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CAF
07-04-2025
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MATCH FACTS: Angola look for big win in final Group D clash at TotalEnergies CAF U17 Africa Cup of Nations, Morocco 2025
Angola need a big win over the Cemtral African Republic (CAR) to stand a chance of making the quarter-finals of the TotalEnergies CAF U17 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON), Morocco 2025 when they meet in their final Group D game at the Ben M'Hamed El Abdi Stadium in El Jadida on Monday (kick-off 17:00 local time / 16:00 GMT). CAR cannot make the knockout stages, but a win would put them into the play-offs for the 2025 FIFA Under-17 World Cup as a third-place finisher in the pool. Angola have a single point from their two games and a -1 goal-difference. They must win bit and hope second-placed Cote d'Ivoire (4 points, +5 goal-difference) suffer a heavy defeat to Mali. This is the first meeting between the nations at the finals. Angola are facing Central African opponents for the second time, their only previous meeting was against Cameroon in the semi-finals in 2019. The game ended 0-0 before they lost 4-3 in the shoot-out. Angola's record against tournament debutants reads P4 W1 D1 L2. They have faced tournament debutants previously in 1997 they drew with Zimbabwe 1-1 and lost 4-3 to Ethiopia. While in 2017 they lost to Tanzania 2-1, they won their last game against a debutant against Uganda in 2019. All these games have been at the group stages. ANGOLA FACTS · Angola began with a loss to Mali and then drew with Cote d'Ivoire 0-0 in their last group game. · Their goalless draw against the Ivorians was the first time in 14 group games at the finals that Angola had been involved in a game that did not produce goals. Their 0-0 stalemate was Angola's second goalless draw at the finals along with their 2019 semi-final, which they lost on penalties. · Angola's third group game has traditionally been a high scoring encounter. In 2017 they lost 6-1 against Mali and in 2019 they won 4-2 against Tanzania. · Angola's four previous final group games have produced a combined 20 goals, averaging at five goals per game with them scoring 9 and conceding 11. · Should Angola win it will be the second time along with 2019 that they have won at least one game in the group stages. Should they fail to win they would exit the tournament for the second time winless in the group stages along with 2017. · In their other group stage exits in 1997 and 1999, Angola had won at least one game. · In 2017, when Angola exited at the group stage, they lost two games and drew one. · Progression to the next round will see Angola reach the knockout stage for the second time, along with 2019. CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC FACT · CAR lost their opening game against Cote d'Ivoire 6-1 and then lost 2-0 against Mali. · CAR are still searching for their first points at the current finals. · They are facing Southern African opponents for the first time at the finals. · Should they fail to win, CAR will join Somalia as the second successive debutant to fail to win a game. In 2023 Somalia drew one match and lost two others. · Defeat for CAR will see them become the first debutant since Eritrea in 2007 to lose all three of their group games. · In their loss to Mali, they had two players, Nelson Amadi and Chrispin Ngombe, sent off in the 44th and 64th minutes. They played the final 26 minutes of the game with nine men. · CAR have had a player sent off in each of their games thus far. Guidat Henzo was also red-carded in their 6-1 loss against Cote d'Ivoire. · No other country has had as many players sent off as CAR. Tanzania are the only other country at the current finals with more than one player having received a red card. · Against Mali they managed to have four shots on target, the most they have had in a single game at the current finals. In their opening game they could only manage one shot on target. · In their loss to Mali they managed to have just 27% of the possession, their lowest percentage across their two games. In their opening game they had 40% of the possession.
CAF
05-04-2025
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MATCH FACTS: Zambia look to book knockout spot at TotalEnergies CAF U17 Africa Cup of Nations, Morocco 2025
Zambia and Uganda will hope to seal a place in the quarter-finals of the TotalEnergies CAF U17 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON), Morocco 2025 when they meet in their final Group A game at the Larbi Zaouli Stadium in Casablanca on Sunday (kick-off 20:00 local time / GMT). Zambia are second in the pool on goal-difference from hosts Morocco with four points from two games, while Uganda are third with three points. The top two teams in each pool advance to the knockout rounds, and the 2025 FIFA Under-17 World Cup in Qatar, while the sides that finish third in the four pools will play-off for the two remaining spots. Neither Zambia nor Uganda can finish lower than third, no matter the result on Sunday. This will be the first meeting between Uganda and Zambia at the TotalEnergies CAF U17 AFCON. Uganda will qualify for the knockout stage with a win. Zambia will progress to the knockout stage with a draw. Uganda's only other game against a COSAFA member nation ended in a 1-0 loss against Angola in 2019 in their opening group game. For Zambia, they are facing East African opposition for a second time their only other meeting was against Tanzania in their opening game at the current finals, a 4-1 win in their opening game. UGANDA FACTS · Should Uganda win and progress to the 2025 FIFA U17 World Cup it will be their first qualification for the tournament. · Uganda their opening game against hosts Morocco 5-0, but managed to bounce back and win their last game 3-0 against Tanzania. · Their win over Tanzania was Uganda's joint biggest win at the finals. Both their 3-0 triumphs have been against Tanzania in 2019 and this year. · Uganda have now won their second group game at both their finals appearances, both were against Tanzania and ended in 3-0 wins. · Uganda, in their only other third group game at the finals, drew 1-1 with Nigeria in 2019. · Should Uganda win they would have won back to back games at the finals for the first time. · Should Uganda avoid defeat they would have not lost in successive games for a second time. They also did so in 2019 when defeating Tanzania and drawing with Nigeria on matchday two and three. · Both of Uganda's clean-sheets have been kept against Tanzania, in 2019 and the current finals. · All of Uganda's six goals at the finals have been scored by different players, no Ugandan player has as yet scored multiple goals at the finals. · Uganda had nine shots on target in their win against Tanzania, the most they have had in a single game in five games at the finals. · Uganda goalkeeper Adrian Mukwanaga made five saves against Tanzania in their win 3-0 win, the most saves by a Tanzanian goalkeeper in a single game at the finals since Jack Komakech made 11 in their final group match in 2019 against Nigeria. The game ended 1-1. · Uganda's Richard Okello had a game high 74 touches in their win over Tanzania. ZAMBIA FACTS · A draw would be sufficient to see Zambia progress to the quarter-finals for the first time. In their two previous tournament appearances in 2015 and 2023, Zambia exited at the group stage. · Should Zambia progress to the quarter-finals they will have qualified for the FIFA U-17 World Cup for the first time. · Zambia won their opening game against Tanzania 4-1 and then drew their second game 0-0 against hosts Morocco. · Zambia have never previously gone through their first two games at the finals undefeated this is the first time they have done so. · Should they avoid defeat Zambia will go through three group games at the finals undefeated for the first time. · Zambia are currently three games at the final without a loss, starting with a 2-1 win in their final group game in 2023 (W2 D1). · In their 0-0 draw against Morocco it was the first time Zambia had failed to score in their second group game, in 2015 they won 2-1 against Niger and in 2023 they lost 3-2 to South Africa. · Their 0-0 draw against Morocco was the first time that Zambia had been involved in a goalless draw in eight games at the finals. · Zambia managed to keep a clean-sheet at the finals for the first time in what was their 8th game at the finals in their 0-0 draw against Morocco. · With their draw against Morocco it means that Zambia have never lost to a host nation at the tournament in two games against tournament hosts, previously in 2015 they defeated then hosts Niger 2-1 (W1 D1). · Victory for Zambia will see them win two games at a single finals for the first time in 2015 and 2023 they won one game at each tournament. · Zambia's record in their final group game at the finals reads P2 W1 L1. · In their final group games previously Zambia lost to Nigeria 3-1 in 2015 and defeated Morocco 2-1 in 2023. In 2015 they needed to defeat Nigeria to progress and in 2023 when they faced Morocco they were already eliminated, while Morocco had already progressed to the last 8.
CAF
05-04-2025
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MATCH FACTS: Hosts look to seal top spot in Group A at TotalEnergies CAF U17 Africa Cup of Nations, Morocco 2025
Hosts Morocco will seek to beat already eliminated Tanzania when they play their final Group A game at the TotalEnergies CAF U17 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON), Morocco 2025 in Mohammedia on Sunday (kick-off 20:00 local time / GMT). Tanzania cannot finish above bottom place in the pool, while leaders Morocco (+5) edge second-placed Zambia (+3) on goal-difference with both sides on four points. This will be the first meeting between Morocco and Tanzania at the TotalEnergies CAF U17 AFCON. Morocco are facing East African opponents for a second time, their first meeting was against Uganda in their opening game at the current finals which they won 3-0. Tanzania are meeting North African opponents for the first time at the finals and this is also their maiden meeting with a host nation. MOROCCO FACTS · Progression to the next round will see Morocco Qualify for the 2025 FIFA U17 World Cup. It will be the third time they will have qualified for the tournament along with 2013 and 2023. · Progression to the knockout stages will see Morocco reach beyond the group stages for a third time along with 2013 and 2023. Their only previous group stage elimination was in 2019 when their next opponents Tanzania were hosts. · Should they reach the knockout rounds Morocco will be the 8th host nation to successfully pass through the group phase. Prior to Algeria reaching the Quarter-finals in 2023, three hosts Niger in 2015, Gabon in 2017 and Tanzania in 2019 had been eliminated in the group phase. · Progression for Morocco will see them move to the knockout rounds in both tournaments in which they have been hosts, ended fourth as hosts in 2013. · Morocco drew their last game 0-0 against Zambia. For a second edition in a row they have failed to win against Zambia, they lost to them 2-1 in their final group game in 2023. · Morocco's goalless draw against Zambia was the first time in 11 group games at the finals that they have been involved in a 0-0 game. It was also just the second time in 16 games at the finals that they have had a game end goalless the other was in their Semi-final against Mali in 2023 a game they won on penalties. · At the finals, Morocco have only ever failed to score in two of their 11 group games, which was in their 1-0 loss to Guinea in their final group game in 2019 and their last game at the current finals against Zambia. · In nine of the 10 group games at the finals Morocco have scored in, they have managed to score first. The only time in a group game they did not score first was in their 1-0 loss to Guinea in their final group game in 2019. · Morocco's record in their final group game at the finals reads P3 W0 D1 L2. · Morocco have never previously won their final group game at the finals in 2013 already through to the last four they drew 1-1 with Tunisia. In 2019 having drawn and lost their first two games against Senegal and Cameroon, they lost their third group game against Guinea. While in 2013, after wins against South Africa and Nigeria, they lost to Zambia in their final group game, a match in which they had originally lead. · Should they manage to avoid defeat, Morocco will go through a group phase undefeated for the second time and first since 2013 when they previously hosted the tournament. In 2013 they won their first two games and drew their final group game against Tunisia. · Morocco have scored five goals at the current finals, the most goals they have scored in a single group stage was eight in 2013. · Should they keep a clean-sheet, Morocco would have kept three successive clean sheets at the final for the first time. It would also be the first time they would not concede a goal in the group phase at the finals. · Morocco only managed one shot on target in their 0-0 draw against Zambia while they were able to have six on target in their opening game win over Uganda. · Morocco's Amine Ouahabi won eight duels in their drew with Zambia in their last game, the joint most in the game and the most in the Moroccan side. TANZANIA FACTS · Tanzania lost their opening two games against Zambia 4-1 and Uganda 3-0. · Should they be defeated they will lose three successive group games for a second tournament in succession. They also lost all three in 2019. · Tanzania have conceded at least one goal in each of their last seven games at the finals. Their only clean-sheet was in their 0-0 draw against Mali in their opening game in 2017. · Tanzania's last victory at the finals was in their second group game in 2017 a 2-1 win over Angola. · Tanzania's record in their final group game reads P2 L2. They have lost both of their final group games previously 1-0 against Niger in 2017 and Angola 4-2 in 2019. · Tanzania have conceded seven goals in their opening two games at the current finals, the only time they have let in more goals in their opening two games was in 2019 when they conceded eight. In 2019 they conceded 12 goals in the group stage. · Tanzania have conceded at least three goals in each of their last five games at the finals. They have conceded four goals in two games and three in the other three games. · Despite their loss to Uganda in their last game, Tanzania had 52.7% of the possession and also competed more passes 258 to Uganda's 229. · In their loss to Uganda, Abraham Nassoro the Tanzania goalkeeper made six saves from the nine shots he faced.
