Africa Cup of Nations

FT Thursday, January 20, 2022
Equatorial Guinea DWDLW 1
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Sierra Leone DWLDD 0
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Stade Municipal de Limbe

Match Report

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Sierra Leone out of AFCON after late penalty miss in defeat to Equatorial Guinea

Sierra Leone's Kei Kamara missed a late penalty as the country were knocked out of AFCON in a 1-0 defeat to Equatorial Guinea.

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Team Stats

12
Fouls
24
3
Yellow Cards
4
0
Red Cards
1
3
Offsides
1
5
Corner Kicks
5
3
Saves
5
53.5
Possession
46.5
17
SHOTS
7
6
ON GOAL
3
0.4
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
1
235
Accurate Passes
181
316
Passes
267
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.7
6
Accurate Crosses
2
14
Crosses
16
0.4
Cross %
0.1
65
Long Balls
83
22
Accurate Long Balls
46
0.3
Long Balls %
0.6
1
Blocked Shots
1
6
Effective Tackles
5
10
Tackles
9
0.6
Tackle %
0.6
8
Interceptions
8
13
Effective Clearances
5
13
Clearances
5

Head to Head

SLE leads series 2-1-1

Lineups

SLE · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Mohamed KamaraG
  2. 5Steven CaulkerCD-L
  3. 17Umaru BanguraCD-R
  4. 3Kevin WrightLB
  5. 2Osman KakayRB
  6. 10Kei KamaraAM
  7. 27Abu Diaby DumbuyaLM
  8. 6John KamaraRM
  9. 28Musa KamaraF
  10. 19Mustapha BunduAM-L
  11. 7Kwame QueeAM-R

EQG · 4-4-1-1

  1. 1Jesús OwonoG
  2. 16Saúl CocoCD-L
  3. 21Esteban ObiangCD-R
  4. 11Basilio NdongLB
  5. 15Carlos AkapoRB
  6. 8José MachínCM-L
  7. 22Pablo GanetCM-R
  8. 17Josete MirandaLM
  9. 6Iban SalvadorRM
  10. 18Dorian HanzaF
  11. 4Federico BikoroRCF

Timeline

  1. 23' Musa Kamara (Sierra Leone) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 38' Goal! Sierra Leone 0, Equatorial Guinea 1. Pablo Ganet (Equatorial Guinea) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Iban Salvador following a set piece situation.
  3. 45' Substitution, Sierra Leone. Mohamed Buya Turay replaces Abu Diaby Dumbuya.
  4. 53' Substitution, Sierra Leone. Alhaji Kamara replaces Mustapha Bundu.
  5. 61' Carlos Akapo (Equatorial Guinea) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 64' Substitution, Equatorial Guinea. Luís Nlavo replaces Fréderico Bikoro.
  7. 64' José Machín (Equatorial Guinea) is shown the yellow card.
  8. 64' Substitution, Equatorial Guinea. Jannick Buyla replaces José Machín.
  9. 71' Kevin Wright (Sierra Leone) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  10. 71' Steven Caulker (Sierra Leone) is shown the yellow card.
  11. 75' Substitution, Equatorial Guinea. Emilio Nsue replaces Dorian Hanza because of an injury.
  12. 75' Substitution, Sierra Leone. Issa Kallon replaces Kevin Wright.
  13. 76' Josete Miranda (Equatorial Guinea) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  14. 77' Kwame Quee (Sierra Leone) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  15. 85' Penalty saved! Kei Kamara (Sierra Leone) fails to capitalise on this great opportunity, right footed shot saved in the bottom right corner.
  16. 88' Substitution, Equatorial Guinea. Rubén Belima replaces Josete Miranda.
  17. 90' Second yellow card to Kwame Quee (Sierra Leone) for a bad foul.
  18. 90'+6' Mohamed Buya Turay (Sierra Leone) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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