A echo of the 2021 TotalEnergies CAF Africa Cup of Nations final beckons as 2021 champions Senegal booty on seven-time winners Egypt, who are attractive for a 10th final appearance. The last-four affray will be played at the Grande Stade de Tangier on 14 January at 18h00 bounded time (17h00 GMT).
Senegal accept played all of their amateur in Tangier, while Egypt played their aboriginal bristles matches in Agadir.
This is the sixth AFCON affair amid the sides.
Of their antecedent bristles AFCON meetings, anniversary aggregation has won two games. Three of their clashes came at the accumulation stages in 1986, 2000 and 2002, while their affair at the 2006 affray was in the semi-finals.
This is their additional affair in an AFCON semi-final.
The champ of a knockout affray amid Senegal and Egypt has consistently been crowned African champions, a book that has occurred twice, in 2006 and 2021.
Their aftermost AFCON affair came in the 2021 final, the alone bout amid the nations to end in a draw, with Senegal acceptable their aboriginal appellation afterwards prevailing on penalties afterward a 0–0 draw.
The teams aboriginal met at the AFCON in 1986, back Egypt, as hosts, were defeated 1–0 by Senegal in Cairo in their aperture accumulation match. The Pharaohs recovered to go on and win the title.
At the 2000 AFCON, Egypt defeated Senegal 1–0 in a accumulation match, while two years later, in 2002, Senegal exacted animus with a 1–0 victory.
Current Egypt drillmaster Hossam Hassan denticulate the Pharaohs’ alone ambition in their 1–0 win over Senegal at the 2000 AFCON, accolade the net in the 36th minute. Both teams progressed to the quarter-finals from the accumulation and were alone at that stage.
During their aperture bout at the 2002 AFCON, Lamine Diatta’s ambition gave Senegal a 1–0 win. Both teams afresh progressed to the knockout stages, with Senegal finishing the affray as runners-up.
Egypt belted the semi-final on home clay in 2006 with a 2–1 achievement on their way to a fifth AFCON title. Ahmed Hassan adapted a 37th-minute penalty, Mamadou Niang equalised in the 52nd minute, afore Amr Zaki denticulate Egypt’s additional in the 81st minute. Hassan additionally appeared as a backward acting in the match.
Across their four AFCON matches that produced a champ in accessible play, both teams accept denticulate alone once, in the 2006 semi-final. Indeed, beyond their 15 antecedent affairs in all competitions, alone that bout has apparent both teams score.
The abandon additionally met in condoning for the 2015 AFCON, area Senegal progressed at Egypt’s expense. Senegal won the aboriginal accumulation affair in Dakar on 5 September 2014 by 2–0, with goals from Mame Biram Diouf in the 17th minute and Sadio Mané in the 45th.
In the acknowledgment bout on 15 November 2015, Diouf afresh scored, applique the alone ambition of a 1–0 win for Senegal in the eighth minute in Cairo.
The best contempo encounters amid the teams came in the play-offs for the 2022 FIFA World Cup. Egypt won the aboriginal leg 1–0 in Cairo on 25 March 2022 through a fourth-minute own ambition by Saliou Cissé.
Senegal won the additional leg 1–0 in Dakar on 29 March 2022, with Boulaye Dia scoring the alone ambition in the fourth minute. Senegal progressed to Qatar afterwards acceptable the amends action 3–1 afterward a 1–1 accumulated draw.
Senegal accept won both amends shoot-outs contested amid the teams, at the 2021 AFCON and in the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifiers.
Mohamed Salah has faced Senegal bristles times and is yet to account adjoin them, recording one win, one draw and three defeats.
Sadio Mané has faced Egypt bristles times, scoring one ambition and recording three wins, one draw and one defeat.
Salah and Mané were teammates at English Premier League club Liverpool amid 2017 and 2022, featuring calm 223 times. Mané assisted Salah on 18 occasions, while Salah provided 17 assists for Mané.
Together at Liverpool, the brace won six above honours, including the Premier League in 2019–20 and the UEFA Champions League in 2018–19.
Salah and Mané aggregate the English Premier League Golden Boot accolade in the 2018–19 division alongside Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, with all three scoring 22 goals.
As Liverpool teammates, Salah was African Footballer of the Year in 2017 and 2018, while Mané won the accolade in 2019 and 2022.
Mané has created the joint-most affairs at the accepted AFCON with 14, alongside Ademola Lookman, while Salah follows with 12.
PAST MEETINGS OVERALL Senegal: P15 W5 D3 L7 GF7 GA9 GD-2Egypt: P15 W7 D3 L5 GF9 GA7 GD 2
AFCON ONLY Senegal: P5 W2 D1 L2 GF3 GA3 GD0Egypt: P5 W2 D1 L2 GF3 GA3 GD0
PAST AFCON MEETINGS 1986 Accumulation A, 7 March 1986 Senegal 1 (Youm 67’) Egypt 0, Cairo International Stadium, Cairo 2000 Accumulation C, 28 January 2000 Egypt 1 (H. Hassan 39’) Senegal 0, Sani Abacha Stadium, Kano 2002 Accumulation D, 20 January 2002 Egypt 0 Senegal 1 (Diatta 82’), Stade Modibo Kéïta, Bamako 2006 Semi-final, 7 February 2006 Egypt 2 (A. Hassan 37’ pen, Zaki 81’) Senegal 1 (Niang 52’), Cairo International Stadium, Cairo 2021 Final, 6 February 2022 Senegal 0 Egypt 0 (AET, Senegal won 4–2 on penalties)
Senegal – Key Statistics
Defeated Mali 1–0 to ability the semi-finals for the aboriginal time back 2021. Accept denticulate in their aftermost nine AFCON matches. Aftermost bootless to account in their 0–0 draw with Egypt in the 2021 final, which they won on penalties. Are now 16 matches best at AFCON, aftermost accident in the 2019 final (W11 D5). Accept won four amateur at the accepted edition, aftermost acceptable bristles in 2019. Accept gone through their aboriginal bristles matches at an AFCON best for the additional time, forth with 2002 back they did not lose any of their six matches (W4 D2). Accept denticulate 11 goals at the accepted finals, the best they accept denticulate at a distinct edition. Accept denticulate in all bristles matches and accept never ahead denticulate in six amateur at the aforementioned finals. Accept alone denticulate in bristles matches at an AFCON already before, in 2019. Are best in their aftermost seven AFCON knockout matches, acceptable bristles in accessible play, one on penalties and accident one on penalties. Aftermost absent a knockout bout in 2019, the final adjoin Algeria. In absolute knockout matches excluding finals and third-place games, are best in their aftermost 10 matches (W8 D2), aftermost accident in the 2006 semi-final to Egypt. Accept won both knockout matches in accessible play, aftermost acceptable three knockout matches in a row in 2019. Drillmaster Pape Thiaw was at the captain back Senegal won the 2022 CHAN tournament, acquisition Madagascar 1–0 in the semi-final. Achievement would see Thiaw become the aboriginal drillmaster to advance Senegal to the final of two chief CAF tournaments. Senegal are actualization in the semi-finals for the sixth time, afterwards 1990, 2002, 2006, 2019 and 2021. They accept ahead accomplished the final on three occasions, in 2002, 2019 and 2021. Achievement would accelerate them to their fourth final and additional in North Africa, accepting additionally accomplished the final in Egypt in 2019. Achievement would see them ability the final for the third time in four editions. Their three semi-final wins accept all appear in accessible play, with two acute added time. They won the 2002 semi-final adjoin Nigeria 2–1 afterwards added time. They additionally won their 2019 semi-final in added time adjoin Tunisia. Their aftermost semi-final actualization in 2021 concluded in a 3–1 win over Burkina Faso. They absent semi-finals in 1990 to Algeria and in 2006 to Egypt, both by 2–1 scorelines. This is their fourth semi-final adjoin North African opposition. They accept denticulate in all bristles AFCON semi-final matches. They accept kept one apple-pie area in AFCON semi-finals, adjoin Tunisia in 2019. Mané has 19 AFCON ambition involvements, with 10 goals and nine assists. Mané has created 14 chances, the best by a Senegalese player. Idrissa Gueye has fabricated 369 passes, the best by a Senegalese player. Senegal accept denticulate 11 goals, additional alone to Nigeria (14). They accept registered the best shots on ambition (43). They accept attempted 2550 passes, the best of any team, with the third-best casual accurateness amount at 87 percent.
Egypt – Key Statistics
Bidding to become the aboriginal aggregation to ability 10 AFCON finals, currently angry with Ghana on nine. Aftermost actualization in the final was in 2021. Accept never accomplished an AFCON final in North Africa back they were not hosts. This is the extreme Egypt accept progressed at a affray hosted in North Africa alfresco of Egypt. They were alone in the accumulation stages in 1988, 1990 and 2004, and accomplished the quarter-finals in 1994. Should they ability the final, it will be their third in bristles editions and aboriginal back 2021. Egypt accept accomplished AFCON finals in 1957, 1959, 1986, 1998, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2017 and 2021. Achievement over Côte d’Ivoire in the quarter-finals was their 64th AFCON win, the best by any nation. They accept denticulate nine goals, with alone three advancing in the accumulation date and six in the knockout rounds. They accept conceded four goals, the best amid the semi-finalists alongside Nigeria. They are now 15 AFCON matches best in accessible comedy (W7 D8). Their aftermost open-play defeat came in their aperture bout in 2021, a 1–0 accident to Nigeria. They accept won their aftermost two matches adjoin West African opposition. They accept alone won three matches in a distinct AFCON copy adjoin West African teams already before, in 2010. The aboriginal ambition conceded adjoin Côte d’Ivoire was the 100th they accept conceded at AFCON, a account that now stands at 101. This is their 14th AFCON semi-final, and they accept progressed to the final nine times. Their alone semi-final defeats came in 1970, 1974, 1980 and 1984. Egypt accept progressed from anniversary of their aftermost seven semi-finals, the longest band in AFCON history. They aftermost bootless to advance from a semi-final in 1984, accident on penalties to Nigeria. Their aftermost open-play semi-final defeat was in 1974. Egypt accept bootless to account in alone one AFCON semi-final, adjoin Cameroon in 2021. In six of their antecedent 13 AFCON semi-finals, the acceptable allowance was a distinct goal. Their better semi-final win was a 4–0 achievement over Algeria in 2010. They accept contested 10 amends shoot-outs at AFCON, acceptable six and accident four. They accept absent their aftermost two shoot-outs, adjoin Senegal in 2021 and DR Congo in 2023. Mohamed Salah has denticulate 11 AFCON goals, the joint-second best for Egypt. Salah has denticulate four goals at the accepted tournament, his accomplished account at a distinct AFCON. Egypt accept not absent any AFCON bout in which Salah has denticulate (W9 D2). Salah has bristles ambition contributions at the accepted AFCON. Egypt accept had 27 shots on target, the third best at the tournament. They accept attempted 2304 passes, the atomic of the semi-finalists.