Egypt vs Nigeria 2025 Africa Cup of Nations, 3rd-Place Match

FT - Penalties
0 - 0
Nigeria win 4-2 on penalties

Mohamed Salah, Omar Marmoush PK misses hand Nigeria AFCON bronze

Egypt stars Mohamed Salah and Omar Marmoush both saw their penalties saved by Nigeria goalkeeper Stanley Nwabali in a shootout to allow the Super Eagles to claim Africa Cup of Nations bronze.

Match Commentary

0': First Half begins.
39': Paul Onuachu (Nigeria) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
45': Moses Simon (Nigeria) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
45'+5': First Half ends, Egypt 0, Nigeria 0.
45': Substitution, Nigeria. Ademola Lookman replaces Paul Onuachu.
45': Second Half begins Egypt 0, Nigeria 0.
60': Substitution, Egypt. Omar Marmoush replaces Zizo.
60': Substitution, Egypt. Mahmoud Saber replaces Trézéguet.
65': Substitution, Nigeria. Alex Iwobi replaces Bright Osayi-Samuel because of an injury.
73': Substitution, Egypt. Ibrahim Adel replaces Mostafa Mohamed.
87': Igoh Ogbu (Nigeria) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
90'+1': Substitution, Nigeria. Chidera Ejuke replaces Samuel Chukwueze.
90'+3': Substitution, Nigeria. Chidozie Awaziem replaces Semi Ajayi because of an injury.

Game Information

Competition: Africa Cup of Nations

Venue: Mohamed V Stadium
Location: Casablanca, Morocco
Attendance: 38,113

Statistics

NGA		EGY
16	Fouls	15
3	Yellow Cards	0
0	Red Cards	0
4	Offsides	3
4	Corner Kicks	2
1	Saves	4
46.8	Possession	53.2
4	SHOTS	5
4	ON GOAL	1
1.0	On Target %	0.2
0	Penalty Goals	0
0	Penalty Kicks Taken	0
341	Accurate Passes	392
393	Passes	459
0.9	Pass Completion %	0.9
1	Accurate Crosses	1
21	Crosses	9
0.0	Cross %	0.1
40	Long Balls	46
24	Accurate Long Balls	24
0.6	Long Balls %	0.5
0	Blocked Shots	2
9	Effective Tackles	13
13	Tackles	21
0.7	Tackle %	0.6
10	Interceptions	6
17	Effective Clearances	25
17	Clearances	25

Line-Ups

Egypt (4-2-3-1)

No.	Name
26	Mostafa Shobeir (GK)
5	Ramy Rabia
14	Hamdy Fathy
2	Khaled Sobhy
3	Mohamed Hany
8	Emam Ashour
17	Mohanad Lasheen
25	Zizo
11	Mostafa Mohamed
7	Trézéguet
10	Mohamed Salah

Substitutes:

Ibrahim Adel, Mostafa Fathi, Ahmed El Shenawy, Mohamed Shehata, Osama Faisal, Omar Marmoush, Mahmoud Saber, Mohamed Sobhy, Ahmed Eid, Mohamed El Shenawy, Mohamed Ismail.

Nigeria (4-4-2)

No.	Name
23	Stanley Nwabali (GK)
5	Igoh Ogbu
6	Semi Ajayi
13	Bruno Onyemaechi
2	Bright Osayi-Samuel
18	Raphael Onyedika
10	Fisayo Dele-Bashiru
15	Moses Simon
11	Samuel Chukwueze
19	Paul Onuachu
22	Akor Adams

Substitutes:

Frank Onyeka, Francis Uzoho, Chidera Ejuke, Tochukwu Nnadi, Ryan Alebiousu, Victor Osimhen, Amas Obasogie, Salim Lawal, Chidozie Awaziem, Usman Muhammed, Alex Iwobi, Ebenezer Akinsanmiro, Zaidu Sanusi, Ademola Lookman, Wilfred Ndidi.