Africa Cup of Nations

FT Sunday, June 23, 2019
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Algeria WDWDW 2
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30 June Air Defence Stadium · 8,071 att.

Match Report

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City's Mahrez helps Algeria to Afcon win vs. Kenya

Riyad Mahrez led Algeria to a comfortable 2-0 victory over Kenya as they opened their Africa Cup of Nations finals campaign with a solid display.

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Team Stats

26
Fouls
13
2
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
3
4
Corner Kicks
3
2
Saves
0
43.7
Possession
56.3
4
SHOTS
12
0
ON GOAL
4
0.0
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
1
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
1
249
Accurate Passes
355
335
Passes
441
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.8
2
Accurate Crosses
2
17
Crosses
10
0.1
Cross %
0.2
73
Long Balls
77
30
Accurate Long Balls
43
0.4
Long Balls %
0.6
2
Blocked Shots
4
9
Effective Tackles
16
11
Tackles
20
0.8
Tackle %
0.8
9
Interceptions
10
17
Effective Clearances
13
17
Clearances
13

Lineups

ALG · 4-1-4-1

  1. 23Raïs M'BolhiG
  2. 4Djamel BenlamriCD-L
  3. 2Aïssa MandiCD-R
  4. 17Adlène GuédiouraDM
  5. 21Ramy BensebainiLB
  6. 20Youcef AtalRB
  7. 22Ismaël BennacerCM-L
  8. 10Sofiane FeghouliCM-R
  9. 8Youcef BelaïliLM
  10. 7Riyad MahrezRM
  11. 9Baghdad BounedjahF

KEN · 4-2-3-1

  1. 18Patrick MatasiG
  2. 5Musa MohammedCD-L
  3. 2Joseph OkumuCD-R
  4. 3Abud OmarLB
  5. 20Philemon OtienoRB
  6. 11Francis KahataAM
  7. 21Dennis OdhiamboLM
  8. 12Victor WanyamaRM
  9. 14Michael OlungaF
  10. 7Ayub Timbe MasikaAM-L
  11. 10Eric OmondiAM-R

Timeline

  1. 12' Aboud Omar Khamis (Kenya) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 18' Philemon Otieno (Kenya) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 34' Goal! Algeria 1, Kenya 0. Baghdad Bounedjah (Algeria) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the centre of the goal.
  4. 43' Goal! Algeria 2, Kenya 0. Riyad Mahrez (Algeria) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Ismael Bennacer.
  5. 45' Substitution, Kenya. Erick Ouma replaces Francis Kahata.
  6. 71' Substitution, Algeria. Mehdi Abeid replaces Adlène Guédioura.
  7. 72' Substitution, Kenya. Johanna Omolo replaces Eric Johana Omondi.
  8. 74' Substitution, Algeria. Yacine Brahimi replaces Youcef Belaïli.
  9. 81' Substitution, Algeria. Andy Delort replaces Baghdad Bounedjah.
  10. 89' Substitution, Kenya. Ismael Athuman replaces Dennis Odhiambo.

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