Nigeria vs Tunisia 2021 Africa Cup of Nations, Round of 16

Nigeria

66': Alex Iwobi

FT
0 - 1

Tunisia

47': Youssef Msakni

Tunisia upset Nigeria to book Africa Cup of Nations quarterfinal place

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Captain Youssef Msakni scored with a long-range shot to hand COVID-hit Tunisia an improbable 1-0 win over 10-man Nigeria in Garoua on Sunday.

Match Commentary

0': First Half begins.
20': Kelechi Iheanacho (Nigeria) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
45'+1': First Half ends, Nigeria 0, Tunisia 0.
47': Goal! Nigeria 0, Tunisia 1. Youssef Msakni (Tunisia) right footed shot from outside the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Mohamed Dräger.
53': Aïssa Bilal Laidouni (Tunisia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
59': Substitution, Nigeria. Alexander Iwobi replaces Kelechi Iheanacho.
60': Substitution, Nigeria. Peter Oladeji Olayinka replaces Taiwo Awoniyi.
66': Alexander Iwobi (Nigeria) is shown the red card.
69': Substitution, Tunisia. Naïm Sliti replaces Hamza Rafia.
74': Substitution, Nigeria. Umar Sadiq replaces Samuel Chukwueze.
83': Bechir Ben Saïd (Tunisia) is shown the yellow card.
86': Substitution, Tunisia. Issam Jebali replaces Seifeddine Jaziri.
86': Substitution, Tunisia. Wahbi Khazri replaces Youssef Msakni.
88': Substitution, Nigeria. Ahmed Musa replaces Joe Ayodele-Aribo.
90'+5': Substitution, Tunisia. Omar Rekik replaces Anis Ben Slimane.
90'+6': Second Half ends, Nigeria 0, Tunisia 1.

Game Information

Competition: Africa Cup of Nations

Venue: Stade Omnisports Roumdé Adjia
Location: Garoua, Cameroon

Statistics

TUN		NGA
22	Fouls	16
2	Yellow Cards	1
0	Red Cards	1
1	Offsides	0
1	Corner Kicks	5
1	Saves	1
46.9	Possession	53.1
7	SHOTS	13
3	ON GOAL	1
0.4	On Target %	0.1
0	Penalty Goals	0
0	Penalty Kicks Taken	0
299	Accurate Passes	338
374	Passes	412
0.8	Pass Completion %	0.8
1	Accurate Crosses	3
6	Crosses	19
0.2	Cross %	0.2
61	Long Balls	52
21	Accurate Long Balls	27
0.3	Long Balls %	0.5
2	Blocked Shots	2
8	Effective Tackles	7
22	Tackles	12
0.4	Tackle %	0.6
15	Interceptions	6
17	Effective Clearances	4
17	Clearances	4

Line-Ups

Nigeria (4-2-3-1)

No.	Name
1	Maduka Okoye (GK)
22	Kenneth Omeruo
5	William Troost-Ekong
12	Zaidu Sanusi
2	Ola Aina
14	Kelechi Iheanacho
10	Joe Aribo
4	Wilfred Ndidi
19	Taiwo Awoniyi
15	Moses Simon
17	Samuel Chukwueze

Substitutes:

Semi Ajayi, Chidozie Awaziem, Umar Sadiq, Alex Iwobi, Jamilu Collins, Peter Olayinka, Daniel Akpeyi, Henry Onyekuru, Francis Uzoho, Kelechi Nwakali, Frank Onyeka, Ahmed Musa.

Tunisia (4-3-3)

No.	Name
22	Ben Said (GK)
3	Montassar Talbi
2	Bilel Ifa
5	Oussama Haddadi
20	Mohamed Drager
17	Ellyes Skhiri
28	Aïssa Laïdouni
25	Anis Ben Slimane
11	Seifeddine Jaziri
7	Youssef Msakni
19	Hamza Rafia