Benin and Senegal will both be targeting progression to the Annular of 16 back they accommodated in their final Accumulation D bout at the TotalEnergies CAF Africa Cup of Nations Morocco 2025. The appointment will be played at the Grand Stade de Tanger on 30 December, with admission appointed for 20h00 bounded time (19h00 GMT).
The abandon accept met already ahead at the AFCON finals, at the 2019 tournament, area Senegal belted a bound quarter-final appointment 1-0 address of a 70th-minute bang from Idrissa Gueye.
Overall, the teams accept faced anniversary added nine times. Senegal accept won seven matches, Benin one, with two draws recorded.
Benin’s alone achievement over Senegal came in their first-ever affair on 31 December 1961, a 4-3 win about 64 years ago.
Senegal are best in their aftermost eight matches adjoin Benin (W6 D2), and accept denticulate at atomic already in anniversary of their nine antecedent encounters with Benin.
The alone apple-pie bedding in this accoutrement accept all been recorded by Senegal, accomplished in four abstracted 1-0 victories: two all-embracing friendlies in 1982 and 2024, a 2002 FIFA World Cup qualifier, and their 2019 AFCON quarter-final meeting.
The teams were commutual in the aboriginal annular of condoning for the 2002 FIFA World Cup, played over two legs. The aboriginal leg concluded 1-1 in Benin, afore Senegal anchored a 1-0 win in the acknowledgment accoutrement on 23 April 2000 to beforehand 2-1 on aggregate. Senegal would go on to authorize for the 2002 FIFA World Cup, authoritative their clash admission in Korea/Japan.
They were additionally fatigued calm in condoning for the 2023 AFCON. Senegal won the home accoutrement 3-1, with Sadio Mané scoring a hat-trick, while Junior Olaitan netted Benin’s goal. The acknowledgment bout in Cotonou accomplished 1-1, with Abdoulaye Seck giving Senegal the advance in the 43rd minute afore Rachid Moumini equalised for Benin.
Senegal able for the 2023 AFCON alongside Mozambique, while Benin accomplished third in a accumulation that additionally included Rwanda.
PAST MEETINGS
OVERALL Benin: P9 W1 D2 L7 GF8 GA16 GD-8 Senegal: P9 W7 D2 L1 GF16 GA8 GD 8
AFCON ONLY Benin: P1 W0 D0 L1 GF0 GA1 GD-1 Senegal: P1 W1 D0 L0 GF1 GA0 GD 1
PAST AFCON MEETINGS
2019 – Quarter-finals, 10 July 2019 Senegal 1 (Gueye 70’) Benin 0
Benin – Key Statistics
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Recorded their first-ever AFCON achievement with a win over Botswana in their antecedent match, afterwards accident their aperture bold adjoin DR Congo.
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Had gone through their aboriginal 15 AFCON matches afterwards a win in accessible comedy (D5 L10).
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Have abhorred defeat in their additional accumulation bout in their aftermost two AFCON appearances, accepting fatigued with Guinea-Bissau in 2019.
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Could advance to the knockout stages with a draw and will advance with a win.
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Progression would see Benin ability the knockout circuit for a additional time, afterwards advancing to the quarter-finals in 2019.
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Avoiding defeat would mark alternating AFCON accumulation matches afterwards accident for the aboriginal time back 2019, back they drew all three accumulation games.
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Have absent aloof one of their aftermost bristles AFCON accumulation matches, their aperture defeat to DR Congo (W1 D3).
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Have kept a apple-pie area in three of their aftermost four accumulation matches, acceptance alone in their accident to DR Congo.
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Their almanac in final accumulation matches reads: P4 W0 D1 L3.
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Have abhorred defeat alone already in a final accumulation match, a 0-0 draw with Cameroon in 2019.
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Lost their aboriginal three final accumulation matches, alert to Nigeria in 2004 and 2010 (2-0 and 1-0), and to Egypt 2-0 in 2010.
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Have never ahead denticulate in a final accumulation bout at AFCON.
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Have conceded bristles goals above their four antecedent final accumulation matches, with their alone apple-pie area advancing in the 0-0 draw adjoin Cameroon in 2019.
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Avoiding defeat would mark alone the additional time they accept gone alternating accumulation matches afterwards losing, accepting fatigued all three in 2019.
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Faced aloof one attempt on ambition adjoin Botswana, the atomic they accept faced in a bout back at atomic 2010.
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Yohan Roche denticulate his aboriginal ambition for Benin adjoin Botswana.
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The ambition was Roche’s additional all-embracing ambition and his aboriginal back scoring in a 2-2 affable draw adjoin Zambia on 8 June 2021.
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Steve Mounié provided the abetment for Roche, his aboriginal ambition captivation in his fifth AFCON appearance.
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Mounié has recorded four ambition involvements in his aftermost bristles all-embracing matches for Benin, scoring alert and accouterment two assists.
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Olivier Verdon recorded 96 touches adjoin Botswana, the best by a Benin amateur in a distinct bout at AFCON 2025.
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Verdon attempted 84 passes in that match, commutual 80 for a canyon accurateness of 95%.
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Verdon has recorded 194 touches above Benin’s aboriginal two matches, the best of any Benin amateur at the tournament.
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He has additionally completed 13 line-breaking passes, the best for Benin.
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Junior Olaitan won 14 of 19 duels adjoin Botswana, the best by a Benin player, abaft alone Steve Mounié’s totals adjoin Guinea-Bissau (15) and Cameroon (17) at AFCON 2019.
Senegal – Key Statistics
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Drew their additional accumulation bout adjoin DR Congo afterwards aperture the clash with a 3-0 win over Botswana.
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Are now best in nine AFCON accumulation matches (W6 D3).
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Their aftermost group-stage defeat at AFCON came adjoin Algeria in 2019.
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Overall, Senegal are best in 13 AFCON matches in accessible play, with their aftermost defeat advancing in the 2019 final adjoin Algeria (W8 D5).
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Have kept eight apple-pie bedding during this 13-match best run.
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Across their aftermost 21 AFCON matches, Senegal accept conceded aloof seven goals, anniversary in abstracted matches.
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They accept not conceded added than one ambition in a bout back a 2-2 draw with Algeria in their final accumulation bout in 2017.
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That draw with Algeria charcoal the alone time they accept conceded added than already in their aftermost 24 AFCON matches.
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Their almanac in final accumulation matches reads: P17 W4 D7 L6.
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Have not absent their final accumulation bout at the aftermost four AFCON tournaments (W2 D2).
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Last absent their final accumulation bout in 2015, a 2-0 defeat to Algeria.
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A draw or achievement will see Senegal advance above the accumulation date for the 13th time in 18 AFCON appearances.
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Progression would mark a fourth after clash advancing above the accumulation stage; their aftermost group-stage abolishment came in 2015, allotment of a run of three alternating aboriginal exits.
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Sadio Mané denticulate Senegal’s equaliser adjoin DR Congo, demography his AFCON account to 10 goals.
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Mané has now denticulate at bristles AFCON editions: 2017, 2019, 2021, 2023 and 2025.
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His 10 AFCON goals accept appear in nine matches, with Senegal best in all of those amateur (W8 D1).
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The draw with DR Congo apparent the aboriginal time Mané denticulate at AFCON in a bout that Senegal did not win.
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DR Congo became the ninth altered nation Mané has denticulate adjoin at AFCON.
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It was additionally the aboriginal AFCON bout in which Mané denticulate to equalise.
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Mané contested 11 duels adjoin DR Congo, acceptable seven, the best by any Senegal amateur in the match.
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Senegal recorded 64% control adjoin DR Congo.
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Attempted 506 passes in the match, commutual 439.
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Moussa Niakhaté attempted 81 passes, commutual 74, the best of any amateur in the match.
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Niakhaté additionally registered the best line-breaking passes in the match.
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He additionally fabricated 19 final-third entries, added than any added amateur adjoin DR Congo.