Africa Cup of Nations

FT Thursday, June 27, 2019
Burundi WDDLL 0
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Madagascar LDLDD 1
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MAD011
Alexandria Stadium · 4,900 att.

Match Report

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Team Stats

24
Fouls
17
1
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
1
5
Corner Kicks
8
3
Saves
2
52.1
Possession
47.9
13
SHOTS
11
2
ON GOAL
5
0.2
On Target %
0.5
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
275
Accurate Passes
250
365
Passes
342
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.7
6
Accurate Crosses
3
26
Crosses
17
0.2
Cross %
0.2
58
Long Balls
65
20
Accurate Long Balls
19
0.3
Long Balls %
0.3
4
Blocked Shots
3
19
Effective Tackles
10
24
Tackles
16
0.8
Tackle %
0.6
7
Interceptions
8
19
Effective Clearances
27
19
Clearances
27

Lineups

MAD · 4-3-3

  1. 23Adrien MelvinG
  2. 21Thomas FontaineCD-L
  3. 5Pascal RazakanantenainaCD-R
  4. 22Jerome MombrisLB
  5. 20Romain MétanireRB
  6. 13Anicet AndrianantenainaCM
  7. 15Ibrahim AmadaLM
  8. 6Marco IlaimaharitraRM
  9. 9Fanéva Imà AndriatsimaF
  10. 2Andria LF
  11. 12Lalaïna NomenjanaharyRF

BDI · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Jonathan NahimanaG
  2. 19Frederic NsabiyumvaCD-L
  3. 14Omar NganduCD-R
  4. 22Christophe NduwarugiraLB
  5. 6Karim NizigiyimanaRB
  6. 10Shassiri NahimanaAM
  7. 5Gaël BigirimanaLM
  8. 8Gaël DuhayindavyiRM
  9. 18Saido BerahinoF
  10. 17Cédric AmissiAM-L
  11. 7Fiston Abdul RazakAM-R

Timeline

  1. 45' Substitution, Burundi. Enock Sabumukama replaces Shassiri Nahimana.
  2. 51' Substitution, Madagascar. Paulin Voavy replaces Carolus Andriamahitsinoro.
  3. 57' Cédric Amissi (Burundi) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 60' Substitution, Madagascar. Njiva Rakotoharimalala replaces Ibrahim Amada.
  5. 61' Substitution, Burundi. Mohamed Amissi replaces Saido Berahino.
  6. 74' Substitution, Madagascar. Rayan Raveloson replaces Lalaïna Nomenjanahary.
  7. 76' Goal! Madagascar 1, Burundi 0. Marco Ilaimaharitra (Madagascar) from a free kick with a right footed shot to the top left corner.
  8. 81' Jerome Mombris (Madagascar) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  9. 82' Substitution, Burundi. Laudit Mavugo replaces Cédric Amissi.

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