Africa Cup of Nations

Mauritania vs Gambia 2021 Africa Cup of Nations, Group Stage

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  • 10': Abdoulie Jallow

Gambia get AFCON debut win over Mauritania

Gambia's Ablie Jallow scored early as they made an impressive debut at the Africa Cup of Nations finals by beating Mauritania 1-0.

Match Commentary

  • 10': Goal! Mauritania 0, Gambia 1. Ablie Jallow (Gambia) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Musa Barrow.
  • 28': Pape Bâ (Mauritania) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 30': Almike N'Diaye (Mauritania) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 45': Substitution, Mauritania. Harouna Abou Demba replaces Souleymane Karamoko.
  • 45': Second Half begins Mauritania 0, Gambia 1.
  • 56': Ebrima Colley (Gambia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 59': Substitution, Mauritania. Souleymane Doukara replaces Abdallahi Mahmoud.
  • 64': Substitution, Gambia. Dembo Darboe replaces Assan Ceesay.
  • 64': Substitution, Gambia. Ebrima Darboe replaces Ablie Jallow.
  • 65': Substitution, Mauritania. Idrissa Thiam replaces Almike N'Diaye.
  • 66': Substitution, Mauritania. Oumar Camara replaces Abdoulkader Thiam.
  • 74': Substitution, Gambia. Lamin Jallow replaces Ebrima Colley.
  • 80': Substitution, Mauritania. Adama Ba replaces El Hacen Houeibib.
  • 82': Substitution, Gambia. Bubacarr Sanneh replaces Ibou Touray because of an injury.
  • 90'+1': Dembo Darboe (Gambia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 90'+1': Lamin Jallow (Gambia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

Game Information

Competition: Africa Cup of Nations

Venue: Stade Municipal de Limbe
Location: Limbe,

Africa Cup of Nations Standings

POS TEAM GP GD PTS
+2 Ivory Coast 3 7 0
+2 Cameroon 3 7 0
-1 Mozambique 3 3 2
-3 Gabon 3 0 3
Full Table

Statistics

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16 Fouls 15
3 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 0
0 Offsides 2
4 Corner Kicks 5
2 Saves 2
39.5 Possession 60.5
8 SHOTS 20
3 ON GOAL 2
0.4 On Target % 0.1
0 Penalty Goals 0
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
214 Accurate Passes 385
296 Passes 439
0.7 Pass Completion % 0.9
3 Accurate Crosses 7
10 Crosses 24
0.3 Cross % 0.3
69 Long Balls 46
25 Accurate Long Balls 25
0.4 Long Balls % 0.5
1 Blocked Shots 5
10 Effective Tackles 7
14 Tackles 13
0.7 Tackle % 0.5
6 Interceptions 7
27 Effective Clearances 6
27 Clearances 6

Line-Ups

MTN Mauritania (5-3-2)

No. Name
22 Babacar Diop (GK)
14 Mohamed Dellahi Yaly
3 Aly Abeid
21 El Hassen Houeibib
28 Abdoulkader Thiam
2 Souleymane Karamoko
8 Guessouma Fofana
17 Abdallahi Mahmoud
12 Almike Moussa N'diaye Yellow Card
25 Pape Ibnou Ba Yellow Card
27 Aboubakar Kamara

GAM Gambia (4-4-2)

No. Name
1 Modou Jobe (GK)
5 Omar Colley
12 James Gomez
13 Pa Modou Jagne
26 Ibou Touray
28 Ebrima Adams
6 Sulayman Marreh
10 Musa Barrow
19 Ebrima Colley Yellow Card
9 Assan Ceesay
3 Abdoulie Jallow

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