Africa Cup of Nations

FT Monday, January 24, 2022
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Cameroon WWWWD 2
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Olembe Stadium

Match Report

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Cameroon overcome plucky Comoros to advance at Africa Cup of Nations

Hosts Cameroon made heavy work of beating 10-man Comoros Islands 2-1 on Monday to advance to the African Cup of Nations quarterfinals.

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Team Stats

8
Fouls
12
2
Yellow Cards
2
1
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
1
1
Corner Kicks
6
4
Saves
6
34.3
Possession
65.7
13
SHOTS
19
7
ON GOAL
6
0.5
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
240
Accurate Passes
526
313
Passes
587
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.9
2
Accurate Crosses
6
3
Crosses
24
0.7
Cross %
0.3
52
Long Balls
39
18
Accurate Long Balls
25
0.3
Long Balls %
0.6
2
Blocked Shots
4
8
Effective Tackles
8
8
Tackles
10
1.0
Tackle %
0.8
14
Interceptions
8
19
Effective Clearances
6
19
Clearances
6

Head to Head

CMR leads series 1-0-1

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

Substitutes

  1. 6Ambroise OyongoSUB
  2. 4Harold MoukoudiSUB
  3. 23Simon OmossolaSUB
  4. 15Pierre KundeSUB
  5. 7Clinton N'JieSUB
  6. 11Christian BassogogSUB
  7. 16Devis EpassySUB
  8. 14Samuel Oum GouetSUB
  9. 2Enzo EbosseSUB
  10. 9Stéphane BahokenSUB
  11. 26Jean OnanaSUB
  12. 27James Léa SilikiSUB

COM · 4-2-3-1

  1. 3Chaker AlhadhurG
  2. 6Nadjim AbdouCD-L
  3. 4Younn ZaharyCD-R
  4. 22Saïd BakariLB
  5. 19Mohamed YoussoufRB
  6. 10Youssouf M'ChangamaAM
  7. 13Rafidine AbdullahLM
  8. 8Fouad BachirouRM
  9. 21El Fardou Ben NabouhaneF
  10. 20Ahmed MogniAM-L
  11. 15Benjaloud YoussoufAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 14Ali M'MadiSUB
  2. 17Ibroihim DjoudjaSUB
  3. 27Kassim AhamadaSUB
  4. 24Faiz MattoirSUB
  5. 25Djoumoi MoussaSUB
  6. 26Iyad MohamedSUB
  7. 5Abdallah Ali MohamedSUB

Timeline

  1. 7' Nadjim Abdou (Comoros) is shown the red card.
  2. 29' Goal! Cameroon 1, Comoros 0. Karl Toko Ekambi (Cameroon) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Vincent Aboubakar.
  3. 33' André-Frank Zambo Anguissa (Cameroon) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 52' Substitution, Comoros. Abdallah Ali Mohamed replaces Ahmed Mogni.
  5. 63' Substitution, Cameroon. Clinton N'Jie replaces Jean-Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting.
  6. 63' Substitution, Cameroon. Christian Bassogog replaces Nicolas Moumi Ngamaleu.
  7. 70' Goal! Cameroon 2, Comoros 0. Vincent Aboubakar (Cameroon) left footed shot from very close range to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Martin Hongla with a through ball.
  8. 75' Substitution, Comoros. Faïz Mattoir replaces Bendjaloud Youssouf.
  9. 77' Substitution, Cameroon. James Léa Siliki replaces Karl Toko Ekambi.
  10. 77' Substitution, Cameroon. Stéphane Bahoken replaces Vincent Aboubakar.
  11. 80' Martin Hongla (Cameroon) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  12. 81' Goal! Cameroon 2, Comoros 1. Youssouf M'Changama (Comoros) from a free kick with a right footed shot to the top left corner.
  13. 82' Fouad Bachirou (Comoros) is shown the yellow card.
  14. 84' Substitution, Cameroon. Jean Onana replaces André-Frank Zambo Anguissa.
  15. 87' Faïz Mattoir (Comoros) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  16. 88' Substitution, Comoros. Ali M'Madi replaces Saïd Bakari.
  17. 88' Substitution, Comoros. Djoumoi Moussa replaces Fouad Bachirou.
  18. 89' Substitution, Comoros. Ibroihim Youssouf replaces Mohamed Youssouf.

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