Gabon and Mozambique both suffered defeat in their aperture Accumulation F matches and will be targeting their aboriginal win at the 2025 TotalEnergies CAF Africa Cup of Nations back they accommodated in their additional accoutrement at the Grand Stade d’Agadir on 28 December. Kick-off is at 13h30 bounded time (12h30 GMT).
This will be the aboriginal affair amid the two nations at the Africa Cup of Nations finals.
They accept met seven times ahead in all competitions, with Gabon acceptable four matches, Mozambique two, and one catastrophe in a draw.
Their best contempo encounters came during 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifying, area the home ancillary won 1-0 in anniversary match, with neither aggregation condoning for the finals in Russia.
They additionally met in condoning for the 1994 FIFA World Cup, with Gabon acceptable 3-1 at home afore the acknowledgment accoutrement in Mozambique concluded in a 1-1 draw.
Since that draw in 1994, their aftermost four affairs accept all produced a winner, with anniversary ancillary recording two victories. All seven of their antecedent affairs accept apparent goals scored.
PAST MEETINGS
OVERALL Gabon: P7 W4 D1 L2 GF8 GA4 GD 4 Mozambique: P7 W2 D1 L4 GF4 GA8 GD-4
Gabon – Key Statistics
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Lost their aperture bout 1-0 adjoin Cameroon.
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Their seven-match best run at AFCON came to an end (W1 D6).
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The defeat concluded a six-game best run in AFCON accumulation matches; their antecedent group-stage accident was in 2015 adjoin Equatorial Guinea.
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Are now winless in their aftermost four AFCON matches.
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Have won aloof one of their aftermost 10 AFCON amateur (D6 L3), the alone achievement advancing adjoin Comoros in their aperture bout in 2021.
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Their almanac in additional accumulation matches at AFCON reads P8 W2 D3 L3.
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Have absent their aperture accumulation bout three times previously: 1994, 1996 and 2000.
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After accident their opener, they absent their additional accumulation bout in 1994 and 2000 but won it in 1996.
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Are winless in their additional accumulation bout in their aftermost three AFCON appearances (D2 L1).
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Last won their additional accumulation bout in 2012, back they opened with back-to-back victories over Niger and Morocco.
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The alone added time they won their additional accumulation bout afterwards accident the opener was in 1996.
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Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang came on as a acting adjoin Cameroon, authoritative his 15th AFCON actualization beyond bristles tournaments.
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Aubameyang’s AFCON appearances amount 15 years, beyond tournaments in Southern, Central and North Africa.
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Aubameyang is on a six-match winless run at AFCON (D3 L3), aftermost acceptable in Gabon’s aperture bout adjoin Burkina Faso in 2015.
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Didier Ndong had a game-high 98 touches adjoin Cameroon, attempted 72 passes and completed 63 (87.5%).
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Bruno Ecuele Manga completed 65 passes adjoin Cameroon, the best in the match.
Mozambique – Key Statistics
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Lost their aperture bout 1-0 adjoin Côte d’Ivoire.
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Have now gone 16 AFCON matches after a win (D4 L12).
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Are the aboriginal aggregation to go through their aboriginal 16 AFCON matches after recording a victory.
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Have never abhorred defeat in their additional accumulation bout at AFCON, accident all bristles antecedent such games.
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This was the third time they began an AFCON attack with a loss, accepting additionally done so in 1986 and 1998.
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On both antecedent occasions back they absent their aperture bout (1986 and 1998), they went on to lose all three accumulation matches.
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None of their 16 AFCON matches accept concluded goalless.
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Are still analytic for their aboriginal apple-pie area at the Africa Cup of Nations.
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Completed 404 passes adjoin Côte d’Ivoire, their accomplished absolute beyond the aftermost two AFCON tournaments.
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Reinaldo Mandava completed 70 passes adjoin Côte d’Ivoire, the best of any amateur in the match.
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Geny Catamo attempted both of Mozambique’s shots on ambition adjoin Côte d’Ivoire.
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Mexer won all six of his duels adjoin Côte d’Ivoire, including four aeriform duels.
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Goalkeeper Ernan Siluane fabricated three saves in the match.