Tunisia vs Mali 2021 Africa Cup of Nations, Group Stage

Tunisia

FT
0 - 1

Mali

48': Ibrahima Koné (P)
87': El Bilal Toure

Mali beat Tunisia as referee blows for full-time early at AFCON

Mali striker Ibrahima Kone scored the winner to seal a 1-0 victory over Tunisia in a Group F game that ended in some timekeeping controversy.

Match Commentary

18': Hamari Traoré (Mali) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
22': Hamza Mathlouthi (Tunisia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
33': Moussa Djenepo (Mali) is shown the yellow card.
45': Second Half begins Tunisia 0, Mali 0.
45': Substitution, Tunisia. Saîf-Eddine Khaoui replaces Hannibal Mejbri.
47': Ellyes Skhiri (Tunisia) is shown the yellow card for hand ball.
48': Goal! Tunisia 0, Mali 1. Ibrahima Koné (Mali) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the bottom right corner.
59': Substitution, Mali. Yves Bissouma replaces Adama Noss Traoré because of an injury.
67': Substitution, Tunisia. Anis Ben Slimane replaces Aïssa Bilal Laidouni because of an injury.
73': Substitution, Mali. Kalifa Coulibaly replaces Ibrahima Koné.
73': Substitution, Mali. Moussa Doumbia replaces Adama Malouda Traoré.
77': Penalty saved! Wahbi Khazri (Tunisia) fails to capitalise on this great opportunity, right footed shot saved in the bottom left corner.
79': Substitution, Tunisia. Yoann Touzghar replaces Naïm Sliti.
81': Substitution, Mali. Lassana Coulibaly replaces Amadou Haïdara.
81': Substitution, Mali. El Bilal Touré replaces Moussa Djenepo.
81': Substitution, Tunisia. Seifeddine Jaziri replaces Bilel Ifa.
87': El Bilal Touré (Mali) is shown the red card.
88': VAR Decision: Red Card El Bilal Touré (Mali).
90': Second Half ends, Tunisia 0, Mali 1.

Game Information

Competition: Africa Cup of Nations

Venue: Stade Municipal de Limbe
Location: Limbe,

Africa Cup of Nations Standings

POS	TEAM	GP	GD	PTS
0	Ivory Coast	0	0	0
0	Cameroon	0	0	0
0	Gabon	0	0	0
0	Mozambique	0	0	0

Full Table

Statistics

MLI		TUN
14	Fouls	14
2	Yellow Cards	2
1	Red Cards	0
2	Offsides	1
6	Corner Kicks	5
3	Saves	0
44.3	Possession	55.7
10	SHOTS	8
1	ON GOAL	3
0.1	On Target %	0.4
1	Penalty Goals	0
1	Penalty Kicks Taken	1
220	Accurate Passes	283
276	Passes	349
0.8	Pass Completion %	0.8
4	Accurate Crosses	3
16	Crosses	14
0.3	Cross %	0.2
32	Long Balls	35
13	Accurate Long Balls	17
0.4	Long Balls %	0.5
5	Blocked Shots	3
8	Effective Tackles	10
14	Tackles	16
0.6	Tackle %	0.6
15	Interceptions	8
19	Effective Clearances	14
19	Clearances	14

Line-Ups

Tunisia (3-4-3)

No.	Name
22	Ben Said (GK)
3	Montassar Talbi
2	Bilel Ifa
6	Dylan Bronn
17	Ellyes Skhiri
28	Aïssa Laïdouni
12	Ali Maâloul
21	Hamza Mathlouthi
10	Wahbi Khazri
23	Naïm Sliti
14	Hannibal Mejbri

Substitutes:

Yoann Touzghar, Omar Rekik, Oussama Haddadi, Seifeddine Jaziri, Hamza Rafia, Saif-Eddine Khaoui, Ali Abdi, Aymen Dahmen, Anis Ben Slimane, Mohamed Ali Ben Romdhane, Ghaylen Chaaleli, Farouk Ben Mustapha.

Mali (4-2-3-1)

No.	Name
1	Ibrahim Mounkoro (GK)
5	Boubakar Kiki Kouyate
17	Falaye Sacko
6	Massadio Haidara
2	Hamari Traoré
21	Adama Noss Traoré
4	Amadou Haidara
8	Diadie Samassekou
18	Ibrahima Koné
19	Moussa Djenepo
14	Adama Traoré

Substitutes:

Moussa Sissako, Mamadou Fofana, Lassana Coulibaly, Charles Traoré, Moussa Doumbia, El Bilal Toure, Mohamed Camara, Yves Bissouma, Aliou Dieng, Djigui Diarra, Ismael Diawara, Kalifa Coulibaly.