NOUAKCHOTT. Mauritania and Tunisia didn’t manage to score any goal on Sunday..
The match was played at the Stade Olympique de Nouakchott stadium in Nouakchott on Sunday and it started at 7:00 pm local time. The referee was Mehdi Abid Charef who was helped by Bouabdalah Omari and Abbes Zerhouni. The 4th official was Nabil Boukhalfa. The weather was clear. The temperature was hot at 27 degrees Celsius or 80.53 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 63%.
Match Statistics
- 47 Ball Possession 53
Shots
- 6 Total 11
- 3 On Target 5
- 3 Off Target 6
- 0 Shots blocked 0
- 86 Attack 83
- 50 Dangerous attack 95
- 0 Ball safe 0
- 0 Penalties 0
- 3 Corners 6
Fouls
- 0 Yellow Cards 1
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 4 Substitutions 3
There was not much difference in terms of ball possession. Mauritania was in possession of the ball for 47% of the time vs. Tunisia that controlled the ball for 53% of the time.
Tunisia was more aggressive with 95 dangerous attacks and 11 shots of which 5 were on target. However, that was not enough Tunisia to win the encounter.
Mauritania shot 6 times, 3 on target, 3 off target. On the other side, Tunisia shot 11 times, 5 on target, 6 off target.
Cards
Mauritania didn’t receive any yellow card. On the opposite side, Tunisia received 1 yellow card (A. Maaloul).
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, Mauritania will have 1 points to stay in the 4th place. On the opposite side, Tunisia will have 10 points to stay in the 1st place.
Next matches
In the next match in the WC Qualification Africa, Mauritania will play away against Zambia on the 10th of November with a 1-0 head to head in favor of Zambia (0 draws).
Tunisia will play away agasint Equatorial Guinea on the 10th of November with a 4-0 head to head in favor of Tunisia (1 draw).
Mauritania – Formation
Mauritania started with a 4-1-2-3 line-up (4-1-2-3).
The manager Corentin Martins da Silva decided to play with the following team: Babacar Diop, Moustapha Diaw, Aly Abeid, Abdoul Ba, Bakary N’Diaye, Mohamed Dellahi Yali, Almike Moussa N’Diaye, Ismael Diakite, Adama Ba, Oumar Camara and Mouhamed Soueid.
The home team had on the bench: Bodda Mouhsine, Diade Diarra, E. Lembrabott, Houssen Abderrahmane, Hemeya Tanjy, Mbacke Ndiaye, Mamadou Niass, Abdallahi Mahmoud, Abdoulkader Thiam, Hassan Houbeib, Sidi Yacoub, Mohamed El Mokhtar, Mohamed El Mokhtar and El Hacen.
Substitutions
Mauritania made 4 changes: B. N’Diaye for E. Houeibib (60′), I. Diakite for N. Amadou (82′), M. Diaw for H. Abderrahmane (82′) and Almike Moussa N’Diaye for A. Mahmoud (90′).
Tunisia – Formation
Tunisia started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
On the other side, Mondher Kbaïer played with: Farouk Ben Mustapha, Montassar Talbi, Dylan Bronn, Ali Maâloul, Hamza Mathlouthi, Ferjani Sassi, Aissa Laïdouni, Ellyes Skhiri, Hamza Rafia, Seifeddine Jaziri and Naïm Sliti.
They had on the bench: Ali Abdi, Bechir Ben Said, Fakhreddine Ben Youssef, Mohamed Ali Ben Romdhane, Mouez Hassen, Oussama Haddadi, Saad Bguir, Sebastian Tounekti, Wajdi Kechrida, Wahbi Khazri and Yassine Meriah.
Substitutions
Tunisia made 4 changes: H. Rafia for S. Bguir (71′), E. Skhiri for M. Ben Romdhane (72′), N. Sliti for W. Khazri (85′) and S. Jaziri for F. Ben Youssef (88′).
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the WC Qualification Africa.
- Zambia – Equatorial Guinea – 1-1
- Central African Republic – Nigeria – 0-2
- Kenya – Mali – 0-1
- Uganda – Rwanda – 1-0
- Benin – Tanzania – 0-1
- Cape Verde Islands – Liberia – 1-0
- Madagascar – Congo DR – 1-0
- Mauritania – Tunisia – 0-0