Africa Cup of Nations

FT Saturday, January 20, 2024
Angola DDDWD 3
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Mauritania LLDDL 2
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ANG123
MTN112
Stade de Bouaké · 36,318 att.

Match Report

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Angola beat Mauritania in five-goal affair at AFCON

Two goals from Gelson Dala edged Angola closer to a place in the knockout stages of AFCON as they beat Mauritania 3-2 on Saturday in Group D.

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Team Stats

15
Fouls
12
1
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
3
Offsides
1
11
Corner Kicks
6
3
Saves
3
45.6
Possession
54.4
19
SHOTS
14
6
ON GOAL
4
0.3
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
240
Accurate Passes
304
318
Passes
383
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
7
Accurate Crosses
3
19
Crosses
19
0.4
Cross %
0.2
56
Long Balls
54
20
Accurate Long Balls
23
0.4
Long Balls %
0.4
7
Blocked Shots
3
9
Effective Tackles
15
10
Tackles
21
0.9
Tackle %
0.7
5
Interceptions
12
25
Effective Clearances
19
25
Clearances
19

Head to Head

Series tied 1-1-2

Lineups

MTN · 4-3-3

  1. 16Babacar NiasseG
  2. 5Lamine BaCD-L
  3. 13Nouh El AbdCD-R
  4. 3Aly AbeidLB
  5. 20Ibrahima KeitaRB
  6. 6Guessouma FofanaCM
  7. 8Bodda MouhsineLM
  8. 4Omaré GassamaRM
  9. 25Pape Ibnou BaF
  10. 19Aboubakary KoitaLF
  11. 23Sidi Bouna AmarRF

ANG · 4-2-3-1

  1. 22NeblúG
  2. 3BuatuCD-L
  3. 6Kialonda GasparCD-R
  4. 2Núrio FortunaLB
  5. 21Eddie AfonsoRB
  6. 9ZiniAM
  7. 23ShowLM
  8. 16FredyRM
  9. 19MabululuF
  10. 10Gelson DalaAM-L
  11. 7GilbertoAM-R

Timeline

  1. 24' Ibrahima Keita (Mauritania) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 30' Goal! Mauritania 0, Angola 1. Gelson Dala (Angola) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box to the top right corner following a corner.
  3. 43' Goal! Mauritania 1, Angola 1. Sidi Amar (Mauritania) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Omaré Gassama.
  4. 45' Substitution, Mauritania. Khadim Diaw replaces Aly Abeid.
  5. 50' Goal! Mauritania 1, Angola 2. Gelson Dala (Angola) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner.
  6. 53' Goal! Mauritania 1, Angola 3. Gilberto (Angola) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the right to the high centre of the goal.
  7. 58' Goal! Mauritania 2, Angola 3. Aboubakary Koïta (Mauritania) right footed shot from outside the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Khadim Diaw.
  8. 59' Substitution, Mauritania. Aboubakar Kamara replaces Guessouma Fofana.
  9. 59' Substitution, Mauritania. Souleymane Doukara replaces Pape Bâ.
  10. 61' Substitution, Angola. Manuel Keliano replaces Zine.
  11. 78' Substitution, Angola. Zito Luvumbo replaces Gilberto.
  12. 82' Substitution, Mauritania. Hemeya Tanjy replaces Sidi Amar because of an injury.
  13. 85' Omaré Gassama (Mauritania) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  14. 86' Substitution, Angola. Estrela replaces Gelson Dala.
  15. 86' Substitution, Angola. Kinito replaces Fredy.
  16. 90'+6' Núrio Fortuna (Angola) is shown the yellow card.

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