Africa Cup of Nations

FT Thursday, January 19, 2017
Tunisia WDWLL 2
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Algeria DLWWD 1
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Stade de Franceville

Match Report

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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.

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Team Stats

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

Head to Head

TUN leads series 1-0

Lineups

ALG · 4-2-3-1

  1. 16Malik AsselahG
  2. 21Ramy BensebainiCD-L
  3. 2Aïssa MandiCD-R
  4. 3Faouzi GhoulamLB
  5. 22Mohamed Rabie MeftahRB
  6. 18Rachid GhezzalAM
  7. 10Nabil BentalebLM
  8. 17Adlène GuédiouraRM
  9. 13Islam SlimaniF
  10. 11Yacine BrahimiAM-L
  11. 7Riyad MahrezAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 23Raïs M'BolhiSUB
  2. 20Mokhtar BelkhiterSUB
  3. 4Liassine CadamuroSUB
  4. 9Sofiane HanniSUB
  5. 6Djamel MesbahSUB
  6. 5Hicham BelkarouiSUB
  7. 15Hillel SoudaniSUB
  8. 8Ismaël BennacerSUB
  9. 12Mohamed BenyahiaSUB
  10. 1Chamseddine RahmaniSUB
  11. 19Mehdi AbeidSUB
  12. 14Baghdad BounedjahSUB

TUN · 4-4-2

  1. 16Aymen MathlouthiG
  2. 3Aymen AbdennourCD-L
  3. 2Syam Ben YoussefCD-R
  4. 12Ali MaâloulLB
  5. 21Hamdi NaguezRB
  6. 13Ferjani SassiCM-L
  7. 14Mohamed Ben AmorCM-R
  8. 23Naïm SlitiLM
  9. 10Wahbi KhazriRM
  10. 7Youssef MsakniCF-L
  11. 9Ahmed AkaïchiCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 5Sliman KchoukSUB
  2. 19Saber KhalifaSUB
  3. 18Ahmed KhalilSUB
  4. 8Hamza LahmarSUB
  5. 1Rami JridiSUB
  6. 17Hamza MathlouthiSUB
  7. 11Taha Yassine KhenissiSUB
  8. 20Mohamed Ali YacoubiSUB
  9. 6Chamseddine DhaouadiSUB
  10. 4Zied BoughattasSUB
  11. 22Moez Ben CherifiaSUB
  12. 15Larry AzouniSUB

Timeline

  1. 14' Adlène Guédioura (Algeria) Yellow Card at 14'
  2. 31' Mohamed Meftah (Algeria) Yellow Card at 31'
  3. 45'+2' Ali Maâloul (Tunisia) Yellow Card at 47'
  4. 50' Aïssa Mandi (Algeria) Own Goal at 50'
  5. 65' Faouzi Ghoulam (Algeria) Yellow Card at 65'
  6. 66' Naim Sliti (Tunisia) Penalty - Scored at 66'
  7. 69' Baghdad Bounedjah (Algeria) Substitution at 69'
  8. 73' Mohamed Ali Yacoubi (Tunisia) Substitution at 73'
  9. 74' Sofiane Hanni (Algeria) Substitution at 74'
  10. 78' Taha Khenissi (Tunisia) Substitution at 78'
  11. 88' Rami Jridi (Tunisia) Substitution at 88'
  12. 90'+1' Sofiane Hanni (Algeria) Goal at 91'
  13. 90'+3' Mehdi Abeid (Algeria) Substitution at 93'

Africa Cup of Nations News

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