Africa Cup of Nations

FT Saturday, January 17, 2026
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Nigeria win 4-2 on penalties · Mohamed V Stadium · 38,113 att. · beIn Sports

Match Report

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Mohamed Salah, Omar Marmoush PK misses hand Nigeria AFCON bronze

Egypt stars Mohamed Salah and Omar Marmoush both saw their penalties saved by Nigeria goalkeeper Stanley Nwabali in a shootout to allow the Super Eagles to claim Africa Cup of Nations bronze.

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Team Stats

16
Fouls
15
3
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
4
Offsides
3
4
Corner Kicks
2
1
Saves
4
46.8
Possession
53.2
4
SHOTS
5
4
ON GOAL
1
1.0
On Target %
0.2
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
341
Accurate Passes
392
393
Passes
459
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.9
1
Accurate Crosses
1
21
Crosses
9
0.0
Cross %
0.1
40
Long Balls
46
24
Accurate Long Balls
24
0.6
Long Balls %
0.5
0
Blocked Shots
2
9
Effective Tackles
13
13
Tackles
21
0.7
Tackle %
0.6
10
Interceptions
6
17
Effective Clearances
25
17
Clearances
25

Highlights

01:44 Udoh: AFCON bronze & silver 'not good enough' for Nigeria next year Watch on ESPN

Head to Head

Series tied 2-2-1

Lineups

EGY · 4-2-3-1

  1. 26Mostafa ShoubirG
  2. 5Ramy RabiaCD-L
  3. 14Hamdy FathyCD-R
  4. 2Khaled SobhyLB
  5. 3Mohamed HanyRB
  6. 8Emam AshourAM
  7. 17Mohanad LashinLM
  8. 25ZizoRM
  9. 11Mostafa MohamedF
  10. 7TrézéguetAM-L
  11. 10Mohamed SalahAM-R

NGA · 4-4-2

  1. 23Stanley NwabaliG
  2. 5Igoh OgbuCD-L
  3. 6Semi AjayiCD-R
  4. 13Bruno OnyemaechiLB
  5. 2Bright Osayi-SamuelRB
  6. 18Raphael OnyedikaCM-L
  7. 10Fisayo Dele-BashiruCM-R
  8. 15Moses SimonLM
  9. 11Samuel ChukwuezeRM
  10. 19Paul OnuachuCF-L
  11. 22Akor AdamsCF-R

Timeline

  1. 39' Paul Onuachu (Nigeria) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 45' Moses Simon (Nigeria) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 45' Substitution, Nigeria. Ademola Lookman replaces Paul Onuachu.
  4. 60' Substitution, Egypt. Omar Marmoush replaces Zizo.
  5. 60' Substitution, Egypt. Mahmoud Saber replaces Trézéguet.
  6. 65' Substitution, Nigeria. Alex Iwobi replaces Bright Osayi-Samuel because of an injury.
  7. 73' Substitution, Egypt. Ibrahim Adel replaces Mostafa Mohamed.
  8. 87' Igoh Ogbu (Nigeria) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  9. 90'+1' Substitution, Nigeria. Chidera Ejuke replaces Samuel Chukwueze.
  10. 90'+3' Substitution, Nigeria. Chidozie Awaziem replaces Semi Ajayi because of an injury.
  11. 90'
  12. 99'

Africa Cup of Nations News

All news
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