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FIFA #116 · 1-0-0
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The Gambia beat Mauritania
Gambia1-0-0 1 – 0 Mauritania0-0-1
FT · Wed, Jan 12

Match Details

Stade Municipal de Limbe (Limbe) View tournament bracket →

Commentary

  • ·Match ends, Mauritania 0, Gambia 1.
  • 90'+5'Second Half ends, Mauritania 0, Gambia 1.
  • 90'+4'Sulayman Marreh (Gambia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 90'+4'Foul by Idrissa Thiam (Mauritania).
  • 90'+3'Attempt missed. Souleymane Doukara (Mauritania) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Aboubakar Kamara.
  • 90'+2'Corner, Gambia. Conceded by Babacar Diop.
  • 90'+2'Attempt saved. Musa Barrow (Gambia) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Ebrima Darboe.
  • 90'+1'Lamin Jallow (Gambia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 90'+1'Guessouma Fofana (Mauritania) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 90'+1'Foul by Lamin Jallow (Gambia).
  • 90'+1'Dembo Darboe (Gambia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 90'Foul by Dembo Darboe (Gambia).

Line Score

12T
GAM 10 1
MTN 00 0

Match Leaders

Gambia
Mauritania

Africa Cup of Nations Standings
TeamGPWDLGDPts
1 Ivory Coast 3210+27
2 Cameroon 3210+27
3 Mozambique 3102-13
4 Gabon 3003-30

Key Events

90'+1'Lamin Jallow (Gambia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
90'+1'Dembo Darboe (Gambia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
82'Substitution, Gambia. Bubacarr Sanneh replaces Ibou Touray because of an injury.
80'Substitution, Mauritania. Adama Ba replaces El Hacen Houeibib.
74'Substitution, Gambia. Lamin Jallow replaces Ebrima Colley.
66'Substitution, Mauritania. Oumar Camara replaces Abdoulkader Thiam.
65'Substitution, Mauritania. Idrissa Thiam replaces Almike N'Diaye.
64'Substitution, Gambia. Ebrima Darboe replaces Ablie Jallow.
64'Substitution, Gambia. Dembo Darboe replaces Assan Ceesay.
59'Substitution, Mauritania. Souleymane Doukara replaces Abdallahi Mahmoud.
56'Ebrima Colley (Gambia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
45'Substitution, Mauritania. Harouna Abou Demba replaces Souleymane Karamoko.
30'Almike N'Diaye (Mauritania) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
28'Pape Bâ (Mauritania) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
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.

Team Stats

GambiaMauritania
General
39.5 Possession % 60.5
8 Shots 20
3 On Target 2
0 Offsides 2
4 Corners 5
16 Fouls 15
Passing & Defense
214 Passes Completed 385
3 Crosses Won 7
10 Tackles Won 7
6 Interceptions 7
27 Clearances 6
Discipline
3 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 0
2 Saves 2

Recent Form

Mauritania D L D D D
Gambia W L L W L

Starting Lineups

Mauritania5-3-2
22 Diop
2 Karamoko 21 Houeibib 14 Yaly 3 Abeid 28 Thiam
12 Moussa N'Diaye 8 Fofana 17 Mahmoud
27 Kamara 25 Ba
9 Ceesay 3 Jallow 10'
10 Barrow A 28 Adams 6 Marreh 19 Colley
13 Jagne 5 Colley 12 Gomez 26 Touray
1 Jobe
Gambia4-4-2
Full lineups and substitutes

Mauritania

  1. BD #22 Babacar DiopG
  2. MD #14 Mohamed Dellahi YalyCD
  3. AA #3 Aly AbeidCD-L
  4. EH #21 El Hassen HoueibibCD-R
  5. AT #28 Abdoulkader ThiamLB
  6. SK #2 Souleymane KaramokoRB
  7. GF #8 Guessouma FofanaCM
  8. AM #17 Abdallahi MahmoudCM-L
  9. AM #12 Almike Moussa N'diayeCM-R
  10. PI #25 Pape Ibnou BaCF-L
  11. AK #27 Aboubakar KamaraCF-R
Substitutes · 5 used

Gambia

  1. MJ #1 Modou JobeG
  2. OC #5 Omar ColleyCD-L
  3. JG #12 James GomezCD-R
  4. PM #13 Pa Modou JagneLB
  5. IT #26 Ibou TourayRB
  6. EA #28 Ebrima AdamsCM-L
  7. SM #6 Sulayman MarrehCM-R
  8. MB #10 Musa BarrowLM
  9. EC #19 Ebrima ColleyRM
  10. AC #9 Assan CeesayCF-L
  11. AJ #3 Abdoulie JallowCF-R10'
Substitutes · 4 used

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Recent Results
D 0–0 at Iran L 1–3 at Senegal D 1–1 at Uganda L 2–3 vs Cameroon L 0–1 at Guinea D 0–0 at TBD D 1–1 at United Arab Emirates W 1–0 at Guinea Round of 16 W 1–0 at Mauritania W 2–1 vs TBD