Africa Cup of Nations

FT Tuesday, January 11, 2022
Egypt WWWDW 0
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Nigeria WLWWD 1
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Stade Omnisports Roumdé Adjia

Match Report

EPA/Samuel Shivambu

Kelechi Iheanacho strike helps Nigeria past below-par Egypt

Kelechi Iheanacho scored a superb goal to help Nigeria to a 1-0 victory over a below-par Egypt in their Africa Cup of Nations clash on Tuesday.

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Team Stats

6
Fouls
15
0
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
0
3
Corner Kicks
6
4
Saves
2
56.9
Possession
43.1
4
SHOTS
15
2
ON GOAL
5
0.5
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
351
Accurate Passes
249
455
Passes
332
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
0
Accurate Crosses
7
9
Crosses
20
0.0
Cross %
0.4
61
Long Balls
57
20
Accurate Long Balls
20
0.3
Long Balls %
0.4
0
Blocked Shots
5
10
Effective Tackles
7
16
Tackles
16
0.6
Tackle %
0.4
12
Interceptions
8
22
Effective Clearances
18
22
Clearances
18

Head to Head

EGY leads series 2-1-1

Lineups

NGA · 4-2-2-2

  1. 1Maduka OkoyeG
  2. 22Kenneth OmeruoCD-L
  3. 5William Troost-EkongCD-R
  4. 12Zaidu SanusiLB
  5. 2Ola AinaRB
  6. 4Wilfred NdidiCM-L
  7. 10Joe AriboCM-R
  8. 19Taiwo AwoniyiCF-L
  9. 14Kelechi IheanachoCF-R
  10. 15Moses SimonAM-L
  11. 17Samuel ChukwuezeAM-R

EGY · 4-3-3

  1. 1Mohamed El ShenawyG
  2. 15Mahmoud El-WenshCD-L
  3. 6Ahmed HegaziCD-R
  4. 13Ahmed FatouhLB
  5. 25Akram TawfikRB
  6. 5Hamdy FathyCM
  7. 17Mohamed ElnenyLM
  8. 7TrézéguetRM
  9. 10Mohamed SalahF
  10. 22Omar MarmoushLF
  11. 14Mostafa MohamedRF

Timeline

  1. 11' Substitution, Egypt. Mohamed Abdelmonem replaces Akram Tawfik because of an injury.
  2. 30' Goal! Nigeria 1, Egypt 0. Kelechi Iheanacho (Nigeria) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Joe Aribo with a headed pass.
  3. 45' Substitution, Egypt. Ayman Ashraf replaces Ahmed Abou El Fotouh.
  4. 58' Substitution, Egypt. Zizo replaces Trézéguet.
  5. 58' Substitution, Egypt. Ramadan Sobhi replaces Mostafa Mohamed.
  6. 72' Substitution, Nigeria. Umar Sadiq replaces Taiwo Awoniyi.
  7. 72' Substitution, Nigeria. Chidera Ejuke replaces Samuel Chukwueze.
  8. 79' Substitution, Nigeria. Semi Ajayi replaces Kenneth Omeruo because of an injury.
  9. 80' Substitution, Nigeria. Kelechi Nwakali replaces Kelechi Iheanacho.
  10. 90' Substitution, Egypt. Mohamed Sherif replaces Mahmoud Hamdi El Wensh.
  11. 90'+1' Substitution, Nigeria. Alexander Iwobi replaces Moses Simon.

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