MALABO. Equatorial Guinea overcomes Tunisia 1-0 after P. Ganet scored just 1 goal (84′).
The match was played at the Nuevo Estadio de Malabo stadium in Malabo on Saturday and it started at 4:00 pm local time. The referee was Boubou Traore with the assistance of Modibo Samake and Baba Yomboliba. The 4th official was . The weather was cloudy. The temperature was hot at 27.9 degrees Celsius or 82.26 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 83%.
Match Statistics
- 46 Ball Possession 54
Shots
- 10 Total 9
- 4 On Target 2
- 6 Off Target 7
- 0 Shots blocked 2
- 100 Attack 99
- 53 Dangerous attack 70
- 82 Ball safe 91
- 0 Penalties 0
- 1 Corners 5
Fouls
- 20 Total 21
- 3 Yellow Cards 2
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 5 Substitutions 2
Ball possession
No teams had a vastly superior advantage in terms of ball possession. Equatorial Guinea was in possession of the ball for 46% of the time vs. Tunisia that controlled the ball for 54% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Tunisia was more pushing with 70 dangerous attacks and 9 shots of which 2 were on target. Even so, Equatorial Guinea was capable to find the solution to win this contest.
Equatorial Guinea shot 10 times, 4 on target, 6 off target. Talking about the opposition, Tunisia shot 9 times, 2 on target, 7 off target.
Cards
Equatorial Guinea received 3 yellow cards (M. Angel, S. Coco and O. Siafa). On the other side, Tunisia received 2 yellow cards (F. Sassi and W. Kechrida).
Match Timeline
Standings
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Group E
Group F
Group G
Group H
Group I
Group J
After this match, Equatorial Guinea will have 10 points like Tunisia to remain in the 2nd place. Regarding the opposition, Tunisia will stay with 10 points like Equatorial Guinea to hold in the 1st place.
Next matches
In the next match in the WC Qualification Africa, Equatorial Guinea will play away with Mauritania on the 16th of November with a 2-1 head to head record in favor of Equatorial Guinea (0 draws).
Tunisia will host Zambia on the 16th of November with a 2-1 head to head statistic in favor of Tunisia (0 draws).
Equatorial Guinea – Formation
Equatorial Guinea
11'
45'
84'
Equatorial Guinea started with a mid-fielder-oriented line-up (4-1-4-1).
The manager Juan Micha Obiang Bicogo decided to play with the following team: Esteban Obiang, Jesús Owono, Carlos Akapo, Saúl Coco, Esteban Orozco, Basilio Ndong, Federico Bikoro, Ruben Belima, Pablo Ganet, José Machín, Iban Salvador and Óscar Siafa.
The home team had on the bench: Mariano Magno Mba, Manuel Sapunga, Javier Akapo, Miguel Angel Maye, Marvin Anieboh, Cosme Anvene Ebang Ela, Luis Meseguer, Emilio Nsue, Gael Akogo Esono, Alex Balboa, Luis Nlavo, Gael Akogo Esono and Dorian Hanza.
Substitutions
Equatorial Guinea made 4 changes: B. Ndong for M. Angel (11′), O. Siafa for E. Nsue (80′), R. Belima for L. Nlavo (81′) and J. Machin for A. Balboa (89′).
Tunisia – Formation
Tunisia
Tunisia started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
Mondher Kbaïer played with: W. Kechrida, Farouk Ben Mustapha, Yassine Meriah, Dylan Bronn, Ali Maâloul, Anis Ben Slimane, Aissa Laïdouni, Ferjani Sassi, Naïm Sliti, Seifeddine Jaziri, Wahbi Khazri.
These were the players on the bench: A. Abdi, B. Ben said, Ghailene Chaalali, Mohamed Ali Ben Romdhane, M. Hassen, M. Talbi, M. Zemzemi, O. Haddadi, Saîf-Eddine Khaoui, S. Tounekti, M. Dräger and H. Mathlouthi.
Substitutions
Tunisia made 3 changes: F. Sassi for M. Ben Romdhane (74′), A. Slimane for G. Chaalali (89′) and A. Slimane for G. Chaalali (89′).
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the WC Qualification Africa.
- Equatorial Guinea – Tunisia – 1-0
- Zambia – Mauritania – 4-0
- Liberia – Nigeria – 0-2
- Cape Verde Islands – Central African Republic – 2-1
- Malawi – Cameroon – 0-4
- Côte d’Ivoire – Mozambique – 3-0
