Africa Cup of Nations

FT Monday, January 16, 2017
Morocco WDWWL 0
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Congo DR WLWWL 1
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Stade d'Oyem

Match Report

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Junior Kabananga's goal lifts DR Congo to slim win over Morocco

Junior Kabananga scored the only goal as 10-man DR Congo claimed a hard-fought 1-0 win over Morocco in their African Nations Cup opener in Oyem.

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Team Stats

17
Fouls
26
1
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
1
4
Offsides
3
9
Corner Kicks
1
1
Saves
2
61.4
Possession
38.6
15
SHOTS
4
2
ON GOAL
2
0.1
On Target %
0.5
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
251
Accurate Passes
143
377
Passes
254
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.6
7
Accurate Crosses
0
43
Crosses
9
0.2
Cross %
0.0
81
Long Balls
72
36
Accurate Long Balls
19
0.4
Long Balls %
0.3
4
Blocked Shots
0
16
Effective Tackles
11
17
Tackles
17
0.9
Tackle %
0.6
0
Interceptions
0
8
Effective Clearances
46
8
Clearances
46

Lineups

COD · 4-3-3

  1. 1Ley MatampiG
  2. 5Marcel TisserandCD-L
  3. 14Gabriel ZakuaniCD-R
  4. 3Fabrice N'SakalaLB
  5. 2Issama MpekoRB
  6. 18Merveille BokadiCM
  7. 22Chancel MbembaLM
  8. 15Rémi MulumbaRM
  9. 17Cédric BakambuF
  10. 21Firmin Mubele NdomeLF
  11. 6Hervé KageRF
  12. 6Junior KabanangaRF

MAR · 5-3-2

  1. 12Munir El KajouiG
  2. 4Manuel da CostaCD
  3. 6Romain SaïssCD-L
  4. 5Medhi BenatiaCD-R
  5. 2Hamza MendylLB
  6. 17Nabil DirarRB
  7. 14Mbark BoussoufaCM
  8. 16Nordin AmrabatCM-L
  9. 16Omar El KaddouriCM-L
  10. 8Karim El AhmadiCM-R
  11. 20Aziz BouhaddouzCF-L
  12. 21Mehdi Carcela-GonzálezCF-R

Timeline

  1. 48' Fabrice N'Sakala (Congo DR) Yellow Card at 48'
  2. 55' Herve Kage (Congo DR) Goal at 55'
  3. 61' Youssef En-Nesyri (Morocco) Substitution at 61'
  4. 65' Joyce Lomalisa (Congo DR) Substitution at 65'
  5. 68' Manuel da Costa (Morocco) Yellow Card at 68'
  6. 71' Jacques Maghoma (Congo DR) Substitution at 71'
  7. 73' Faycal Fajr (Morocco) Substitution at 73'
  8. 74' Joyce Lomalisa (Congo DR) Yellow Card at 74'
  9. 77' Dieumerci Mbokani (Congo DR) Substitution at 77'
  10. 78' Youssef El Arabi (Morocco) Substitution at 78'
  11. 81' Joyce Lomalisa (Congo DR) Red Card at 81'

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