Africa Cup of Nations

Tunisia vs Mauritania 2021 Africa Cup of Nations, Group Stage

  • 4': Hamza Mathlouthi
  • 9': Wahbi Khazri
  • 64': Wahbi Khazri
  • 66': Seifeddine Jaziri
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4 - 0

Tunisia rout Mauritania to get back on track at Africa Cup of Nations

Tunisia eased to a comfortable 4-0 victory over Mauritania in their Africa Cup of Nations Group F match at the Limbe Stadium on Sunday.

Match Commentary

  • 0': First Half begins.
  • 4': Goal! Tunisia 1, Mauritania 0. Hamza Mathlouthi (Tunisia) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom left corner.
  • 9': Goal! Tunisia 2, Mauritania 0. Wahbi Khazri (Tunisia) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Anis Ben Slimane.
  • 14': Substitution, Mauritania. Mouhamed Soueid replaces Aly Abeid.
  • 15': Wahbi Khazri (Tunisia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 37': Aboubakar Kamara (Mauritania) is shown the yellow card.
  • 37': Bilel Ifa (Tunisia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 45'+1': Anis Ben Slimane (Tunisia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 45': Substitution, Mauritania. Pape Bâ replaces Aboubakar Kamara.
  • 60': Substitution, Mauritania. Hemeya Tanjy replaces Oumar Camara.
  • 60': Substitution, Mauritania. Sidi Yacoub replaces Almike N'Diaye.
  • 60': Substitution, Tunisia. Mohamed Ali Ben Romdhane replaces Saîf-Eddine Khaoui.
  • 64': Goal! Tunisia 3, Mauritania 0. Wahbi Khazri (Tunisia) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Ghaylène Chaalali.
  • 66': Goal! Tunisia 4, Mauritania 0. Seifeddine Jaziri (Tunisia) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Wahbi Khazri with a through ball.
  • 68': Substitution, Mauritania. Souleymane Karamoko replaces Idrissa Thiam.
  • 71': Substitution, Tunisia. Aïssa Bilal Laidouni replaces Seifeddine Jaziri because of an injury.
  • 71': Substitution, Tunisia. Hamza Rafia replaces Anis Ben Slimane.
  • 80': Substitution, Tunisia. Youssef Msakni replaces Wahbi Khazri.
  • 81': Substitution, Tunisia. Omar Rekik replaces Bilel Ifa.
  • 90': Penalty missed! Still Tunisia 4, Mauritania 0. Youssef Msakni (Tunisia) hits the left post with a right footed shot.

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
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Statistics

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10 Fouls 19
1 Yellow Cards 3
0 Red Cards 0
0 Offsides 2
3 Corner Kicks 6
3 Saves 0
45.9 Possession 54.1
11 SHOTS 13
1 ON GOAL 8
0.1 On Target % 0.6
0 Penalty Goals 0
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 1
233 Accurate Passes 276
296 Passes 356
0.8 Pass Completion % 0.8
2 Accurate Crosses 5
13 Crosses 12
0.2 Cross % 0.4
49 Long Balls 52
25 Accurate Long Balls 18
0.5 Long Balls % 0.3
5 Blocked Shots 2
7 Effective Tackles 10
11 Tackles 18
0.6 Tackle % 0.6
6 Interceptions 8
13 Effective Clearances 13
13 Clearances 13

Line-Ups

TUN Tunisia (4-3-3)

No. Name
22 Bechir Ben Saïd (GK)
3 Montassar Talbi
2 Bilel Ifa Yellow Card
12 Ali Maâloul
21 Hamza Mathlouthi
17 Ellyes Skhiri
18 Ghaylen Chaaleli
25 Anis Ben Slimane
11 Seifeddine Jaziri
10 Wahbi Khazri
8 Saif-Eddine Khaoui

MTN Mauritania (5-4-1)

No. Name
22 Babacar Diop (GK)
14 Mohamed Dellahi Yaly
3 Aly Abeid
21 El Hassen Houeibib
28 Abdoulkader Thiam
4 Harouna Abou Demba
8 Guessouma Fofana
12 Almike Moussa N'diaye
11 Oumar Camara
7 Idrissa Thiam
27 Aboubakar Kamara Yellow Card

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