Africa Cup of Nations

FT Tuesday, January 23, 2024
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Mauritania LDDLL 1
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Stade de Bouaké · 28,010 att.

Match Report

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Mauritania claim historic win to dump Algeria out of AFCON

Mauritania served up another shock result at this year's Africa Cup of Nations finals to dump 2019 winners Algeria out of the tournament with a 1-0 victory and seal a historic place in the last-16 at the Stade de la Paix on Tuesday.

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Team Stats

15
Fouls
18
3
Yellow Cards
3
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
2
6
Corner Kicks
5
6
Saves
5
74.8
Possession
25.2
16
SHOTS
17
6
ON GOAL
7
0.4
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
463
Accurate Passes
108
546
Passes
182
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.6
4
Accurate Crosses
2
26
Crosses
12
0.2
Cross %
0.2
57
Long Balls
53
26
Accurate Long Balls
18
0.5
Long Balls %
0.3
2
Blocked Shots
5
4
Effective Tackles
14
13
Tackles
25
0.3
Tackle %
0.6
6
Interceptions
6
13
Effective Clearances
36
13
Clearances
36

Head to Head

ALG leads series 3-0-1

Lineups

MTN · 4-1-4-1

  1. 16Babacar NiasseG
  2. 5Lamine BaCD-L
  3. 14Mohamed Dellahi YalyCD-R
  4. 4Omaré GassamaDM
  5. 2Khadim DiawLB
  6. 20Ibrahima KeitaRB
  7. 8Bodda MouhsineCM-L
  8. 10Idrissa ThiamCM-R
  9. 19Aboubakary KoitaLM
  10. 23Sidi Bouna AmarRM
  11. 11Souleymane AnneF

ALG · 4-3-3

  1. 16Anthony MandreaG
  2. 4Mohamed Amine TougaiCD-L
  3. 2Aïssa MandiCD-R
  4. 15Rayan Aït-NouriLB
  5. 20Youcef AtalRB
  6. 6Ramiz ZerroukiCM
  7. 11Houssem AouarLM
  8. 14Hicham BoudaouiRM
  9. 9Baghdad BounedjahF
  10. 18Mohamed AmouraLF
  11. 12Adam OunasRF

Timeline

  1. 21' Mouhsine Bodda (Mauritania) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 37' Goal! Mauritania 1, Algeria 0. Mohamed Dellahi (Mauritania) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner following a corner.
  3. 45'+4' Lamine Ba (Mauritania) is shown the yellow card.
  4. 45'+4' Mohammed Amoura (Algeria) is shown the yellow card.
  5. 45' Substitution, Algeria. Riyad Mahrez replaces Houssem Aouar.
  6. 53' Aboubakary Koïta (Mauritania) is shown the yellow card.
  7. 62' Substitution, Algeria. Youcef Belaïli replaces Adam Ounas.
  8. 62' Substitution, Algeria. Nabil Bentaleb replaces Hicham Boudaoui.
  9. 67' Substitution, Mauritania. Hassan Houbeib replaces Mohamed Dellahi because of an injury.
  10. 69' Substitution, Algeria. Islam Slimani replaces Mohammed Amoura.
  11. 71' Substitution, Mauritania. Guessouma Fofana replaces Souleymane Anne.
  12. 76' Islam Slimani (Algeria) is shown the yellow card.
  13. 81' Substitution, Algeria. Kévin Van Den Kerkhof replaces Youcef Atal.
  14. 81' Substitution, Mauritania. Bakari Camara replaces Sidi Amar.
  15. 82' Substitution, Mauritania. Aboubakar Kamara replaces Aboubakary Koïta.
  16. 82' Substitution, Mauritania. Pape Bâ replaces Idrissa Thiam.
  17. 84' Youcef Belaïli (Algeria) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

Africa Cup of Nations News

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