FIFA World Cup Qualifying - CAF

Somalia vs Algeria, 2026 World Cup Qualifying - CAF, Group Stage

· FIFA World Cup Qualifying - CAF
Somalia
    FT
    0 - 3
    Algeria
    • 6': Mohamed Amoura
    • 19': Riyad Mahrez
    • 57': Mohamed Amoura

    About

    Somalia are hosting Algeria at Stade Olympique d'Oran, Miloud Hadefi Stadium, Algeria, starting on . The match is a part of the FIFA World Cup Qualifying - CAF.

    Match Timeline

    • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
    • 0': First Half begins.
    • 3': Foul by Rafik Belghali (Algeria).
    • 3': Handwalla Bwana (Somalia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 4': Delay in match because of an injury Handwalla Bwana (Somalia).
    • 4': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 4': Abdulsamed Abdullahi (Somalia) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 4': Foul by Jaouen Hadjam (Algeria).
    • 5': Attempt missed. Abdulsamed Abdullahi (Somalia) header from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Mukhtar Suleiman with a cross following a set piece situation.
    • 6': Goal! Somalia 0, Algeria 1. Mohammed Amoura (Algeria) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Riyad Mahrez.
    • 8': Corner, Algeria. Conceded by Abdirahman Mohamud Jama.
    • 10': Attempt missed. Baghdad Bounedjah (Algeria) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Rafik Belghali with a cross.
    • 11': Delay in match (Somalia).
    • 11': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 12': Corner, Algeria. Conceded by Ali Omar.
    • 13': Corner, Algeria. Conceded by Mohamed Omar.
    • 14': Attempt missed. Baghdad Bounedjah (Algeria) left footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right following a corner.
    • 14': Delay in match (Algeria).
    • 14': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 16': Delay in match (Algeria).
    • 16': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 18': Attempt blocked. Farès Chaïbi (Algeria) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
    • 18': Corner, Algeria. Conceded by Ali Omar.
    • 19': Attempt blocked. Aïssa Mandi (Algeria) header from very close range is blocked. Assisted by Farès Chaïbi with a cross.
    • 19': Attempt blocked. Baghdad Bounedjah (Algeria) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
    • 19': Goal! Somalia 0, Algeria 2. Riyad Mahrez (Algeria) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Farès Chaïbi following a corner.
    • 21': Foul by Mohamed Omar (Somalia).
    • 21': Mohammed Amoura (Algeria) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 21': Mohamed Omar (Somalia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 22': Offside, Algeria. Baghdad Bounedjah is caught offside.
    • 24': Offside, Somalia. Ali Musse is caught offside.
    • 25': Corner, Algeria. Conceded by Faisal Abu Bakr.
    • 26': Attempt saved. Ramy Bensebaini (Algeria) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal by Abdirahman Mohamud Jama (Somalia). Assisted by Hicham Boudaoui.
    • 26': Corner, Algeria. Conceded by Abdirahman Mohamud Jama.
    • 26': Attempt saved. Mohammed Amoura (Algeria) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal by Abdirahman Mohamud Jama (Somalia). Assisted by Riyad Mahrez with a cross.
    • 28': Attempt missed. Baghdad Bounedjah (Algeria) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Rafik Belghali with a cross.
    • 32': Faisal Abu Bakr (Somalia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 32': Foul by Riyad Mahrez (Algeria).
    • 33': Attempt missed. Baghdad Bounedjah (Algeria) left footed shot from the centre of the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Farès Chaïbi.
    • 34': Delay in match (Algeria).
    • 35': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 37': Abdulsamed Abdullahi (Somalia) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 37': Foul by Jaouen Hadjam (Algeria).
    • 39': Attempt blocked. Ali Musse (Somalia) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Handwalla Bwana.
    • 39': Corner, Somalia. Conceded by Aïssa Mandi.
    • 39': Attempt missed. Handwalla Bwana (Somalia) right footed shot from outside the box is too high following a corner.
    • 40': Foul by Abdulsamed Abdullahi (Somalia).
    • 40': Jaouen Hadjam (Algeria) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 41': Corner, Algeria. Conceded by Abdulrahman Sharif.
    • 45': Fourth official has announced 2 minutes of added time.
    • 45'+2': Foul by Mukhtar Suleiman (Somalia).
    • 45'+2': Ramy Bensebaini (Algeria) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 45'+3': First Half ends, Somalia 0, Algeria 2.
    • 45': Second Half begins Somalia 0, Algeria 2.
    • 49': Foul by Nabil Bentaleb (Algeria).
    • 49': Mukhtar Suleiman (Somalia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 50': Ali Musse (Somalia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 50': Foul by Ramy Bensebaini (Algeria).
    • 50': Ramy Bensebaini (Algeria) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 51': Delay in match because of an injury Ali Musse (Somalia).
    • 52': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 52': Foul by Farès Chaïbi (Algeria).
    • 52': Mohamed Omar (Somalia) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 53': Offside, Somalia. Mohamed Omar is caught offside.
    • 54': Baghdad Bounedjah (Algeria) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 54': Foul by Ali Omar (Somalia).
    • 54': Corner, Algeria. Conceded by Abel Gigli.
    • 57': Goal! Somalia 0, Algeria 3. Mohammed Amoura (Algeria) header from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Riyad Mahrez with a cross.
    • 59': Abdulrahman Sharif (Somalia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 59': Foul by Riyad Mahrez (Algeria).
    • 59': Abdulle Abdullahi (Somalia) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 59': Foul by Jaouen Hadjam (Algeria).
    • 60': Substitution, Algeria. Ibrahim Maza replaces Mohammed Amoura.
    • 60': Substitution, Algeria. Youcef Belaïli replaces Nabil Bentaleb.
    • 62': Offside, Algeria. Riyad Mahrez is caught offside.
    • 62': Attempt missed. Ibrahim Maza (Algeria) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Farès Chaïbi.
    • 64': Attempt blocked. Youcef Belaïli (Algeria) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
    • 64': Corner, Algeria. Conceded by Abel Gigli.
    • 65': Corner, Algeria. Conceded by Mukhtar Suleiman.
    • 66': Substitution, Algeria. Anis Hadj Moussa replaces Riyad Mahrez.
    • 66': Substitution, Algeria. Amine Gouiri replaces Baghdad Bounedjah.
    • 66': Corner, Algeria. Conceded by Abdulrahman Sharif.
    • 67': Substitution, Somalia. Yasir Sa'Ad replaces Mukhtar Suleiman.
    • 68': Substitution, Somalia. Bilal Habib replaces Handwalla Bwana.
    • 69': Offside, Algeria. Amine Gouiri is caught offside.
    • 71': Corner, Algeria. Conceded by Abdirahman Mohamud Jama.
    • 73': Corner, Algeria. Conceded by Abdulle Abdullahi.
    • 73': Attempt missed. Farès Chaïbi (Algeria) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the left is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Youcef Belaïli following a corner.
    • 74': Ali Musse (Somalia) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 74': Foul by Rafik Belghali (Algeria).
    • 75': Substitution, Somalia. Farhan Ahmed replaces Abdulsamed Abdullahi.
    • 76': Substitution, Somalia. Muba Nour replaces Ali Musse.
    • 77': Attempt blocked. Rafik Belghali (Algeria) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Ibrahim Maza with a through ball.
    • 77': Corner, Algeria. Conceded by Ali Omar.
    • 77': Attempt blocked. Youcef Belaïli (Algeria) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Anis Hadj Moussa with a cross.
    • 79': Attempt saved. Amine Gouiri (Algeria) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal by Abdirahman Mohamud Jama (Somalia).
    • 79': Foul by Muba Nour (Somalia).
    • 79': Rafik Belghali (Algeria) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 81': Abdulle Abdullahi (Somalia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 81': Foul by Jaouen Hadjam (Algeria).
    • 82': Offside, Somalia. Bilal Habib is caught offside.
    • 82': Delay in match because of an injury Hicham Boudaoui (Algeria).
    • 82': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 85': Substitution, Algeria. Yassine Benzia replaces Hicham Boudaoui because of an injury.
    • 86': Delay in match because of an injury Rafik Belghali (Algeria).
    • 86': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 87': Corner, Algeria. Conceded by Mohamed Omar.
    • 87': Substitution, Somalia. Aweys Adan replaces Abdulrahman Sharif.
    • 88': Attempt blocked. Anis Hadj Moussa (Algeria) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the right is blocked. Assisted by Yassine Benzia.
    • 89': Attempt missed. Youcef Belaïli (Algeria) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Aïssa Mandi.
    • 89': Attempt blocked. Yasir Sa'Ad (Somalia) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
    • 89': Corner, Somalia. Conceded by Ramy Bensebaini.
    • 90': Attempt blocked. Muba Nour (Somalia) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Abdulle Abdullahi.
    • 90': Fourth official has announced 3 minutes of added time.
    • 90'+1': Attempt missed. Amine Gouiri (Algeria) right footed shot from the left side of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Youcef Belaïli.
    • 90'+2': Foul by Faisal Abu Bakr (Somalia).
    • 90'+2': Yassine Benzia (Algeria) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 90'+4': Attempt blocked. Anis Hadj Moussa (Algeria) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Ibrahim Maza.
    • 90'+4': Second Half ends, Somalia 0, Algeria 3.
    • 0': Match ends, Somalia 0, Algeria 3.

    Statistics

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    11 Fouls 6
    1 Yellow Cards 1
    0 Red Cards 0
    3 Offsides 3
    15 Corner Kicks 2
    0 Saves 3
    72.5 Possession 27.5
    22 SHOTS 5
    6 ON GOAL 0
    0.3 On Target % 0.0
    0 Penalty Goals 0
    0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
    560 Accurate Passes 183
    620 Passes 235
    0.9 Pass Completion % 0.8
    11 Accurate Crosses 1
    28 Crosses 8
    0.4 Cross % 0.1
    51 Long Balls 34
    37 Accurate Long Balls 22
    0.7 Long Balls % 0.6
    8 Blocked Shots 3
    1 Effective Tackles 8
    5 Tackles 16
    0.2 Tackle % 0.5
    5 Interceptions 7
    10 Effective Clearances 28
    10 Clearances 28

    Game Information

    Competition: FIFA World Cup Qualifying - CAF

    Venue: Stade Olympique d'Oran
    Location: Miloud Hadefi Stadium, Algeria

    WCQ - CAF Table

    # TEAM GP GD PTS
    1 Algeria 10 +16 25
    2 Uganda 10 +5 18
    3 Mozambique 10 -3 18
    4 Guinea 10 +3 15
    Full Table

    Line-Ups

    SOM Somalia (4-2-3-1)

    No. Name
    13 Abdirahman Mohamud Jama (GK)
    15 Ali Omar
    3 Abel Gigli
    19 Faisal Othman
    17 Abdulle Abdullahi
    11 Mukhtar Suleiman
    6 Mohamed Omar Yellow Card
    14 Abdulrahman Sharif
    10 Ali Musse
    7 Handwalla Bwana
    8 Abdulsamed Abdullahi
    Somalia Substitutes:
    Bilal Habib, Muba Nour, Aleeley Saeed, Ahmed Abdi, Ayub Abdulkadir, Aweys Adan, Yasir Sa'Ad, Ibrahim Hussein, Yonis Farah, Maxamuud Cali, Farhan Ahmed, Abdiwali Walic.

    ALG Algeria (4-2-3-1)

    No. Name
    1 Alexis Guendouz (GK)
    21 Ramy Bensebaini Yellow Card
    2 Aïssa Mandi
    13 Jaouen Hadjam
    15 Rafik Belghali
    17 Farès Chaïbi
    19 Nabil Bentaleb
    14 Hicham Boudaoui
    9 Baghdad Bounedjah
    18 Mohamed Amoura
    7 Riyad Mahrez
    Algeria Substitutes:
    Yassine Benzia, Anis Hadj Moussa, Zineddine Belaïd, Luca Zidane, Amine Gouiri, Emile Dorval, Ibrahim Maza, Ilan Kebbal, Oussama Benbot, Adem Zorgane, Youcef Belaïli, Samir Sophian Chergui.

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