Africa Cup of Nations

Guinea vs Gambia, 2023 Africa Cup of Nations, Group Stage

· Africa Cup of Nations
Guinea
  • 69': Aguibou Camara
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1 - 0
Gambia

    Guinea beat Gambia to close in on AFCON last 16

    Aguibou Camara scored a second-half winner to give Guinea a 1-0 victory over Gambia at the Africa Cup of Nations finals on Friday and help them to take a giant step towards a place in the last 16 of the tournament in the Ivory Coast.

    Match Timeline

    • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
    • 0': First Half begins.
    • 1': Foul by Alieu Fadera (Gambia).
    • 1': Ibrahim Diakité (Guinea) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 2': Ebrima Colley (Gambia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 2': Foul by Ilaix Moriba (Guinea).
    • 2': Foul by Ablie Jallow (Gambia).
    • 2': Sekou Sylla (Guinea) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 3': Alieu Fadera (Gambia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 3': Foul by Ibrahim Diakité (Guinea).
    • 9': Foul by Alieu Fadera (Gambia).
    • 9': Ibrahim Diakité (Guinea) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 10': Foul by Musa Barrow (Gambia).
    • 10': Julian Jeanvier (Guinea) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 10': Musa Barrow (Gambia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 12': Corner, Guinea. Conceded by Omar Colley.
    • 17': Offside, Guinea. Mohamed Bayo is caught offside.
    • 18': Alieu Fadera (Gambia) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 18': Foul by Ibrahim Diakité (Guinea).
    • 19': Ibrahim Diakité (Guinea) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 22': Ablie Jallow (Gambia) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 22': Foul by Issiaga Sylla (Guinea).
    • 24': Corner, Guinea. Conceded by Saidy Janko.
    • 25': Attempt missed. Julian Jeanvier (Guinea) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Aguibou Camara with a cross.
    • 26': Corner, Guinea. Conceded by Omar Colley.
    • 26': Attempt blocked. Julian Jeanvier (Guinea) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Ibrahim Diakité with a cross.
    • 28': Corner, Gambia. Conceded by Julian Jeanvier.
    • 28': Attempt missed. James Gomez (Gambia) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Ablie Jallow with a cross following a corner.
    • 30': Offside, Guinea. Aguibou Camara is caught offside.
    • 31': Delay in match (Guinea).
    • 32': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 32': Foul by Saidy Janko (Gambia).
    • 32': Sekou Sylla (Guinea) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 33': Mohamed Bayo (Guinea) hits the right post with a right footed shot from outside the box. Assisted by Ilaix Moriba.
    • 34': Ebrima Colley (Gambia) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 34': Foul by Abdoulaye Touré (Guinea).
    • 36': Corner, Gambia. Conceded by Mouctar Diakhaby.
    • 37': Attempt blocked. Jacob Mendy (Gambia) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Ebrima Colley with a cross.
    • 37': Corner, Gambia. Conceded by Ibrahim Diakité.
    • 38': Foul by Noah Sonko Sundberg (Gambia).
    • 38': Sekou Sylla (Guinea) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 40': Attempt missed. Aguibou Camara (Guinea) right footed shot from the centre of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Sekou Sylla.
    • 41': Aguibou Camara (Guinea) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 41': Foul by James Gomez (Gambia).
    • 43': Attempt blocked. Ilaix Moriba (Guinea) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
    • 43': Abdoulaye Touré (Guinea) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 43': Foul by Ebrima Darboe (Gambia).
    • 44': Attempt blocked. Sekou Sylla (Guinea) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Aguibou Camara.
    • 45': Attempt saved. Mohamed Bayo (Guinea) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Issiaga Sylla with a cross.
    • 45': Attempt saved. Morgan Guilavogui (Guinea) right footed shot from very close range is saved in the centre of the goal.
    • 45'+1': Attempt blocked. Ebrima Darboe (Gambia) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Musa Barrow.
    • 45'+3': First Half ends, Guinea 0, Gambia 0.
    • 45': Second Half begins Guinea 0, Gambia 0.
    • 47': Corner, Guinea. Conceded by Jacob Mendy.
    • 49': Aguibou Camara (Guinea) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 49': Foul by Saidy Janko (Gambia).
    • 50': Foul by Alieu Fadera (Gambia).
    • 50': Ilaix Moriba (Guinea) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 50': Foul by Alieu Fadera (Gambia).
    • 50': Ilaix Moriba (Guinea) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 51': Attempt saved. Sekou Sylla (Guinea) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left is saved in the centre of the goal.
    • 51': Corner, Guinea. Conceded by Baboucarr Gaye.
    • 53': Foul by Ebrima Darboe (Gambia).
    • 53': Ilaix Moriba (Guinea) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 54': Corner, Guinea. Conceded by Saidy Janko.
    • 54': Ebrima Colley (Gambia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 54': Foul by Ilaix Moriba (Guinea).
    • 55': Attempt blocked. Alieu Fadera (Gambia) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Ebrima Colley.
    • 55': Corner, Gambia. Conceded by Ibrahim Diakité.
    • 61': Attempt missed. Sekou Sylla (Guinea) left footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Morgan Guilavogui with a through ball.
    • 62': Substitution, Gambia. Hamza Barry replaces Ebrima Darboe.
    • 62': Substitution, Gambia. Yankuba Minteh replaces Alieu Fadera.
    • 63': Attempt blocked. Aguibou Camara (Guinea) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Abdoulaye Touré.
    • 65': Ablie Jallow (Gambia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 65': Foul by Abdoulaye Touré (Guinea).
    • 66': Corner, Gambia. Conceded by Ibrahim Koné.
    • 66': Foul by Omar Colley (Gambia).
    • 66': Julian Jeanvier (Guinea) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 68': Foul by Omar Colley (Gambia).
    • 68': Morgan Guilavogui (Guinea) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 69': Goal! Guinea 1, Gambia 0. Aguibou Camara (Guinea) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Morgan Guilavogui.
    • 72': Substitution, Gambia. Muhammed Badamosi replaces Ebrima Colley.
    • 73': Foul by Jacob Mendy (Gambia).
    • 73': Morgan Guilavogui (Guinea) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 74': Mohamed Bayo (Guinea) hits the bar with a right footed shot from the right side of the box. Assisted by Morgan Guilavogui.
    • 75': Attempt missed. Ablie Jallow (Gambia) left footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Hamza Barry.
    • 76': Delay in match (Guinea).
    • 77': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 77': Substitution, Guinea. Naby Keïta replaces Morgan Guilavogui.
    • 77': Substitution, Guinea. Facinet Conté replaces Sekou Sylla.
    • 78': Hand ball by Aguibou Camara (Guinea).
    • 80': Offside, Gambia. Yankuba Minteh is caught offside.
    • 81': Substitution, Gambia. Ali Sowe replaces Noah Sonko Sundberg.
    • 82': Foul by Ablie Jallow (Gambia).
    • 82': Ilaix Moriba (Guinea) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 83': Ablie Jallow (Gambia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 83': Foul by Facinet Conté (Guinea).
    • 84': Foul by Mohamed Bayo (Guinea).
    • 84': Saidy Janko (Gambia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 85': Attempt missed. Ablie Jallow (Gambia) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Musa Barrow with a cross.
    • 86': Delay in match because of an injury Ilaix Moriba (Guinea).
    • 86': Substitution, Guinea. Antoine Conté replaces Ibrahim Diakité.
    • 87': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 87': Substitution, Guinea. Amadou Diawara replaces Ilaix Moriba.
    • 88': Foul by Ali Sowe (Gambia).
    • 88': Ibrahim Koné (Guinea) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 88': Delay in match because of an injury Ibrahim Koné (Guinea).
    • 89': Julian Jeanvier (Guinea) is shown the yellow card.
    • 89': Ali Sowe (Gambia) is shown the yellow card.
    • 89': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 90'+2': Substitution, Guinea. José Kanté replaces Mohamed Bayo.
    • 90'+3': Foul by Mouctar Diakhaby (Guinea).
    • 90'+3': Muhammed Badamosi (Gambia) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 90'+3': Attempt missed. Musa Barrow (Gambia) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left from a direct free kick.
    • 90'+4': Attempt saved. Facinet Conté (Guinea) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Amadou Diawara.
    • 90'+4': Attempt blocked. Naby Keïta (Guinea) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by José Kanté.
    • 90'+6': Attempt blocked. Issiaga Sylla (Guinea) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Facinet Conté.
    • 90'+6': Corner, Guinea. Conceded by Hamza Barry.
    • 90'+8': Abdoulaye Touré (Guinea) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 90'+8': Foul by Ablie Jallow (Gambia).
    • 90'+9': Second Half ends, Guinea 1, Gambia 0.
    • 0': Match ends, Guinea 1, Gambia 0.

    Statistics

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    18 Fouls 11
    2 Yellow Cards 2
    0 Red Cards 0
    1 Offsides 2
    5 Corner Kicks 7
    4 Saves 0
    45 Possession 55
    7 SHOTS 16
    0 ON GOAL 6
    0.0 On Target % 0.4
    0 Penalty Goals 0
    0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
    276 Accurate Passes 350
    352 Passes 422
    0.8 Pass Completion % 0.8
    3 Accurate Crosses 5
    15 Crosses 24
    0.2 Cross % 0.2
    66 Long Balls 52
    31 Accurate Long Balls 27
    0.5 Long Balls % 0.5
    3 Blocked Shots 5
    4 Effective Tackles 13
    9 Tackles 18
    0.4 Tackle % 0.7
    7 Interceptions 9
    20 Effective Clearances 13
    20 Clearances 13

    Game Information

    Competition: Africa Cup of Nations

    Venue: Stade Charles Konan Banny de Yamoussoukro
    Location: Yamoussoukro, Ivory Coast
    Attendance: 19,822

    Africa Cup of Nations Table

    # TEAM GP GD PTS
    1 Senegal 3 +7 9
    2 Cameroon 3 -1 4
    3 Guinea 3 -1 4
    4 Gambia 3 -5 0
    Full Table

    Line-Ups

    GUI Guinea (4-2-3-1)

    No. Name
    22 Ibrahima Koné (GK)
    17 Julian Jeanvier Yellow Card
    5 Mouctar Diakhaby
    3 Issiaga Sylla
    12 Ibrahim Diakité Yellow Card
    18 Aguibou Camara
    23 Abdoulaye Touré
    10 Ilaix Moriba
    11 Mohamed Bayo
    21 Sekou Sylla
    7 Morgan Guilavogui
    Guinea Substitutes:
    Antoine Conte, Ali Mohamed, Moussa Camara, Serhou Guirassy, Mory Konaté, José Kanté, Karim Cissé, Saïdou Sow, Amadou Diawara, Naby Keïta, Facinet Conte, Seydouba Cissé.

    GAM Gambia (4-2-3-1)

    No. Name
    18 Baboucarr Gaye (GK)
    5 Omar Colley
    12 James Gomez
    15 Jacob Mendy
    17 Saidy Janko
    3 Abdoulie Jallow
    24 Ebrima Darboe
    14 Noah Sonko Sundberg
    10 Musa Barrow Yellow Card
    7 Alieu Fadera
    19 Ebrima Colley
    Gambia Substitutes:
    Hamza Barry, Dawda Ngum, Bubacarr Sanneh, Abdoulie Sanyang, Yankuba Minteh, Alasana Manneh, Muhammed Badamosi, Modou Jobe, Ibou Touray, Muhammed Sanneh, Ali Sowe, Yusupha Bobb.

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