Africa Cup of Nations

FT Thursday, January 13, 2022
Ethiopia LDDWL 1
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Cameroon WWWWW 4
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ETH101
CMR134
Olembe Stadium

Match Report

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Cameroon thump Ethiopia to reach AFCON last 16 as Aboubakar, Toko Ekambi star

Hosts Cameroon overcame another hesitant start to crush Ethiopia 4-1 on Thursday and advance to the next stage of the Africa Cup of Nations.

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Team Stats

9
Fouls
15
1
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
3
1
Corner Kicks
7
3
Saves
4
49.6
Possession
50.4
12
SHOTS
17
5
ON GOAL
7
0.4
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
396
Accurate Passes
387
458
Passes
452
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.9
1
Accurate Crosses
9
5
Crosses
19
0.2
Cross %
0.5
38
Long Balls
60
19
Accurate Long Balls
36
0.5
Long Balls %
0.6
2
Blocked Shots
3
7
Effective Tackles
4
13
Tackles
9
0.5
Tackle %
0.4
6
Interceptions
6
8
Effective Clearances
4
8
Clearances
4

Head to Head

Lineups

CMR · 4-4-2

  1. 24André OnanaG
  2. 5Michael NgadeuCD-L
  3. 21Jean-Charles CastellettoCD-R
  4. 25Nouhou ToloLB
  5. 19Collins FaiRB
  6. 8Frank AnguissaCM-L
  7. 18Martin HonglaCM-R
  8. 12Karl Toko EkambiLM
  9. 3Moumi NgamaleuRM
  10. 10Vincent AboubakarCF-L
  11. 13Eric Maxim Choupo-MotingCF-R

ETH · 4-3-3

  1. 22Teklemariam ShankoG
  2. 4Mignot DebebeCD-L
  3. 15Aschalew TameneCD-R
  4. 20Remedan YesufLB
  5. 2Suleman HamidRB
  6. 8Amanuel YohannesCM
  7. 3Mesud MohammedLM
  8. 7Surafel DagnachewRM
  9. 10Abubeker NasserF
  10. 27Dawa HotessaLF
  11. 11Amanuel GebremichaelRF

Timeline

  1. 4' Goal! Cameroon 0, Ethiopia 1. Dawa Hotessa (Ethiopia) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Amanuel Gebremichael with a cross.
  2. 7' Martin Hongla (Cameroon) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 8' Goal! Cameroon 1, Ethiopia 1. Karl Toko Ekambi (Cameroon) header from the left side of the six yard box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Collins Fai with a cross.
  4. 15' Surafel Dagnachew (Ethiopia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 45' Substitution, Ethiopia. Firew Solomon replaces Surafel Dagnachew.
  6. 53' Goal! Cameroon 2, Ethiopia 1. Vincent Aboubakar (Cameroon) header from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Collins Fai with a cross.
  7. 55' Goal! Cameroon 3, Ethiopia 1. Vincent Aboubakar (Cameroon) left footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Nicolas Moumi Ngamaleu following a fast break.
  8. 56' Substitution, Cameroon. James Léa Siliki replaces Jean-Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting.
  9. 67' Goal! Cameroon 4, Ethiopia 1. Karl Toko Ekambi (Cameroon) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Martin Hongla with a through ball following a fast break.
  10. 69' Substitution, Cameroon. Clinton N'Jie replaces Nicolas Moumi Ngamaleu.
  11. 70' Substitution, Cameroon. Ignatius Ganago replaces Karl Toko Ekambi.
  12. 72' Substitution, Ethiopia. Bezabih Melayu replaces Mesud Mohammed.
  13. 72' Substitution, Ethiopia. Ahmed Reshid replaces Ramadan Yusef.
  14. 73' Substitution, Ethiopia. Shemekit Gugesa replaces Dawa Hotessa.
  15. 79' Substitution, Cameroon. Stéphane Bahoken replaces Vincent Aboubakar.
  16. 79' Substitution, Cameroon. Ambroise Oyongo replaces Nouhou Tolo.
  17. 84' Substitution, Ethiopia. Getaneh Kebede replaces Amanuel Gebremichael.
  18. 88' André Onana (Cameroon) is shown the yellow card.

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