Africa Cup of Nations

Cape Verde vs Cameroon 2021 Africa Cup of Nations, Group Stage

  • 53': Garry Rodrigues
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1 - 1
  • 39': Vincent Aboubakar

AFCON: Hosts Cameroon top group despite being held by Cape Verde

Cameroon gave up a second-half goal to the Cape Verde Islands as they were held to a 1-1 draw on Monday but the hosts still finished top of Group A

Match Commentary

  • 0': First Half begins.
  • 39': Goal! Cabo Verde 0, Cameroon 1. Vincent Aboubakar (Cameroon) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Harold-Desty Moukoudi following a set piece situation.
  • 45'+1': Collins Fai (Cameroon) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 45'+2': First Half ends, Cabo Verde 0, Cameroon 1.
  • 45': Substitution, Cabo Verde. Garry Rodrigues replaces Lisandro Semedo.
  • 53': Goal! Cabo Verde 1, Cameroon 1. Garry Rodrigues (Cabo Verde) right footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Kenny Rocha Santos.
  • 62': Substitution, Cameroon. James Léa Siliki replaces Pierre Kunde.
  • 65': Diney (Cabo Verde) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 67': Substitution, Cabo Verde. João Paulo replaces Willy Semedo.
  • 70': Substitution, Cameroon. Clinton N'Jie replaces Karl Toko Ekambi.
  • 70': Substitution, Cameroon. Jean-Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting replaces Nicolas Moumi Ngamaleu.
  • 78': Substitution, Cabo Verde. Nenass replaces Jamiro Monteiro.
  • 78': Substitution, Cabo Verde. Willis Furtado replaces Kenny Rocha Santos.
  • 81': André-Frank Zambo Anguissa (Cameroon) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 82': Substitution, Cabo Verde. Steven Fortès replaces Diney because of an injury.
  • 87': Substitution, Cameroon. Jean Onana replaces Samuel Oum Gouet.
  • 87': Substitution, Cameroon. Olivier Mbaizo replaces Collins Fai.
  • 90'+4': Second Half ends, Cabo Verde 1, Cameroon 1.

Game Information

Competition: Africa Cup of Nations

Venue: Olembe Stadium
Location: Olembé, Cameroon

Africa Cup of Nations Standings

POS TEAM GP GD PTS
+6 Equatorial Guinea 3 7 0
+2 Nigeria 3 7 0
-3 Ivory Coast 3 3 2
-5 Guinea-Bissau 3 0 3
Full Table

Statistics

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11 Fouls 11
2 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 0
1 Offsides 3
10 Corner Kicks 4
0 Saves 2
63.6 Possession 36.4
14 SHOTS 4
3 ON GOAL 2
0.2 On Target % 0.5
0 Penalty Goals 0
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
402 Accurate Passes 196
462 Passes 268
0.9 Pass Completion % 0.7
6 Accurate Crosses 1
23 Crosses 11
0.3 Cross % 0.1
53 Long Balls 55
34 Accurate Long Balls 22
0.6 Long Balls % 0.4
4 Blocked Shots 1
6 Effective Tackles 13
11 Tackles 26
0.5 Tackle % 0.5
12 Interceptions 7
12 Effective Clearances 21
12 Clearances 21

Line-Ups

CPV Cape Verde Islands (5-3-2)

No. Name
1 Vozinha (GK)
4 Roberto Lopes
2 Stopira
3 Diney Yellow Card
16 Dylan Tavares
22 Jeffry Fortes
7 Patrick Andrade
18 Kenny Rocha
25 Willy Semedo
10 Jamiro Monteiro
8 Lisandro Semedo

CMR Cameroon (4-1-4-1)

No. Name
24 André Onana (GK)
5 Michael Ngadeu
4 Harold Moukoudi
14 Samuel Oum Gouet
25 Nouhou Tolo
19 Collins Fai Yellow Card
8 André-Frank Zambo Anguissa Yellow Card
15 Pierre Kunde
12 Karl Toko Ekambi
3 Nicolas Moumi Ngamaleu
10 Vincent Aboubakar

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