Player of the matchArsène KouassiBFA · 1 assist · 98′ played · 3 key passes · 2 big chances · 5 duels won
7.6- Possession
- 66%34%
- Shots · on target in brackets
- 8 (3)4 (1)
- Corners
- 43
- Table · 7 v 3 pts
- 2nd3rd
Africa Cup of Nations QualificationsMatchday 3Stade du 4 AoûtRef A. Mahamat
This meeting
Minute by minute
45 of 138 updates- Edmond Tapsoba from Burkina Faso wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- GoalGoal! Burkina Faso leads 1-0 against Mauritania. Elohim Kaboré scores with a right-footed shot from close range to the center of the goal, assisted by Arsène Kouassi.
- Attempt missed. Maata Magassa from Mauritania has a right-footed shot from the left side of the box that goes close but misses to the right. He was assisted by Aboubakary Koïta.
- Dawda Camara from Mauritania wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- Dawda Camara commits a foul for Mauritania.
- Delay in the match in Burkina Faso.
- Substitution for Mauritania: Mamadou Fofana comes on for Djeidi Gassama.
- Substitution for Burkina Faso: Abdoul Tapsoba comes on for Ousseni Bouda.
- Georgi Minoungou from Burkina Faso is awarded a free kick in the defensive half.
- Dawda Camara from Mauritania is awarded a free kick in the defensive half.
- Delay in the match in Burkina Faso.
- Delay is over, and they are ready to continue.
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- Foul committed by Maata Magassa of Mauritania.
- Substitution for Burkina Faso: Lohann Doucet comes on for Ismahila Ouédraogo.
- Mouhsine Bodda from Mauritania commits a foul.
- Nasser Djiga from Burkina Faso is awarded a free kick in the defensive half.
- Ibrahima Keita from Mauritania receives a yellow card for a foul.
- Arthur Zagré from Burkina Faso is awarded a free kick on the left wing.
- Dango Ouattara of Burkina Faso is caught offside.
- Abdoullah Ba from Mauritania receives a yellow card for a foul.
- Attempt saved. Papa Yade from Mauritania has his left-footed shot from outside the box saved in the top left corner by Hervé Koffi of Burkina Faso. The assist came from Abdoullah Ba.
- Corner awarded to Mauritania after a concession by Hervé Koffi.
- Arsène Kouassi from Burkina Faso is awarded a free kick on the left wing.
- The second half begins with the score at 0-0 between Burkina Faso and Mauritania.
- Aly Abeid commits a foul for Mauritania.
- Burkina Faso wins a corner after Ibrahima Keita concedes.
- Arthur Zagré commits a foul for Burkina Faso.
- Mohamed Ali Diadie from Mauritania is awarded a free kick in the defensive half.
- Attempt blocked. Ousseni Bouda from Burkina Faso has a left-footed shot from the center of the box that is blocked. He was assisted by Arthur Zagré.
- Mohamed Ali Diadie from Mauritania is awarded a free kick in the defensive half.
- Foul committed by Ousseni Bouda from Burkina Faso.
- Lassina Traoré from Burkina Faso is awarded a free kick in the defensive half.
- Delay is over, and they are ready to continue.
- Maata Magassa from Mauritania is awarded a free kick in the attacking half.
- Offside for Mauritania. Papa Yade is caught offside.
- Foul committed by Ibrahima Keita from Mauritania.
- Arsène Kouassi from Burkina Faso commits a handball.
- Arthur Zagré from Burkina Faso wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- Foul committed by Ibrahima Keita of Mauritania.
- Maata Magassa from Mauritania is awarded a free kick in the attacking half.
- Aly Abeid from Mauritania commits a foul.
- First half begins.
- The match ends with Burkina Faso winning 1-0 against Mauritania.
- The second half ends with Burkina Faso winning 1-0 against Mauritania.
- The first half ends with Burkina Faso and Mauritania tied at 0-0.
Team stats
37 figures- 66%Possession34%
- 8Shots4
- 3Shots on target1
- 3Big chances0
- 4Corners3
- 461Passes239
- 21Fouls23
- 0Yellow cards2
All 37 stats
- Attack
- 6Accurate crosses2
- 98Attacks99
- 2Big chances missed0
- 21Crosses10
- 91Dangerous attacks62
- 18Dribble attempts8
- 3Offsides2
- 38%Shot accuracy25%
- 2Shots blocked1
- 8Shots inside box1
- 3Shots off target2
- 0Shots outside box3
- 2Successful dribbles6
- Passing
- 18Accurate long passes24
- 405Accurate passes162
- 7Key passes3
- 50%Long pass accuracy32%
- 36Long passes74
- 88%Pass accuracy68%
- Defence
- 67Ball safe74
- 3Goal kicks11
- 7Interceptions12
- 1Saves2
- 10Tackles18
- 4Tackles won12
- Discipline
- 23Free kicks21
- Other
- 119Possession lost122
- 5Substitutions5
- 25Throw-ins19
Head-to-head
4 meetings on record since 20212-1-1Burkina Faso W-D-L · goals 3:2
2 BFA1 draws1 MRT- Goals per meeting
- 1.25
- Over 2.5 goals
- 25%
- Both teams scored
- 25%
- Won by the host
- 50%
- Mauritania1–0Burkina FasoAfrican Nations Championship
- Burkina Faso1–0MauritaniaAfrica Cup of Nations
- Mauritania1–2Burkina FasoFriendly International
- Mauritania0–0Burkina FasoFriendly International
- MauritanianextBurkina FasoAfrica Cup of Nations Qualifications
Goal timing
goals per 15-minute window · last 20 v 20 matches- 161-15
- 8316-30
- 11531-45+
- 5446-60
- 4461-75
- 8676-90+
37:28 goals 16:19Bar and top figure: scored. Red figure: conceded. A goal from minute 76 on in 55% v 40% of their matches.
- 211-15
- 1316-30
- 2631-45+
- 3346-60
- 2361-75
- 6376-90+
Referee
A. Mahamat- Cards / match
- 3.14this match 2 (-1.14)
- Yellows / match
- 3.00this match 2
- Reds / match
- 0.14
- Penalties / match
- 0.1111% of matches
- Fouls / match
- 26.5this match 44
1.25Home 1.25 vs Away 1.75 yellows/match · +0.50 away · 3–2 red1.75
47%Results in 36 matches · draw 33%19%
home winsaway wins- With Burkina Faso
- 0-1-0 in 1 · 2 yellows/game
- With Mauritania
- 0-0-1 in 1 · 3 yellows/game
Matchday 3
Africa Cup of Nations Qualifications · the other 10 games- Somalia
15:00
Ghana - Guinea-Bissau
16:00
Madagascar - Zimbabwe
13:00
Equatorial Guinea - Sierra Leone
16:00
Congo DR - Eritrea
17:00
Guinea - Sudan
13:00
Senegal - Namibia
13:00
Cameroon - Central African Republic
16:00
Benin - Gambia
16:00
Côte d'Ivoire - Ethiopia
13:00
Mozambique
Match strip & events
BFA 1–0 MRT · 0–2 yellow1′HT90′Burkina Faso on top 76 of 90 min · BFA 80% · MRT 20% pressure · peaks BFA 90′, MRT 85′
- Full time 1–0
- Elohim Kaboré1–0Goal · right foot · assist Arsène Kouassi
- +Sidi Yacoubfor M. Bodda · injury
- Mamadou Fofanafor Djeidi Gassama
- Abdoul Tapsobafor Ousseni Bouda
- Elohim Kaboréfor Lassina Traoré
- +Khadim Diawfor Aly Abeid · injury
- Dawda Camarafor Papa Ndiaga Yade
- Georgi Minoungoufor Dango Ouattara
- Lohann Doucetfor Ismahila Ouédraogo
- Aboubacar Camarafor Arthur Zagré
- Idrissa Thiamfor Abdoullah Ba
- Ibrahima KeitaYellow card
- Abdoullah BaYellow card
- Half-time 0–0
What stands out
- 90'winning goal
Elohim Kaboré's 90th-minute goal decided the match.Score by goal: 90+4' 1-0.
- 84%on top
Burkina Faso had the upper hand in 76 of 90 minutes of the momentum series.
Form
last 10 matches of each side, all competitions, before kick-off- 0-1L28 Dec
- 2-0W31 Dec
- 0-3L6 Jan
- 5-0W28 Mar
- 1-1D31 Mar
- 0-3L5 Jun
- 2-2D9 Jun
- 1-1D25 Sep
- 1-0W28 Sep
- 0-7L4 Oct
3-3-4goals 12:181.20pts/game
Bar: goals scored.
Score: own goals first.Pts/game: green ≥ 2.0 · blue ≥ 1.5 · amber ≥ 1.0 · red below
- 0-4L14 Oct
- 1-1D12 Nov
- 0-1L15 Nov
- 0-0D27 Mar
- 1-2L27 Mar
- 0-0D31 Mar
- 1-1D5 Jun
- 1-0W8 Jun
- 3-1W24 Sep
- 1-2L29 Sep
2-4-4goals 8:121.00pts/game
latest 5
Season comparison
as the teams came into the match- Goal markets & scoring rates · 15 games each
- 3.07Goals per game (both sides)1.67
- 80%Over 1.547%
- 60%Over 2.527%
- 33%Over 3.513%
- 40%Both teams scored33%
- 33%Clean sheets47%
- 27%Failed to score40%
- Burkina Faso at home v Mauritania away
- 7Played9
- 5Won1
- 2Drawn4
- 0Lost4
- 18-6Goals (for-against)5-11
- 2.43Points per game0.78
- 71%Over 2.533%
- 29%Clean sheets33%
- 1st half vs 2nd half scoring · 15 games each
- 9-111st-half goals (for-against)4-6
- 15-112nd-half goals (for-against)8-7
- 63%Goals after half-time67%
- 67%Goal before half-time60%
- 6-5-4Half-time W-D-L4-6-5
- Corners & cards (last 15 matches each)
- 4.6Corners won / game2.7
- 3.7Corners conceded / game3.5
- 40%Over 9.5 corners7%
- 60%Won the corner count33%
- 1.53Yellow cards / game1.13
- 3.07Cards in the match / game4
- 40%Over 3.5 cards53%
- 1Red cards (total)0
TV channels
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Match info
- Competition
- Africa Cup of Nations Qualifications
- Season
- 2027 · Matchday 3 of 6
- Stage
- Group Stage
- Kick-off
- Venue
- Stade du 4 Août, Ouagadougou
- Capacity
- 60,000 · grass
- Weather
- 36 °C · few clouds · humidity 30%
- Referee
- A. Mahamat
- BFA coach
- Amir Abdou
- MRT coach
- López Garai (1.34 PPG)
- Hashtag
- #BFAMRT
Match summary
Burkina Faso beat Mauritania 1-0 in the Africa Cup of Nations Qualifications, Group Stage.
Across 4 previous meetings on record, Burkina Faso won 2 and Mauritania won 1, with 1 draw (1.25 goals per game).
Elohim Kaboré (90') scored for Burkina Faso.
Burkina Faso — live results and scheduleMauritania — live results and scheduleHow we calculate this
Lineups
Starting XIs · ratings at full time- 166.6Hervé Koffi98′
- 256.6Mamoutou Ouédraogo98′
- 57.0Nasser Djiga98′
- 127.5Edmond Tapsoba98′
- 267.6Arsène KouassiA 98′
- 66.4Sacha Bansé98′
- 186.7Ismahila Ouédraogo↓66′
- 76.2Dango Ouattara↓66′
- 116.4Ousseni Bouda↓84′
- 226.5Arthur Zagré↓66′
- 26.5Lassina Traoré↓84′
- 306.3Mamadou Diop98′
- 36.6Aly Abeid↓71′+
- 216.7Jordan Lefort98′
- 126.7Mohamed Ali Diadié98′
- 206.7Ibrahima KeitaYC 98′
- 86.5M. Bodda↓85′+
- 117.0Maata Magassa98′
- 296.5Djeidi Gassama↓85′
- 76.5Aboubakary Koita98′
- 146.6Abdoullah BaYC ↓59′
- 156.7Papa Ndiaga Yade↓71′
- 3Aboubacar CamaraMF · ↑66′6.4
- 8Lohann DoucetMF · ↑66′6.6
- 15Abdoul TapsobaFW · ↑84′6.2
- 17Elohim KaboréFW · G ↑84′7.2
- 19Georgi MinoungouFW · ↑66′6.7
- 1Farid OuédraogoGK
- 4Ismael MaigaDF
- 14Issoufou DayoDF
- 20Rachid KoudaMF
- 23Hillel KonatéGK
- 24Josué TiendrébéogoMF
- 27P. GnanouDF
SubstitutesCoaches: Amir Abdou · López Garai (1.34 PPG)G goal · A assist · YC yellow · RC red · ↑ on · ↓ off
- 2Khadim DiawDF · ↑71′6.3
- 10Idrissa ThiamFW · ↑59′6.3
- 19Dawda CamaraFW · ↑71′6.5
- 24Sidi YacoubMF · ↑85′6.4
- 27Mamadou FofanaMF · ↑85′6.4
- 5Lamine BaDF
- 6Guessouma FofanaMF
- 9Hemeya TanjiFW
- 13Nouh Mohamed El AbdDF
- 16Babacar NiasseGK
- 23Ahmed Salem M'bareckFW
- 28Mamadou DialloFW
Top ratings
XI avg 6.72 v 6.63
Arsène KouassiBFA7.6
Edmond TapsobaBFA7.5
Nasser DjigaBFA7.0- MMMaata MagassaMRT7.0
Jordan LefortMRT6.7
Player leaders
this matchShots
- Papa Ndiaga YadeMRT2 (1)
- Edmond TapsobaBFA1 (1)
- Elohim KaboréBFA1 (1)
Big chances created
- Arsène KouassiBFA2
Passes
- Nasser DjigaBFA69/73
- Edmond TapsobaBFA66/73
- Sacha BanséBFA51/59
Key passes
- Arsène KouassiBFA3
- Arthur ZagréBFA3
- Maata MagassaMRT1
Duels won
- Ibrahima KeitaMRT10/15
- Edmond TapsobaBFA8/14
- Maata MagassaMRT7/9
Dribbles
- Maata MagassaMRT1/1
- Aly AbeidMRT1/1
- Abdoullah BaMRT1/1
Tackles
- Ibrahima KeitaMRT5
- Maata MagassaMRT4
- Edmond TapsobaBFA3
Clearances
- Edmond TapsobaBFA9
- Mohamed Ali DiadiéMRT8
- Mamoutou OuédraogoBFA6
Saves
- Mamadou DiopMRT2
- Hervé KoffiBFA1
Table after full time
Africa Cup of Nations Qualifications 2027| # | Team | P | W-D-L | Goals | GD | Pts | Before |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | 2-1-0 | 7:3 | +4 | 7 | 1st | |
| 2 | 3 | 2-1-0 | 3:1 | +2 | 7 | 2nd | |
| 3 | 3 | 1-0-2 | 4:4 | 0 | 3 | 3rd | |
| 4 | 3 | 0-0-3 | 2:8 | -6 | 0 | 4th |
- Burkina Faso
- 2nd4 → 7 pts
- Mauritania
- 3rd3 → 3 pts
Order: points, goal difference, goals scored. “Before” is the position at kick-off. Full table
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