Africa Cup of Nations

FT Monday, January 10, 2022
Ghana WWDWL 0
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Morocco WWWWW 1
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Stade Omnisport Ahmadou Ahidjo

Match Report

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Morocco score late to beat Ghana at Africa Cup of Nations

Morocco's Sofiane Boufal seized on a loose ball to score seven minutes from time and secure a 1-0 win over Ghana.

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Team Stats

21
Fouls
21
2
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
1
5
Corner Kicks
4
2
Saves
2
38.4
Possession
61.6
5
SHOTS
12
2
ON GOAL
3
0.4
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
134
Accurate Passes
265
211
Passes
343
0.6
Pass Completion %
0.8
3
Accurate Crosses
4
13
Crosses
14
0.2
Cross %
0.3
53
Long Balls
47
11
Accurate Long Balls
24
0.2
Long Balls %
0.5
0
Blocked Shots
3
8
Effective Tackles
9
13
Tackles
17
0.6
Tackle %
0.5
5
Interceptions
5
12
Effective Clearances
11
12
Clearances
11

Head to Head

Series tied 1-1

Lineups

MAR · 4-1-4-1

  1. 1Yassine BounouG
  2. 5Nayef AguerdCD-L
  3. 6Romain SaïssCD-R
  4. 24Samy MmaeeDM
  5. 3Adam MasinaLB
  6. 2Achraf HakimiRB
  7. 7Imran LouzaCM-L
  8. 15Selim AmallahCM-R
  9. 17Sofiane BoufalLM
  10. 8Azzedine OunahiRM
  11. 14Zakaria AboukhlalF

GHA · 4-2-3-1

  1. 16Jojo WollacottG
  2. 23Alexander DjikuCD-L
  3. 18Daniel AmarteyCD-R
  4. 17Baba RahmanLB
  5. 2Andy YiadomRB
  6. 10André AyewAM
  7. 21Iddrisu BabaLM
  8. 5Thomas ParteyRM
  9. 9Jordan AyewF
  10. 22Kamaldeen SulemanaAM-L
  11. 15Joseph PaintsilAM-R

Timeline

  1. 17' Alexander Djiku (Ghana) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 22' Adam Masina (Morocco) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 64' André Ayew (Ghana) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 78' Substitution, Morocco. Tarik Tissoudali replaces Imrân Louza.
  5. 83' Goal! Morocco 1, Ghana 0. Sofiane Boufal (Morocco) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner.
  6. 86' Substitution, Ghana. Abdul Fatawu Issahaku replaces Joseph Paintsil.
  7. 86' Substitution, Ghana. Benjamin Tetteh replaces Jordan Ayew.
  8. 86' Substitution, Ghana. Daniel-Kofi Kyereh replaces Kamaldeen Sulemana.
  9. 90' Substitution, Morocco. Soufiane Rahimi replaces Zakaria Aboukhlal.
  10. 90' Substitution, Morocco. Sofyan Amrabat replaces Azzedine Ounahi.
  11. 90' Substitution, Ghana. Richmond Boakye replaces Thomas Partey.

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