Benin vs Lesotho
Result, Stats, Lineups & H2H

CAF World Cup Qualifiers

2026

Benin

Mounié6'

Hountondji23'

Hassane33'

Olaitan67'

-FT

Sep 09, 2025

Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny

Lesotho

Match Timeline

Man of the Match

Steve Mounié

Benin

Goals

Assists

7.2

89'Substitution

Thabo Maphakisa· In

Tsepo Toloane· Out

Lesotho

82'Substitution

Candas Fiogbe· In

Andréas Hountondji· Out

Benin

78'Substitution

Siyabonga Monyaka· In

Thabang Malane· Out

Lesotho

73'Substitution

Dokou Dodo· In

Junior Olaitan· Out

Benin

73'Substitution

Tamimou Ouorou· In

Yohan Roche· Out

Benin

70'Yellow Card

Yohan Roche

Benin

Goal!

4-0

Junior Olaitan

67'·Benin

⚽

50'Substitution

Razack Rachidou· In

Rodolfo Aloko· Out

Benin

46'Substitution

—· In

Benin

46'Substitution

—· In

Lesotho

45'+3Yellow Card

Sekhoane Moerane

Lesotho

44'Yellow Card

Sessi D'Almeida

Benin

Goal!

3-0

Imourane Hassane

33'·Benin

⚽

28'Yellow Card

Jane Thabantso

Lesotho

Goal!

2-0

Andréas Hountondji

23'·Benin

⚽

Goal!

1-0

Steve Mounié

6'·Benin

⚽

Statistics of the Game

Benin

Lesotho

58%Ball Possession42%

10Shots Total3

4Shots On Target0

0Corners2

11Fouls15

2Yellow Cards2

3Offsides4

1Saves3

2Passes0

6Shots Off Target3

94Attacks91

44Dangerous Attacks43

4Goals0

19Free Kicks15

1Shots Blocked3

5Substitutions3

2Assists0

2Accurate Passes0

3Injuries1

Benin

Manager: Gernot Rohr

Starting XI

Marcel Dandjinou

6.5

Abdoul Rachid Moumini

6.5

6.5

6.5

6.5

6.5

7.1

6.7

6.5

7.2

6.9

Substitutes

6.5

6.5

Candas Fiogbe

6.5

Razack Rachidou

6.5

Rodrigue Kossi Fiogbé

Serge Obassa

Lesotho

Manager: L. Notši

Starting XI

5.4

5.7

5.7

5.7

Fusi Matlabe

5.7

Lehlohonolo Matsau

5.7

Jane Thabantso

6.0

Tsepo Toloane

6.1

Katleho Makateng

6.3

Tshwarelo Bereng

6.1

Sera Motebang

6.3

Substitutes

Mosoeu Seahlolo

Siyabonga Monyaka

Bokang Sello

Thabo Maphakisa

Kananelo Rapuleng

Neo Mokhachane

Thato Malakia Sefoli

Lebohang Lesako

Rethabile Mokokoane

Tlotliso Phatsisi

Nthebe Majoro

Player Stats

Player	Rating	Min	Goals	Assists	Shots	Passes	Tackles	Duels
Steve Mounié FW	7.2	90'	1	1	-	-	-	-
Junior Olaitan MF	7.1	73'	1	1	-	-	-	-
Andréas Hountondji FW	6.9	82'	1	0	-	-	-	-
Imourane Hassane MF	6.7	90'	1	0	-	-	-	-
Marcel Dandjinou GK	6.5	90'	0	0	-	-	-	-
Olivier Verdon DF	6.5	90'	0	0	-	-	-	-
Abdoul Rachid Moumini DF	6.5	90'	0	0	-	-	-	-
Mohamed Tijani DF	6.5	90'	0	0	-	-	-	-
Rodolfo Aloko FW	6.5	50'	0	0	-	-	-	-
Attidjikou Samadou MF	6.5	44'	0	0	-	-	-	-
Tamimou Ouorou DF	6.5	17'	0	0	-	-	-	-
Candas Fiogbe FW	6.5	8'	0	0	-	-	-	-
Dokou Dodo MF	6.5	17'	0	0	-	-	-	-
Yohan Roche DF	6.5	73'	0	0	-	-	-	-
Sessi D'Almeida MF	6.5	90'	0	0	-	-	-	-
Razack Rachidou MF	-	40'	0	0	-	-	-	-

Benin vs Lesotho H2H, Form & Key Stats

Current streaks (all competitions)

Team	Games	Run	Unbeaten	Winless	Scored in	Conceded in	Last-5 pts	Last-5 goals
Benin	15	W1	1	0	1	0	5/15	3-5
Lesotho	15	L3	0	3	0	3	4/15	2-11

Benin — last 5 games

D0-0 @ Libya2024-11-18
D2-2 @ Zimbabwe2025-03-20
L0-2 vs South Africa2025-03-25
L0-1 @ Morocco2025-06-09
W1-0 vs Zimbabwe2025-09-05

Lesotho — last 5 games

D1-1 @ Rwanda2025-03-25
W1-0 @ Malawi2025-06-05
L0-4 @ Angola2025-06-08
L0-3 @ Namibia2025-06-10
L0-3 vs South Africa2025-09-05

Goal markets & scoring rates

Team	Games	Avg goals	Over 1.5	Over 2.5	Over 3.5	BTTS	Clean sheets	Failed to score
Benin	15	2.07	60%	47%	13%	40%	33%	40%
Lesotho	15	2.6	73%	47%	27%	33%	20%	53%

Venue split (Home vs Away)

Team	Where	Pld	W	D	L	Goals	PPG	Over 2.5	Clean sheets
Benin	Home	7	5	1	1	10-5	2.29	43%	43%
Lesotho	Away	9	1	2	6	4-22	0.56	56%	22%

1st half vs 2nd half scoring

Team	Games	1H goals	2H goals	2H share	1H Over 0.5	HT W-D-L
Benin	15	9-6	6-10	40%	67%	6-6-3
Lesotho	15	2-13	5-19	71%	53%	1-8-6

Head-to-head, computed

Meetings on record: 2
Period covered: 2020-11-14 – 2023-11-21
Benin wins: 1
Draws: 1
Lesotho wins: 0
Avg goals per meeting: 0.5
Over 2.5 goals: 0%
Both teams scored: 0%
Home side won: 50%share of all meetings won by whichever team hosted

Most recent meetings

Date	Home	Score	Away
2023-11-21	Lesotho	0-0	Benin
2020-11-14	Benin	1-0	Lesotho

Standings before kickoff (rebuilt from 23 earlier results)

Team	Pos	Pld	Pts	GD	Form	Form rank	Form vs pos
Benin	2	7	11	0	WWDLW	2	0
Lesotho	5	7	6	-4	WLLDL	5	0

Table context

Points gap: 5 ptsBenin 11 · Lesotho 6
Positions: #2 vs #5
Goals per game: 1/1 vs 0.57/1.14scored/conceded per game · league average 0.96

How we calculate this

CAF World Cup Qualifiers Standings

CAF World Cup Qualifiers · 2026

Full standings

#	Team	P	W	D	L	GD	PTS	Form
1	Egypt	10	8	2	0	+18	26	WWDWW
1	South Africa	10	6	3	1	+11	18	WWDDW
2	Nigeria	10	4	5	1	+7	17	DWDWW
3	BeninH	10	5	2	3	+1	17	LWWWL
4	Rwanda	10	3	2	5	-4	11	DLWLL
5	LesothoA	10	2	3	5	-8	9	DLLLW
6	Zimbabwe	10	0	5	5	-7	5	DLLDL
1	Cape Verde Islands	10	7	2	1	+8	23	WWWDW
2	Madagascar	10	6	1	3	+5	19	WWWLW

9 / 50Full standings →

Statistical Comparison

CAF World Cup Qualifiers

Benin10 matches

Lesotho

10 matches

#3Position#5

17Points9

5Wins2

2Draws3

3Losses5

12Goals6

1.20Goals per game0.60

11Goals conceded14

1.10Goals per game conceded1.40

Benin vs Lesotho — Statistical Win Probability, Goal Markets & xG Projection

Poisson goal model computed from recent form (10 vs 10 matches) & H2H history

1X2 Statistical Win ProbabilityBenin 50% · X · Draw 28% · Lesotho 22%

1 · Home Win

50%

X · Draw

28%

2 · Away Win

22%

Projected Goals (xG Model)

1.36 vs 0.81

Projected Total: 2.17

Over 1.5 Goals

64%

Over 2.5 Goals

37%

Over 3.5 Goals

17%

Both Teams to Score (BTTS)

41%

Clean Sheet Prob. (H / A)

45% / 26%

Benin / Lesotho

Most Likely Scorelines (Poisson):

1 - 0(15.6%)1 - 1(12.6%)0 - 0(11.4%)

Recent matches

Mar 25, 2025

0-2

vs South Africa

Home

Mar 20, 2025

2-2

@ Zimbabwe

Away

Nov 18, 2024

0-0

@ Libya

Away

All Benin fixtures & results

Previous Meetings

Last 2 matches

Won 50%

(1/2)

Draw 50%

(1/2)

Won 0%

(0/2)

Goals

1-0

Total matches

Recent matches

CAF World Cup Qualifiers•Nov 21, 2023

Lesotho

0-0

Benin

Africa Cup of Nations Qualifications•Nov 14, 2020

Benin

1-0

Lesotho

Benin vs Lesotho — Head to Head

Last 2 matches

Benin wins

Draws

Lesotho wins

Goals Scored

1 - 0

Nov 21, 2023 • CAF World Cup Qualifiers

Lesotho

0-0

Benin

Nov 14, 2020 • Africa Cup of Nations Qualifications

Benin

1-0

Lesotho

Matchday 8 — CAF World Cup Qualifiers

Match summary

Benin beat Lesotho 4-0 in the CAF World Cup Qualifiers, Group Stage.

Before kickoff, Benin sat 2nd on 11 points, while Lesotho were 5th on 6 points. Across 2 previous meetings on record, Benin won 1 and Lesotho won 0, with 1 draw (0.5 goals per game).

Steve Mounié (6'), Andréas Hountondji (23'), Imourane Hassane (33') and Junior Olaitan (67') scored the goals for Benin.

More details:

Benin — live results and schedule Lesotho — live results and schedule

Match Timeline

Match Statistics

Statistics of the Game

Team Lineups

Starting XI

Substitutes

Starting XI

Substitutes

Player Stats

Benin vs Lesotho H2H, Form & Key Stats

CAF World Cup Qualifiers Standings

Statistical Comparison

Statistical Comparison

Benin vs Lesotho — Statistical Win Probability, Goal Markets & xG Projection

Recent matches

Previous Meetings

Recent matches

Benin vs Lesotho — Head to Head

Last 2 matches

Matchday 8 — CAF World Cup Qualifiers

Match summary