tunisia, 2017 Africa Nations Cup, Group Stage 2017

· Africa Cup of Nations
Algeria
  • 90'+1': Sofiane Hanni
FT
1 - 2
Tunisia
  • 50': Aïssa Mandi (OG)
  • 66': Naïm Sliti (P)

Algeria on brink of elimination after ANC loss to Tunisia

Tunisia gave themselves an African Nations Cup lifeline and put northern neighbours Algeria on the brink of elimination with a 2-1 win in Franceville.

Match Timeline

  • 1': Mohamed Meftah (Algeria) Throw In at 1'
  • 1': Islam Slimani (Algeria) Foul at 1'
  • 1': Aymen Abdennour (Tunisia) Free Kick at 1'
  • 2': Aïssa Mandi (Algeria) Offside at 2'
  • 2': Syam Ben Youssef (Tunisia) Free Kick at 2'
  • 2': Mohamed Meftah (Algeria) Throw In at 2'
  • 3': Mohamed Ben Amor (Tunisia) Handball at 3'
  • 3': Riyad Mahrez (Algeria) Free Kick at 3'
  • 3': Yacine Brahimi (Algeria) Offside at 3'
  • 4': Aymen Mathlouthi (Tunisia) Free Kick at 4'
  • 4': Aymen Abdennour (Tunisia) Foul at 4'
  • 5': Yacine Brahimi (Algeria) Free Kick at 5'
  • 5': Aymen Mathlouthi (Tunisia) Corner Kick at 5'
  • 6': Ramy Bensebaini (Algeria) Assists Shot at 6'
  • 6': Islam Slimani (Algeria) Shot On Target at 6'
  • 6': Mohamed Ben Amor (Tunisia) Blocked Pass at 6'
  • 7': Hamdi Naguez (Tunisia) Throw In at 7'
  • 8': Hamdi Naguez (Tunisia) Throw In at 8'
  • 8': Hamdi Naguez (Tunisia) Throw In at 8'
  • 9': Ali Maâloul (Tunisia) Throw In at 9'
  • 9': Adlène Guédioura (Algeria) Foul at 9'
  • 10': Wahbi Khazri (Tunisia) Free Kick at 10'
  • 10': Wahbi Khazri (Tunisia) Foul at 10'
  • 10': Malik Asselah (Algeria) Free Kick at 10'
  • 10': Mohamed Meftah (Algeria) Throw In at 10'
  • 11': Adlène Guédioura (Algeria) Shot On Target at 11'
  • 11': Nabil Bentaleb (Algeria) Assists Shot at 11'
  • 11': Aymen Mathlouthi (Tunisia) Corner Kick at 11'
  • 12': Nabil Bentaleb (Algeria) Foul at 12'
  • 12': Aymen Mathlouthi (Tunisia) Free Kick at 12'
  • 13': Adlène Guédioura (Algeria) Foul at 13'
  • 14': Ferjani Sassi (Tunisia) Free Kick at 14'
  • 14': Aymen Abdennour (Tunisia) Blocked Pass at 14'
  • 14': Mohamed Ben Amor (Tunisia) Blocked Pass at 14'
  • 14': Adlène Guédioura (Algeria) Foul at 14'
  • 14': Adlène Guédioura (Algeria) Yellow Card at 14'
  • 15': Ali Maâloul (Tunisia) Free Kick at 15'
  • 16': Mohamed Ben Amor (Tunisia) Foul at 16'
  • 17': Yacine Brahimi (Algeria) Free Kick at 17'
  • 17': Hamdi Naguez (Tunisia) Corner Kick at 17'
  • 17': Mohamed Ben Amor (Tunisia) Foul at 17'
  • 18': Mohamed Meftah (Algeria) Free Kick at 18'
  • 18': Adlène Guédioura (Algeria) Foul at 18'
  • 18': Ali Maâloul (Tunisia) Free Kick at 18'
  • 19': Islam Slimani (Algeria) Foul at 19'
  • 20': Wahbi Khazri (Tunisia) Shot Blocked at 20'
  • 20': Islam Slimani (Algeria) Handball at 20'
  • 21': Wahbi Khazri (Tunisia) Shot Blocked at 21'
  • 21': Wahbi Khazri (Tunisia) Corner Kick at 21'
  • 21': Wahbi Khazri (Tunisia) Assists Shot at 21'
  • 21': Youssef M'Sakni (Tunisia) Shot On Target at 21'
  • 23': Youssef M'Sakni (Tunisia) Assists Shot at 23'
  • 23': Wahbi Khazri (Tunisia) Shot On Target at 23'
  • 23': Youssef M'Sakni (Tunisia) Foul at 23'
  • 23': Adlène Guédioura (Algeria) Free Kick at 23'
  • 24': Islam Slimani (Algeria) Assists Shot at 24'
  • 24': Riyad Mahrez (Algeria) Shot On Target at 24'
  • 25': Faouzi Ghoulam (Algeria) Throw In at 25'
  • 26': Riyad Mahrez (Algeria) Throw In at 26'
  • 27': Mohamed Meftah (Algeria) Throw In at 27'
  • 27': Ramy Bensebaini (Algeria) Foul at 27'
  • 28': Malik Asselah (Algeria) Free Kick at 28'
  • 28': Ali Maâloul (Tunisia) Throw In at 28'
  • 29': Nabil Bentaleb (Algeria) Blocked Pass at 29'
  • 29': Ferjani Sassi (Tunisia) Offside at 29'
  • 29': Malik Asselah (Algeria) Free Kick at 29'
  • 30': Mohamed Meftah (Algeria) Foul at 30'
  • 31': Mohamed Meftah (Algeria) Yellow Card at 31'
  • 31': Ali Maâloul (Tunisia) Free Kick at 31'
  • 32': Mohamed Meftah (Algeria) Throw In at 32'
  • 32': Syam Ben Youssef (Tunisia) Foul at 32'
  • 33': Riyad Mahrez (Algeria) Free Kick at 33'
  • 33': Wahbi Khazri (Tunisia) Blocked Pass at 33'
  • 34': Riyad Mahrez (Algeria) Foul at 34'
  • 34': Aymen Mathlouthi (Tunisia) Free Kick at 34'
  • 35': Faouzi Ghoulam (Algeria) Throw In at 35'
  • 35': Syam Ben Youssef (Tunisia) Foul at 35'
  • 35': Faouzi Ghoulam (Algeria) Free Kick at 35'
  • 35': Ali Maâloul (Tunisia) Corner Kick at 35'
  • 36': Faouzi Ghoulam (Algeria) Throw In at 36'
  • 39': Hamdi Naguez (Tunisia) Throw In at 39'
  • 39': Ali Maâloul (Tunisia) Offside at 39'
  • 39': Malik Asselah (Algeria) Free Kick at 39'
  • 40': Faouzi Ghoulam (Algeria) Throw In at 40'
  • 41': Mohamed Meftah (Algeria) Throw In at 41'
  • 41': Mohamed Meftah (Algeria) Throw In at 41'
  • 42': Mohamed Meftah (Algeria) Throw In at 42'
  • 42': Adlène Guédioura (Algeria) Handball at 42'
  • 42': Ferjani Sassi (Tunisia) Free Kick at 42'
  • 42': Adlène Guédioura (Algeria) Foul at 42'
  • 43': Ferjani Sassi (Tunisia) Free Kick at 43'
  • 43': Aymen Abdennour (Tunisia) Offside at 43'
  • 43': Malik Asselah (Algeria) Free Kick at 43'
  • 43': Hamdi Naguez (Tunisia) Throw In at 43'
  • 44': Faouzi Ghoulam (Algeria) Throw In at 44'
  • 45': Youssef M'Sakni (Tunisia) Offside at 45'
  • 45': Faouzi Ghoulam (Algeria) Free Kick at 45'
  • 45': Aymen Abdennour (Tunisia) Foul at 45'
  • 45'+2': Ali Maâloul (Tunisia) Yellow Card at 47'
  • 45'+3': Yacine Brahimi (Algeria) Free Kick at 48'
  • 45'+3': Ahmed Akaachi (Tunisia) Corner Kick at 48'
  • 47': Islam Slimani (Algeria) Foul at 47'
  • 48': Syam Ben Youssef (Tunisia) Free Kick at 48'
  • 48': Rachid Ghezzal (Algeria) Blocked Pass at 48'
  • 49': Adlène Guédioura (Algeria) Foul at 49'
  • 49': Syam Ben Youssef (Tunisia) Free Kick at 49'
  • 49': Ali Maâloul (Tunisia) Throw In at 49'
  • 50': Ali Maâloul (Tunisia) Throw In at 50'
  • 50': Aïssa Mandi (Algeria) Own Goal at 50'
  • 51': Syam Ben Youssef (Tunisia) Blocked Pass at 51'
  • 52': Ali Maâloul (Tunisia) Throw In at 52'
  • 52': Aïssa Mandi (Algeria) Foul at 52'
  • 52': Ali Maâloul (Tunisia) Free Kick at 52'
  • 52': Faouzi Ghoulam (Algeria) Throw In at 52'
  • 53': Hamdi Naguez (Tunisia) Foul at 53'
  • 53': Faouzi Ghoulam (Algeria) Free Kick at 53'
  • 53': Islam Slimani (Algeria) Foul at 53'
  • 54': Aymen Mathlouthi (Tunisia) Free Kick at 54'
  • 54': Ali Maâloul (Tunisia) Throw In at 54'
  • 54': Naim Sliti (Tunisia) Shot Off Target at 54'
  • 54': Youssef M'Sakni (Tunisia) Assists Shot at 54'
  • 55': Aymen Abdennour (Tunisia) Blocked Pass at 55'
  • 57': Ali Maâloul (Tunisia) Throw In at 57'
  • 57': Aymen Abdennour (Tunisia) Foul at 57'
  • 57': Riyad Mahrez (Algeria) Free Kick at 57'
  • 59': Aïssa Mandi (Algeria) Foul at 59'
  • 60': Ali Maâloul (Tunisia) Free Kick at 60'
  • 60': Youssef M'Sakni (Tunisia) Shot Off Target at 60'
  • 60': Ali Maâloul (Tunisia) Assists Shot at 60'
  • 61': Hamdi Naguez (Tunisia) Throw In at 61'
  • 61': Naim Sliti (Tunisia) Blocked Pass at 61'
  • 61': Ferjani Sassi (Tunisia) Offside at 61'
  • 61': Ramy Bensebaini (Algeria) Free Kick at 61'
  • 61': Naim Sliti (Tunisia) Foul at 61'
  • 62': Rachid Ghezzal (Algeria) Free Kick at 62'
  • 62': Faouzi Ghoulam (Algeria) Throw In at 62'
  • 62': Ferjani Sassi (Tunisia) Foul at 62'
  • 64': Rachid Ghezzal (Algeria) Free Kick at 64'
  • 64': Faouzi Ghoulam (Algeria) Foul at 64'
  • 65': Faouzi Ghoulam (Algeria) Yellow Card at 65'
  • 66': Naim Sliti (Tunisia) Penalty - Scored at 66'
  • 67': Rachid Ghezzal (Algeria) Foul at 67'
  • 68': Ferjani Sassi (Tunisia) Free Kick at 68'
  • 68': Youssef M'Sakni (Tunisia) Throw In at 68'
  • 69': Baghdad Bounedjah (Algeria) Substitution at 69'
  • 69': Faouzi Ghoulam (Algeria) Throw In at 69'
  • 70': Mohamed Ben Amor (Tunisia) Foul at 70'
  • 70': Yacine Brahimi (Algeria) Free Kick at 70'
  • 70': Mohamed Ben Amor (Tunisia) Blocked Pass at 70'
  • 70': Mohamed Meftah (Algeria) Throw In at 70'
  • 70': Mohamed Ben Amor (Tunisia) Corner Kick at 70'
  • 71': Hamdi Naguez (Tunisia) Throw In at 71'
  • 71': Faouzi Ghoulam (Algeria) Throw In at 71'
  • 72': Hamdi Naguez (Tunisia) Throw In at 72'
  • 73': Mohamed Ali Yacoubi (Tunisia) Substitution at 73'
  • 74': Sofiane Hanni (Algeria) Substitution at 74'
  • 74': Hamdi Naguez (Tunisia) Throw In at 74'
  • 75': Ferjani Sassi (Tunisia) Handball at 75'
  • 75': Adlène Guédioura (Algeria) Free Kick at 75'
  • 76': Ramy Bensebaini (Algeria) Foul at 76'
  • 77': Ali Maâloul (Tunisia) Shot Blocked at 77'
  • 77': Ali Maâloul (Tunisia) Corner Kick at 77'
  • 77': Ahmed Akaachi (Tunisia) Shot Blocked at 77'
  • 77': Ali Maâloul (Tunisia) Assists Shot at 77'
  • 77': Ahmed Akaachi (Tunisia) Foul at 77'
  • 78': Taha Khenissi (Tunisia) Substitution at 78'
  • 78': Malik Asselah (Algeria) Free Kick at 78'
  • 79': Faouzi Ghoulam (Algeria) Throw In at 79'
  • 80': Youssef M'Sakni (Tunisia) Shot Blocked at 80'
  • 80': Naim Sliti (Tunisia) Assists Shot at 80'
  • 80': Youssef M'Sakni (Tunisia) Corner Kick at 80'
  • 81': Syam Ben Youssef (Tunisia) Shot Blocked at 81'
  • 81': Ali Maâloul (Tunisia) Throw In at 81'
  • 82': Islam Slimani (Algeria) Foul at 82'
  • 82': Aymen Mathlouthi (Tunisia) Free Kick at 82'
  • 83': Ferjani Sassi (Tunisia) Blocked Pass at 83'
  • 83': Aymen Abdennour (Tunisia) Corner Kick at 83'
  • 86': Faouzi Ghoulam (Algeria) Throw In at 86'
  • 86': Taha Khenissi (Tunisia) Foul at 86'
  • 86': Faouzi Ghoulam (Algeria) Free Kick at 86'
  • 88': Rami Jridi (Tunisia) Substitution at 88'
  • 88': Mohamed Ben Amor (Tunisia) Foul at 88'
  • 89': Riyad Mahrez (Algeria) Free Kick at 89'
  • 90': Faouzi Ghoulam (Algeria) Throw In at 90'
  • 90': Mohamed Ben Amor (Tunisia) Offside at 90'
  • 90': Malik Asselah (Algeria) Free Kick at 90'
  • 90'+1': Sofiane Hanni (Algeria) Goal at 91'
  • 90'+1': Adlène Guédioura (Algeria) Assists Shot at 91'
  • 90'+2': Mohamed Meftah (Algeria) Throw In at 92'
  • 90'+2': Adlène Guédioura (Algeria) Foul at 92'
  • 90'+3': Mehdi Abeid (Algeria) Substitution at 93'
  • 90'+3': Ali Maâloul (Tunisia) Free Kick at 93'
  • 90'+3': Youssef M'Sakni (Tunisia) Offside at 93'
  • 90'+3': Ramy Bensebaini (Algeria) Free Kick at 93'
  • 90'+4': Mohamed Meftah (Algeria) Assists Shot at 94'
  • 90'+4': Mehdi Abeid (Algeria) Shot Blocked at 94'
  • 90'+4': Hamdi Naguez (Tunisia) Throw In at 94'
  • 90'+4': Hamdi Naguez (Tunisia) Throw In at 94'
  • 90'+5': Hamdi Naguez (Tunisia) Throw In at 95'
  • 90'+5': Hamdi Naguez (Tunisia) Blocked Pass at 95'
  • 90'+5': Faouzi Ghoulam (Algeria) Throw In at 95'
  • 90'+5': Youssef M'Sakni (Tunisia) Offside at 95'

Statistics

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18 Fouls 23
1 Yellow Cards 3
0 Red Cards 0
9 Offsides 2
4 Corner Kicks 6
4 Saves 3
52.2 Possession 47.8
12 SHOTS 6
4 ON GOAL 5
0.3 On Target % 0.8
1 Penalty Goals 0
1 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
210 Accurate Passes 178
300 Passes 265
0.7 Pass Completion % 0.7
4 Accurate Crosses 6
10 Crosses 16
0.4 Cross % 0.4
61 Long Balls 64
15 Accurate Long Balls 22
0.2 Long Balls % 0.3
6 Blocked Shots 1
18 Effective Tackles 12
21 Tackles 18
0.9 Tackle % 0.7
0 Interceptions 0
20 Effective Clearances 11
20 Clearances 11

Game Information

Competition: Africa Cup of Nations

Venue: Stade de Franceville
Location: Franceville, Gabon

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# TEAM GP GD PTS
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2 South Africa 3 +1 6
3 Angola 3 -1 2
4 Zimbabwe 3 -2 1
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Line-Ups

ALG Algeria (4-2-3-1)

No. Name
16 Malik Asselah (GK)
21 Ramy Bensebaini
2 Aïssa Mandi
3 Faouzi Ghoulam Yellow Card
22 Mohamed Rabie Meftah Yellow Card
18 Rachid Ghezzal
10 Nabil Bentaleb
17 Adlène Guédioura Yellow Card
13 Islam Slimani
11 Yacine Brahimi
7 Riyad Mahrez
Algeria Substitutes:
Raïs M'Bolhi, Mokhtar Belkhiter, Liassine Cadamuro, Sofiane Hanni, Djamel Mesbah, Hicham Belkaroui, Hillel Soudani, Ismaël Bennacer, Mohamed Benyahia, Chamseddine Rahmani, Mehdi Abeid, Baghdad Bounedjah.

TUN Tunisia (4-4-2)

No. Name
16 Aymen Mathlouthi (GK)
3 Aymen Abdennour
2 Syam Ben Youssef
12 Ali Maâloul Yellow Card
21 Hamdi Naguez
13 Ferjani Sassi
14 Mohamed Ben Amor
23 Naïm Sliti
10 Wahbi Khazri
7 Youssef Msakni
9 Ahmed Akaïchi
Tunisia Substitutes:
Sliman Kchouk, Saber Khalifa, Ahmed Khalil, Hamza Lahmar, Rami Jridi, Hamza Mathlouthi, Taha Yassine Khenissi, Mohamed Ali Yacoubi, Chamseddine Dhaouadi, Zied Boughattas, Moez Ben Cherifia, Larry Azouni.

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