Mauritania vs Algeria, 2023 Africa Cup of Nations, Group Stage

· Africa Cup of Nations

Mauritania

37': Mohamed Dellahi Yaly

FT
1 - 0

Algeria

Mauritania claim historic win to dump Algeria out of AFCON

Mauritania served up another shock result at this year's Africa Cup of Nations finals to dump 2019 winners Algeria out of the tournament with a 1-0 victory and seal a historic place in the last-16 at the Stade de la Paix on Tuesday.

Match Timeline

0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
0': First Half begins.
2': Foul by Mouhsine Bodda (Mauritania).
2': Rayan Aït-Nouri (Algeria) wins a free kick on the left wing.
3': Delay in match because of an injury Rayan Aït-Nouri (Algeria).
4': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
7': Foul by Khadim Diaw (Mauritania).
7': Youcef Atal (Algeria) wins a free kick on the right wing.
9': Foul by Youcef Atal (Algeria).
9': Idrissa Thiam (Mauritania) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
9': Delay in match because of an injury Sidi Amar (Mauritania).
10': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
11': Offside, Algeria. Mohammed Amoura is caught offside.
14': Aboubakary Koïta (Mauritania) wins a free kick on the right wing.
14': Foul by Ramiz Zerrouki (Algeria).
14': Offside, Mauritania. Souleymane Anne is caught offside.
16': Foul by Souleymane Anne (Mauritania).
16': Mohamed Amine Tougaï (Algeria) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
16': Foul by Rayan Aït-Nouri (Algeria).
16': Sidi Amar (Mauritania) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
18': Attempt blocked. Youcef Atal (Algeria) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Mohammed Amoura.
19': Attempt saved. Adam Ounas (Algeria) left footed shot from a difficult angle and long range on the right is saved in the top right corner. Assisted by Youcef Atal.
19': Corner, Algeria. Conceded by Babacar Niasse.
21': Foul by Mouhsine Bodda (Mauritania).
21': Houssem Aouar (Algeria) wins a free kick on the left wing.
21': Mouhsine Bodda (Mauritania) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
23': Foul by Idrissa Thiam (Mauritania).
23': Youcef Atal (Algeria) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
24': Foul by Mohamed Amine Tougaï (Algeria).
24': Souleymane Anne (Mauritania) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
25': Attempt missed. Houssem Aouar (Algeria) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Adam Ounas.
26': Foul by Baghdad Bounedjah (Algeria).
26': Ibrahima Keita (Mauritania) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
27': Adam Ounas (Algeria) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
27': Foul by Idrissa Thiam (Mauritania).
28': Offside, Algeria. Hicham Boudaoui is caught offside.
31': Delay in match (Algeria).
32': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
33': Foul by Rayan Aït-Nouri (Algeria).
33': Mouhsine Bodda (Mauritania) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
34': Foul by Mouhsine Bodda (Mauritania).
34': Youcef Atal (Algeria) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
36': Attempt saved. Souleymane Anne (Mauritania) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Idrissa Thiam.
36': Corner, Mauritania. Conceded by Anthony Mandréa.
37': Attempt blocked. Omaré Gassama (Mauritania) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Aboubakary Koïta.
37': Goal! Mauritania 1, Algeria 0. Mohamed Dellahi (Mauritania) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner following a corner.
40': Adam Ounas (Algeria) wins a free kick on the right wing.
40': Foul by Idrissa Thiam (Mauritania).
42': Foul by Ramiz Zerrouki (Algeria).
42': Souleymane Anne (Mauritania) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
43': Attempt missed. Hicham Boudaoui (Algeria) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Mohammed Amoura.
44': Foul by Houssem Aouar (Algeria).
44': Mouhsine Bodda (Mauritania) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
45'+1': Corner, Algeria. Conceded by Mohamed Dellahi.
45'+1': Attempt missed. Hicham Boudaoui (Algeria) header from a difficult angle on the left misses to the right. Assisted by Adam Ounas with a cross following a corner.
45'+1': Attempt blocked. Rayan Aït-Nouri (Algeria) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
45'+3': Attempt saved. Aboubakary Koïta (Mauritania) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Idrissa Thiam.
45'+4': Lamine Ba (Mauritania) is shown the yellow card.
45'+4': Mohammed Amoura (Algeria) is shown the yellow card.
45'+5': Foul by Ramiz Zerrouki (Algeria).
45'+5': Mouhsine Bodda (Mauritania) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
45'+5': First Half ends, Mauritania 1, Algeria 0.
45': Second Half begins Mauritania 1, Algeria 0.
45': Substitution, Algeria. Riyad Mahrez replaces Houssem Aouar.
46': Baghdad Bounedjah (Algeria) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
46': Foul by Mohamed Dellahi (Mauritania).
47': Attempt missed. Baghdad Bounedjah (Algeria) right footed shot from very close range is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Rayan Aït-Nouri with a cross.
48': Foul by Souleymane Anne (Mauritania).
48': Hicham Boudaoui (Algeria) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
48': Attempt blocked. Idrissa Thiam (Mauritania) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Souleymane Anne.
49': Corner, Mauritania. Conceded by Aïssa Mandi.
49': Corner, Mauritania. Conceded by Hicham Boudaoui.
50': Attempt saved. Mohamed Dellahi (Mauritania) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Idrissa Thiam with a cross.
51': Attempt saved. Adam Ounas (Algeria) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Riyad Mahrez.
52': Delay in match because of an injury Sidi Amar (Mauritania).
53': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
53': Aboubakary Koïta (Mauritania) is shown the yellow card.
55': Foul by Mohamed Amine Tougaï (Algeria).
55': Souleymane Anne (Mauritania) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
55': Foul by Souleymane Anne (Mauritania).
55': Mohamed Amine Tougaï (Algeria) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
56': Attempt missed. Aboubakary Koïta (Mauritania) left footed shot from the left side of the box is too high. Assisted by Khadim Diaw.
57': Attempt blocked. Souleymane Anne (Mauritania) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Idrissa Thiam.
57': Corner, Mauritania. Conceded by Aïssa Mandi.
58': Foul by Ramiz Zerrouki (Algeria).
58': Idrissa Thiam (Mauritania) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
59': Attempt blocked. Aboubakary Koïta (Mauritania) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
59': Attempt missed. Mouhsine Bodda (Mauritania) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box is too high following a set piece situation.
60': Baghdad Bounedjah (Algeria) wins a free kick on the right wing.
60': Foul by Lamine Ba (Mauritania).
60': Attempt saved. Hicham Boudaoui (Algeria) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top left corner. Assisted by Riyad Mahrez with a cross.
62': Substitution, Algeria. Youcef Belaïli replaces Adam Ounas.
62': Substitution, Algeria. Nabil Bentaleb replaces Hicham Boudaoui.
63': Attempt saved. Idrissa Thiam (Mauritania) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Souleymane Anne.
63': Attempt missed. Youcef Belaïli (Algeria) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses the top right corner. Assisted by Baghdad Bounedjah.
65': Delay in match because of an injury Mohamed Dellahi (Mauritania).
65': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
66': Attempt blocked. Youcef Belaïli (Algeria) right footed shot from long range on the left is blocked. Assisted by Baghdad Bounedjah.
67': Delay in match because of an injury Mohamed Dellahi (Mauritania).
67': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
67': Substitution, Mauritania. Hassan Houbeib replaces Mohamed Dellahi because of an injury.
68': Foul by Souleymane Anne (Mauritania).
68': Youcef Atal (Algeria) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
68': Foul by Ibrahima Keita (Mauritania).
68': Mohammed Amoura (Algeria) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
69': Substitution, Algeria. Islam Slimani replaces Mohammed Amoura.
70': Attempt saved. Aïssa Mandi (Algeria) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Riyad Mahrez.
70': Attempt missed. Youcef Atal (Algeria) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Youcef Belaïli.
71': Foul by Aïssa Mandi (Algeria).
71': Souleymane Anne (Mauritania) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
71': Substitution, Mauritania. Guessouma Fofana replaces Souleymane Anne.
72': Foul by Youcef Atal (Algeria).
72': Idrissa Thiam (Mauritania) wins a free kick on the left wing.
73': Attempt missed. Idrissa Thiam (Mauritania) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right following a set piece situation.
75': Corner, Algeria. Conceded by Hassan Houbeib.
75': Corner, Algeria. Conceded by Lamine Ba.
76': Foul by Idrissa Thiam (Mauritania).
76': Rayan Aït-Nouri (Algeria) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
76': Islam Slimani (Algeria) is shown the yellow card.
77': Delay in match (Algeria).
79': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
80': Corner, Algeria. Conceded by Khadim Diaw.
80': Foul by Aboubakary Koïta (Mauritania).
80': Rayan Aït-Nouri (Algeria) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
81': Substitution, Algeria. Kévin Van Den Kerkhof replaces Youcef Atal.
81': Substitution, Mauritania. Bakari Camara replaces Sidi Amar.
82': Substitution, Mauritania. Aboubakar Kamara replaces Aboubakary Koïta.
82': Substitution, Mauritania. Pape Bâ replaces Idrissa Thiam.
82': Attempt saved. Aboubakar Kamara (Mauritania) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Pape Bâ.
83': Foul by Youcef Belaïli (Algeria).
83': Omaré Gassama (Mauritania) wins a free kick on the right wing.
83': Delay in match because of an injury Omaré Gassama (Mauritania).
84': Youcef Belaïli (Algeria) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
85': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
85': Pape Bâ (Mauritania) hits the bar with a right footed shot from the left side of the six yard box. Assisted by Aboubakar Kamara with a cross following a set piece situation.
85': Attempt blocked. Guessouma Fofana (Mauritania) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
86': Corner, Mauritania. Conceded by Aïssa Mandi.
86': Delay in match because of an injury Pape Bâ (Mauritania).
88': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
88': Foul by Guessouma Fofana (Mauritania).
88': Nabil Bentaleb (Algeria) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
89': Foul by Ramiz Zerrouki (Algeria).
89': Mouhsine Bodda (Mauritania) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
90'+2': Corner, Algeria. Conceded by Bakari Camara.
90'+3': Attempt missed. Aïssa Mandi (Algeria) header from very close range is too high. Assisted by Youcef Belaïli with a cross following a corner.
90'+4': Attempt saved. Bakari Camara (Mauritania) right footed shot from more than 35 yards is saved in the bottom right corner.
90'+6': Attempt missed. Mouhsine Bodda (Mauritania) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Aboubakar Kamara.
90'+7': Attempt saved. Aïssa Mandi (Algeria) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Nabil Bentaleb.
90'+7': Attempt missed. Baghdad Bounedjah (Algeria) left footed shot from very close range is close, but misses to the left.
90'+7': Delay in match because of an injury Baghdad Bounedjah (Algeria).
90'+9': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
90'+9': Aïssa Mandi (Algeria) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
90'+9': Foul by Aboubakar Kamara (Mauritania).
90'+12': Offside, Mauritania. Aboubakar Kamara is caught offside.
90'+13': Second Half ends, Mauritania 1, Algeria 0.
0': Match ends, Mauritania 1, Algeria 0.

Statistics

ALG		MTN
15	Fouls	18
3	Yellow Cards	3
0	Red Cards	0
2	Offsides	2
6	Corner Kicks	5
6	Saves	5
74.8	Possession	25.2
16	SHOTS	17
6	ON GOAL	7
0.4	On Target %	0.4
0	Penalty Goals	0
0	Penalty Kicks Taken	0
463	Accurate Passes	108
546	Passes	182
0.8	Pass Completion %	0.6
4	Accurate Crosses	2
26	Crosses	12
0.2	Cross %	0.2
57	Long Balls	53
26	Accurate Long Balls	18
0.5	Long Balls %	0.3
2	Blocked Shots	5
4	Effective Tackles	14
13	Tackles	25
0.3	Tackle %	0.6
6	Interceptions	6
13	Effective Clearances	36
13	Clearances	36

Game Information

Competition: Africa Cup of Nations

Venue: Stade de Bouaké
Location: Bouaké, Ivory Coast
Attendance: 28,010

Africa Cup of Nations Table

#	TEAM	GP	GD	PTS
1	Angola	3	+3	7
2	Burkina Faso	3	-1	4
3	Mauritania	3	-1	3
4	Algeria	3	-1	2

Full Table

Line-Ups

Mauritania (4-1-4-1)

No.	Name
16	Babacar Niasse (GK)
5	Lamine Ba
14	Mohamed Dellahi Yaly
4	Omaré Gassama
2	Khadim Diaw
20	Ibrahima Keita
8	Bodda Mouhsine
10	Idrissa Thiam
19	Aboubakary Koita
23	Sidi Bouna Amar
11	Souleymane Anne

Mauritania Substitutes:

Oumar Ngom, Aly Abeid, Aboubakar Kamara, Namori Diaw, El-Hadji Ba, Bakari Camara, El Hassen Houeibib, Pape Ibnou Ba, Hemeya Tanjy, Bakary N'Diaye, Guessouma Fofana, Souleymane Doukara.

Algeria (4-3-3)

No.	Name
16	Anthony Mandrea (GK)
4	Mohamed Amine Tougai
2	Aïssa Mandi
15	Rayan Aït-Nouri
20	Youcef Atal
6	Ramiz Zerrouki
11	Houssem Aouar
14	Hicham Boudaoui
9	Baghdad Bounedjah
18	Mohamed Amoura
12	Adam Ounas

Algeria Substitutes:

Sofiane Feghouli, Moustafa Zeghba, Youcef Belaïli, Raïs M'Bolhi, Yasser Larouci, Islam Slimani, Riyad Mahrez, Zineddine Belaïd, Farès Chaïbi, Kevin Guiton, Ahmed Touba, Nabil Bentaleb.

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