Africa Cup of Nations

FT Sunday, January 4, 2026
Cameroon DLWDW 2
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South Africa WWWLW 1
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CMR112
RSA011
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Team Stats

13
Fouls
14
2
Yellow Cards
5
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
3
3
Corner Kicks
6
3
Saves
2
33.6
Possession
66.4
10
SHOTS
18
4
ON GOAL
4
0.4
On Target %
0.2
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
192
Accurate Passes
442
263
Passes
515
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.9
4
Accurate Crosses
6
10
Crosses
25
0.4
Cross %
0.2
52
Long Balls
49
16
Accurate Long Balls
27
0.3
Long Balls %
0.6
2
Blocked Shots
6
10
Effective Tackles
10
14
Tackles
16
0.7
Tackle %
0.6
10
Interceptions
3
39
Effective Clearances
18
39
Clearances
18

Highlights

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Head to Head

RSA leads series 1-0-2

Lineups

RSA · 3-4-2-1

  1. 1Ronwen WilliamsG
  2. 19Nkosinathi SibisiCD
  3. 14Mbekezeli MbokaziCD-L
  4. 21Siyabonga NgezanaCD-R
  5. 15Bathusi Jurry AubaasCM-L
  6. 4Teboho MokoenaCM-R
  7. 18Samukele KabiniLM
  8. 20Khuliso MudauRM
  9. 9Lyle FosterF
  10. 10Relebohile MofokengCF-L
  11. 7Oswin AppollisCF-R

CMR · 3-5-2

  1. 16Devis EpassyG
  2. 17Samuel Junior KottoCD
  3. 5Nouhou ToloCD-L
  4. 3Che MaloneCD-R
  5. 14Danny NamasoCM-L
  6. 15Arthur AvomCM-R
  7. 24Carlos BalebaAM
  8. 13Darlin YongwaLM
  9. 2Junior TchamadeuRM
  10. 26Christian KofaneCF-L
  11. 10Bryan MbeumoCF-R

Timeline

  1. 2' Nouhou Tolo (Cameroon) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 21' Substitution, Cameroon. Aboubakar Nagida replaces Darlin Yongwa because of an injury.
  3. 32' Siyabonga Ngezana (South Africa) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 34' Goal! South Africa 0, Cameroon 1. Junior Tchamadeu (Cameroon) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Samuel Kotto following a corner.
  5. 47' Goal! South Africa 0, Cameroon 2. Christian Kofane (Cameroon) header from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Aboubakar Nagida with a cross.
  6. 59' Nkosinathi Sibisi (South Africa) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 63' Substitution, South Africa. Aubrey Modiba replaces Samukelo Kabini.
  8. 63' Substitution, South Africa. Evidence Makgopa replaces Oswin Appollis.
  9. 65' Aubrey Modiba (South Africa) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  10. 72' Teboho Mokoena (South Africa) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  11. 75' Substitution, South Africa. Sipho Mbule replaces Relebohile Mofokeng.
  12. 79' Substitution, Cameroon. Christopher Wooh replaces Aboubakar Nagida.
  13. 79' Substitution, Cameroon. Olivier Kemen replaces Danny Namaso.
  14. 83' Lyle Foster (South Africa) is shown the yellow card.
  15. 83' Substitution, South Africa. Tshepang Moremi replaces Nkosinathi Sibisi.
  16. 87' Carlos Baleba (Cameroon) is shown the yellow card.
  17. 88' Goal! South Africa 1, Cameroon 2. Evidence Makgopa (South Africa) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Aubrey Modiba with a cross.
  18. 90' Substitution, Cameroon. Enzo Boyomo replaces Carlos Baleba because of an injury.
  19. 90' Substitution, Cameroon. Patrick Soko replaces Christian Kofane.

Africa Cup of Nations News

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