Africa Cup of Nations

FT Wednesday, January 12, 2022
Gambia WLLWL 1
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Mauritania DLDDD 0
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Stade Municipal de Limbe

Match Report

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Gambia get AFCON debut win over Mauritania

Gambia's Ablie Jallow scored early as they made an impressive debut at the Africa Cup of Nations finals by beating Mauritania 1-0.

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Team Stats

16
Fouls
15
3
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
2
4
Corner Kicks
5
2
Saves
2
39.5
Possession
60.5
8
SHOTS
20
3
ON GOAL
2
0.4
On Target %
0.1
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
214
Accurate Passes
385
296
Passes
439
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.9
3
Accurate Crosses
7
10
Crosses
24
0.3
Cross %
0.3
69
Long Balls
46
25
Accurate Long Balls
25
0.4
Long Balls %
0.5
1
Blocked Shots
5
10
Effective Tackles
7
14
Tackles
13
0.7
Tackle %
0.5
6
Interceptions
7
27
Effective Clearances
6
27
Clearances
6

Head to Head

Series tied 1-1-1

Lineups

MTN · 5-3-2

  1. 22Babacar DiopG
  2. 14Mohamed Dellahi YalyCD
  3. 3Aly AbeidCD-L
  4. 21El Hassen HoueibibCD-R
  5. 28Abdoulkader ThiamLB
  6. 2Souleymane KaramokoRB
  7. 8Guessouma FofanaCM
  8. 17Abdallahi MahmoudCM-L
  9. 12Almike Moussa N'diayeCM-R
  10. 25Pape Ibnou BaCF-L
  11. 27Aboubakar KamaraCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 1M'Backé N'DiayeSUB
  2. 4Harouna Abou DembaSUB
  3. 15Souleymane DoukaraSUB
  4. 9Hemeya TanjySUB
  5. 11Oumar CamaraSUB
  6. 7Idrissa ThiamSUB
  7. 13Diadié DiarraSUB
  8. 19Ibrahima CoulibalySUB
  9. 5Abdoul BaSUB
  10. 10Adama BaSUB
  11. 24Sidi Yacoub EthmaneSUB
  12. 18Bodda MouhsineSUB

GAM · 4-4-2

  1. 1Modou JobeG
  2. 5Omar ColleyCD-L
  3. 12James GomezCD-R
  4. 13Pa Modou JagneLB
  5. 26Ibou TourayRB
  6. 28Ebrima AdamsCM-L
  7. 6Sulayman MarrehCM-R
  8. 10Musa BarrowLM
  9. 19Ebrima ColleyRM
  10. 9Assan CeesayCF-L
  11. 3Abdoulie JallowCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 7Lamin JallowSUB
  2. 16Mohammed MbyeSUB
  3. 20Bubacarr TrawallySUB
  4. 8Ebrima DarboeSUB
  5. 27Yusupha NjieSUB
  6. 17Bubacarr JobeSUB
  7. 15Ebrima SohnaSUB
  8. 4Dawda NgumSUB
  9. 23Muhammed BadamosiSUB
  10. 25Bubacarr SannehSUB
  11. 24Dembo DarboeSUB
  12. 22Sheikh SibiSUB

Timeline

  1. 10' Goal! Mauritania 0, Gambia 1. Ablie Jallow (Gambia) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Musa Barrow.
  2. 28' Pape Bâ (Mauritania) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 30' Almike N'Diaye (Mauritania) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 45' Substitution, Mauritania. Harouna Abou Demba replaces Souleymane Karamoko.
  5. 56' Ebrima Colley (Gambia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 59' Substitution, Mauritania. Souleymane Doukara replaces Abdallahi Mahmoud.
  7. 64' Substitution, Gambia. Dembo Darboe replaces Assan Ceesay.
  8. 64' Substitution, Gambia. Ebrima Darboe replaces Ablie Jallow.
  9. 65' Substitution, Mauritania. Idrissa Thiam replaces Almike N'Diaye.
  10. 66' Substitution, Mauritania. Oumar Camara replaces Abdoulkader Thiam.
  11. 74' Substitution, Gambia. Lamin Jallow replaces Ebrima Colley.
  12. 80' Substitution, Mauritania. Adama Ba replaces El Hacen Houeibib.
  13. 82' Substitution, Gambia. Bubacarr Sanneh replaces Ibou Touray because of an injury.
  14. 90'+1' Dembo Darboe (Gambia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  15. 90'+1' Lamin Jallow (Gambia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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