FIFA World Cup Qualifying - CAF

Tunisia vs Malawi, 2026 World Cup Qualifying - CAF, Group Stage

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Tunisia
  • 86': Seifeddine Jaziri
  • 90'+2': Elias Achouri (P)
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2 - 0
Malawi
  • Red Card 64': Lloyd Aaron

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Tunisia are hosting Malawi at Stade Olympique de Radès, Hammadi Agrebi Stadium, Tunisia, 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.
  • 1': Corner, Tunisia. Conceded by Denis Chembezi.
  • 2': Attempt missed. Ali Abdi (Tunisia) right footed shot from outside the box is too high following a corner.
  • 5': Elias Achouri (Tunisia) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 5': Foul by Gomezgani Chirwa (Malawi).
  • 7': Attempt missed. Elias Achouri (Tunisia) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left from a direct free kick.
  • 8': Foul by Mahmoud Ghorbel (Tunisia).
  • 8': Chawanangwa Kaonga (Malawi) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 9': Attempt missed. Hazem Mastouri (Tunisia) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Elias Achouri with a cross.
  • 11': Foul by Lloyd Aaron (Malawi).
  • 11': Hannibal Mejbri (Tunisia) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 12': Foul by Chawanangwa Kaonga (Malawi).
  • 12': Mahmoud Ghorbel (Tunisia) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 13': Richard Mbulu (Malawi) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 13': Foul by Elias Achouri (Tunisia).
  • 13': Delay in match because of an injury Nickson Mwase (Malawi).
  • 14': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 15': Attempt saved. Richard Mbulu (Malawi) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal by Aymen Dahmen (Tunisia). Assisted by Lloyd Aaron with a headed pass.
  • 15': Attempt blocked. John Banda (Malawi) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
  • 15': Attempt missed. Lloyd Aaron (Malawi) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Richard Mbulu.
  • 16': Hazem Mastouri (Tunisia) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 16': Foul by Denis Chembezi (Malawi).
  • 19': Offside, Malawi. Richard Mbulu is caught offside.
  • 20': Attempt blocked. Ali Abdi (Tunisia) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Elias Achouri.
  • 20': Attempt blocked. Anis Ben Slimane (Tunisia) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
  • 20': Attempt blocked. Hazem Mastouri (Tunisia) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
  • 20': Hannibal Mejbri (Tunisia) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 20': Foul by Lloyd Aaron (Malawi).
  • 20': Lloyd Aaron (Malawi) is shown the yellow card.
  • 21': Hannibal Mejbri (Tunisia) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 21': Foul by Lloyd Njaliwa (Malawi).
  • 22': Attempt blocked. Elias Achouri (Tunisia) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Hannibal Mejbri.
  • 22': Foul by Ali Abdi (Tunisia).
  • 22': Lloyd Aaron (Malawi) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 23': Chawanangwa Kaonga (Malawi) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 24': Elias Achouri (Tunisia) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 24': Foul by Gomezgani Chirwa (Malawi).
  • 25': Attempt missed. Chawanangwa Kaonga (Malawi) right footed shot from more than 35 yards misses to the left. Assisted by John Banda.
  • 26': Attempt missed. Elias Achouri (Tunisia) right footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Aïssa Laïdouni.
  • 29': Foul by Dylan Bronn (Tunisia).
  • 29': Richard Mbulu (Malawi) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 32': Delay in match because of an injury William Thole (Malawi).
  • 34': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 36': Attempt blocked. Ali Abdi (Tunisia) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Naïm Sliti with a headed pass.
  • 36': Chawanangwa Kaonga (Malawi) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 36': Foul by Mahmoud Ghorbel (Tunisia).
  • 41': Foul by Aïssa Laïdouni (Tunisia).
  • 41': Chawanangwa Kaonga (Malawi) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 43': Foul by Richard Mbulu (Malawi).
  • 43': Dylan Bronn (Tunisia) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 43': Attempt blocked. Hazem Mastouri (Tunisia) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Ali Abdi with a cross.
  • 43': Foul by Montassar Talbi (Tunisia).
  • 43': Richard Mbulu (Malawi) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 44': Attempt blocked. Richard Mbulu (Malawi) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by McDonald Lameck with a cross.
  • 44': Lloyd Njaliwa (Malawi) hits the bar with a header from very close range. Assisted by Richard Mbulu.
  • 44': Attempt missed. John Banda (Malawi) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right.
  • 45': Fourth official has announced 3 minutes of added time.
  • 45'+2': Foul by Ali Abdi (Tunisia).
  • 45'+2': McDonald Lameck (Malawi) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 45'+2': Lloyd Aaron (Malawi) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 45'+2': Foul by Anis Ben Slimane (Tunisia).
  • 45'+2': Anis Ben Slimane (Tunisia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 45'+4': First Half ends, Tunisia 0, Malawi 0.
  • 45': Substitution, Tunisia. Sayfallah Ltaief replaces Anis Ben Slimane.
  • 45': Substitution, Malawi. Wisdom Mpinganjira replaces McDonald Lameck.
  • 45': Substitution, Malawi. Yankho Singo replaces John Banda.
  • 45': Second Half begins Tunisia 0, Malawi 0.
  • 47': Attempt missed. Hannibal Mejbri (Tunisia) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right.
  • 49': Attempt blocked. Hazem Mastouri (Tunisia) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Sayfallah Ltaief.
  • 49': Corner, Tunisia. Conceded by Nickson Mwase.
  • 50': Corner, Tunisia. Conceded by Denis Chembezi.
  • 51': Attempt missed. Ali Abdi (Tunisia) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Hannibal Mejbri with a cross following a corner.
  • 52': Foul by Gomezgani Chirwa (Malawi).
  • 52': Elias Achouri (Tunisia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 52': Gomezgani Chirwa (Malawi) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 52': Attempt missed. Naïm Sliti (Tunisia) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Aïssa Laïdouni.
  • 53': Attempt saved. Lloyd Aaron (Malawi) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal by Aymen Dahmen (Tunisia). Assisted by Chawanangwa Kaonga.
  • 55': Attempt saved. Naïm Sliti (Tunisia) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner by William Thole (Malawi). Assisted by Ali Abdi.
  • 55': Attempt blocked. Mahmoud Ghorbel (Tunisia) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Sayfallah Ltaief.
  • 58': Offside, Malawi. Richard Mbulu is caught offside.
  • 60': Attempt saved. Sayfallah Ltaief (Tunisia) right footed shot from very close range is saved in the centre of the goal by William Thole (Malawi).
  • 63': Attempt saved. Montassar Talbi (Tunisia) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal by William Thole (Malawi). Assisted by Aïssa Laïdouni.
  • 64': Attempt missed. Chawanangwa Kaonga (Malawi) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left.
  • 64': Naïm Sliti (Tunisia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 64': Foul by Lloyd Aaron (Malawi).
  • 64': Second yellow card to Lloyd Aaron (Malawi) for a bad foul.
  • 66': Attempt blocked. Montassar Talbi (Tunisia) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Naïm Sliti with a cross.
  • 66': Attempt missed. Elias Achouri (Tunisia) left footed shot from outside the box is too high.
  • 67': Delay in match because of an injury William Thole (Malawi).
  • 68': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 70': Attempt missed. Mahmoud Ghorbel (Tunisia) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Hazem Mastouri.
  • 72': Attempt blocked. Sayfallah Ltaief (Tunisia) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
  • 73': Foul by Dylan Bronn (Tunisia).
  • 73': Richard Mbulu (Malawi) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 74': Richard Mbulu (Malawi) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 74': Foul by Dylan Bronn (Tunisia).
  • 75': Attempt saved. Elias Achouri (Tunisia) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box is saved in the centre of the goal by William Thole (Malawi). Assisted by Hannibal Mejbri with a through ball.
  • 75': Corner, Tunisia. Conceded by William Thole.
  • 76': Corner, Tunisia. Conceded by Nickson Mwase.
  • 77': Foul by Lloyd Njaliwa (Malawi).
  • 77': Naïm Sliti (Tunisia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 77': Corner, Tunisia. Conceded by Denis Chembezi.
  • 78': Substitution, Tunisia. Seifeddine Jaziri replaces Hazem Mastouri.
  • 78': Substitution, Tunisia. Ferjani Sassi replaces Naïm Sliti.
  • 79': Attempt blocked. Elias Achouri (Tunisia) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Ferjani Sassi.
  • 79': Richard Mbulu (Malawi) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 79': Foul by Montassar Talbi (Tunisia).
  • 80': Attempt missed. Chawanangwa Kaonga (Malawi) right footed shot from outside the box is too high.
  • 81': Corner, Tunisia. Conceded by Denis Chembezi.
  • 81': Attempt saved. Dylan Bronn (Tunisia) header from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner by William Thole (Malawi). Assisted by Hannibal Mejbri with a cross.
  • 82': Corner, Tunisia. Conceded by Gomezgani Chirwa.
  • 85': William Thole (Malawi) is shown the yellow card.
  • 86': Goal! Tunisia 1, Malawi 0. Seifeddine Jaziri (Tunisia) header from the right side of the six yard box to the bottom right corner.
  • 88': Delay in match (Tunisia).
  • 89': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 90': Penalty conceded by Nickson Mwase (Malawi) after a foul in the penalty area.
  • 90': Penalty Tunisia. Ali Abdi draws a foul in the penalty area.
  • 90': Fourth official has announced 6 minutes of added time.
  • 90'+2': Substitution, Tunisia. Nader Ghandri replaces Hannibal Mejbri.
  • 90'+2': Goal! Tunisia 2, Malawi 0. Elias Achouri (Tunisia) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
  • 90'+4': Foul by Lloyd Njaliwa (Malawi).
  • 90'+4': Ferjani Sassi (Tunisia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 90'+7': Penalty conceded by Dylan Bronn (Tunisia) after a foul in the penalty area.
  • 90'+7': Penalty Malawi. Denis Chembezi draws a foul in the penalty area.
  • 90'+7': Dylan Bronn (Tunisia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 90'+8': Penalty saved. Richard Mbulu (Malawi) right footed shot saved in the bottom left corner by Aymen Dahmen (Tunisia).
  • 90'+8': Second Half ends, Tunisia 2, Malawi 0.
  • 0': Match ends, Tunisia 2, Malawi 0.

Statistics

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13 Fouls 13
3 Yellow Cards 2
1 Red Cards 0
2 Offsides 0
0 Corner Kicks 8
5 Saves 3
26.8 Possession 73.2
11 SHOTS 27
3 ON GOAL 7
0.3 On Target % 0.3
0 Penalty Goals 2
1 Penalty Kicks Taken 1
137 Accurate Passes 498
212 Passes 579
0.6 Pass Completion % 0.9
2 Accurate Crosses 10
12 Crosses 33
0.2 Cross % 0.3
60 Long Balls 62
16 Accurate Long Balls 40
0.3 Long Balls % 0.6
2 Blocked Shots 11
16 Effective Tackles 5
23 Tackles 13
0.7 Tackle % 0.4
13 Interceptions 5
46 Effective Clearances 20
46 Clearances 20

Game Information

Competition: FIFA World Cup Qualifying - CAF

Venue: Stade Olympique de Radès
Location: Hammadi Agrebi Stadium, Tunisia
Attendance: 30,000

WCQ - CAF Table

# TEAM GP GD PTS
1 Tunisia 10 +22 28
2 Namibia 10 +3 15
3 Liberia 10 +2 15
4 Malawi 10 +1 13
Full Table

Line-Ups

TUN Tunisia (4-3-3)

No. Name
16 Aymen Dahmen (GK)
3 Montassar Talbi
6 Dylan Bronn Yellow Card
2 Ali Abdi
4 Mahmoud Ghorbel
14 Aïssa Laïdouni
10 Hannibal Mejbri
8 Anis Ben Slimane Yellow Card
19 Hazem Mastouri
7 Elias Achouri
23 Naïm Sliti
Tunisia Substitutes:
Noureddine Farhati, Mortadha Ben Ouanes, Seifeddine Jaziri, Ferjani Sassi, Sayfallah Ltaief, Sami Helal, Amor Layouni, Hamza Khadhraoui, Elias Saad, Hamza Ben Abda, Firas Chaouat, Nader Ghandri.

MWI Malawi (4-4-1-1)

No. Name
16 William Thole (GK) Yellow Card
5 Chembezi Denis
7 Nickson Mwase
12 Alick Lungu
15 Gomezgani Chirwa Yellow Card
6 Lloyd Aaron Yellow Card
17 John Banda
10 Chawa Yellow Card
2 Mcdonald Lameck
9 Richard Mbulu
8 Lloyd Njaliwa
Malawi Substitutes:
Nickson Nyasulu, Yankho Singo, George Chikooka, Gaddie Chirwa, Zebron Kalima, Precious Sambani, Ephraim Kondowe, Maxwell Paipi, Wisdom Mpinganjira, Lanjesi Nkhoma, Patrick Mwaungulu, Richard Chimbamba.

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