Africa Cup of Nations

FT Wednesday, July 10, 2019
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Senegal WWLWW 1
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30 June Air Defence Stadium · 5,798 att.

Match Report

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Senegal beat Benin to reach AFCON semifinals

Senegal's Idrissa Gana Gueye scored 20 minutes from time to take them through to the Africa Cup of Nations semifinals with a 1-0 win over Benin.

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Team Stats

22
Fouls
25
2
Yellow Cards
1
1
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
6
2
Corner Kicks
3
2
Saves
3
37.3
Possession
62.7
9
SHOTS
14
3
ON GOAL
4
0.3
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
165
Accurate Passes
335
240
Passes
397
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.8
4
Accurate Crosses
3
9
Crosses
19
0.4
Cross %
0.2
61
Long Balls
63
30
Accurate Long Balls
33
0.5
Long Balls %
0.5
1
Blocked Shots
4
11
Effective Tackles
5
17
Tackles
10
0.6
Tackle %
0.5
5
Interceptions
9
19
Effective Clearances
6
19
Clearances
6

Head to Head

SEN leads series 1-0

Lineups

SEN · 4-3-3

  1. 23Alfred GomisG
  2. 3Kalidou KoulibalyCD-L
  3. 8Cheikhou KouyatéCD-R
  4. 12Youssouf SabalyLB
  5. 21Lamine GassamaRB
  6. 17Badou N'DiayeCM
  7. 5Idrissa GueyeLM
  8. 14Henri SaivetRM
  9. 9M'Baye NiangF
  10. 11Keita BaldéLF
  11. 10Sadio ManéRF

BEN · 4-1-4-1

  1. 16Saturnin AllagbéG
  2. 6Olivier VerdonCD-L
  3. 13Moïse AdilehouCD-R
  4. 8Jordan AdéotiDM
  5. 11Emmanuel ImorouLB
  6. 2Séidou BarazéRB
  7. 17Stéphane SessegnonCM-L
  8. 15Sessi D'AlmeidaCM-R
  9. 10Mickaël PotéLM
  10. 14Cebio SoukouRM
  11. 9Steve MouniéF

Timeline

  1. 44' Cebio Soukou (Benin) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 64' Substitution, Senegal. Mbaye Diagne replaces M'Baye Niang because of an injury.
  3. 65' Substitution, Senegal. Krépin Diatta replaces Keita.
  4. 69' Substitution, Benin. Mama Seibou replaces Sessi D'Almeida.
  5. 69' Goal! Senegal 1, Benin 0. Idrissa Gueye (Senegal) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Sadio Mané.
  6. 77' Substitution, Benin. Jodel Dossou replaces Mickaël Poté.
  7. 81' Substitution, Benin. David Djigla replaces Cebio Soukou.
  8. 82' Olivier Verdon (Benin) is shown the red card.
  9. 89' Substitution, Senegal. Salif Sané replaces Idrissa Gueye.
  10. 90'+1' Sadio Mané (Senegal) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  11. 90'+3' Steve Mounie (Benin) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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