Africa Cup of Nations

FT Wednesday, July 17, 2019
Nigeria WLWWL 1
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Tunisia DDWWL 0
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NGA101
TUN000
Al Salam Stadium · 6,340 att.

Match Report

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Nigeria beat Tunisia for eighth AFCON bronze

Odion Ighalo's early goal gave Nigeria a 1-0 win over Tunisia in their third-place playoff at the Africa Cup of Nations on Wednesday.

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Team Stats

15
Fouls
18
1
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
3
Offsides
2
5
Corner Kicks
6
1
Saves
3
41.9
Possession
58.1
10
SHOTS
11
4
ON GOAL
1
0.4
On Target %
0.1
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
249
Accurate Passes
372
328
Passes
448
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
1
Accurate Crosses
1
9
Crosses
16
0.1
Cross %
0.1
52
Long Balls
50
20
Accurate Long Balls
25
0.4
Long Balls %
0.5
3
Blocked Shots
6
10
Effective Tackles
7
19
Tackles
12
0.5
Tackle %
0.6
11
Interceptions
8
14
Effective Clearances
10
14
Clearances
10

Head to Head

Lineups

TUN · 4-3-3

  1. 22Moez Ben CherifiaG
  2. 4Yassine MeriahCD-L
  3. 21Nassim HnidCD-R
  4. 5Oussama HaddadiLB
  5. 14Mohamed DragerRB
  6. 17Ellyes SkhiriCM
  7. 13Ferjani SassiLM
  8. 20Ghaylen ChaaleliRM
  9. 11Taha Yassine KhenissiF
  10. 10Wahbi KhazriLF
  11. 9Anice BadriRF

NGA · 4-2-3-1

  1. 23Francis UzohoG
  2. 22Kenneth OmeruoCD-L
  3. 5William Troost-EkongCD-R
  4. 3Jamilu CollinsLB
  5. 2Ola AinaRB
  6. 18Alex IwobiAM
  7. 8Peter EteboLM
  8. 4Wilfred NdidiRM
  9. 9Odion IghaloF
  10. 7Ahmed MusaAM-L
  11. 13Samuel ChukwuezeAM-R

Timeline

  1. 3' Goal! Tunisia 0, Nigeria 1. Odion Ighalo (Nigeria) right footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal.
  2. 18' Wilfred Ndidi (Nigeria) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 44' Substitution, Tunisia. Firas Chaouat replaces Taha Khenissi because of an injury.
  4. 45' Substitution, Nigeria. Victor Osimhen replaces Odion Ighalo because of an injury.
  5. 58' Substitution, Tunisia. Naim Sliti replaces Anice Badri.
  6. 61' Ghilane Chaalali (Tunisia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 67' Substitution, Tunisia. Rami Bedoui replaces Nassim Hnid because of an injury.
  8. 75' Substitution, Nigeria. Moses Simon replaces Ahmed Musa.
  9. 90' Substitution, Nigeria. Samuel Kalu replaces Samuel Chukwueze.
  10. 90'+2' Rami Bedoui (Tunisia) is shown the yellow card for hand ball.

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