Algeria and Burkina Faso both fabricated acceptable starts in Accumulation E and will be targeting a additional achievement that would defended accomplishment for the Round of 16 aback they accommodated in their additional accumulation bout at the Moulay Hassan Stadium on 28 December. Kick-off is at 16h00 bounded time (15h00 GMT).
This will be the fourth affair amid the two nations at the Africa Cup of Nations finals. They ahead met in 1996, 1998 and at the aftermost copy in 2023.
All of their AFCON encounters accept taken abode in the accumulation stage, and this is the additional time they face anniversary added at alternating AFCON tournaments, afterwards affairs in 1996 and 1998.
Across their three antecedent AFCON meetings, anniversary ancillary has recorded one win, with one bout catastrophe in a draw. Both teams accept denticulate in all three of those encounters.
Their aboriginal AFCON affair came in Accumulation B on 24 January 1996, aback Algeria won 2-1 in their final accumulation match. Khaled Lounici denticulate in the 2nd minute and Billel Dziri added a additional in the 75th, while Boureima Zongo pulled one aback for Burkina Faso backward on.
At the 1998 finals, both teams had absent their aperture matches aback they met in Accumulation A. Hosts Burkina Faso claimed a 2-1 win, with Kassoum Ouédraogo converting a 75th-minute amends and Seydou Traoré scoring two account later. Moussa Saïb denticulate from the atom for Algeria in the 82nd minute.
Their best contempo AFCON affair came at the 2023 edition, area their Accumulation D affray concluded in a 2-2 draw. Burkina Faso led alert through Mohamed Konaté and a Bertrand Traoré penalty, afore Baghdad Bounedjah denticulate both of Algeria’s goals, including an equaliser abysmal into second-half abeyance time.
Overall, this will be the 20th affair amid the sides. Algeria and Burkina Faso accept anniversary won six of the antecedent 19 matches, with seven draws.
The aftermost three affairs amid the teams accept concluded in draws, including two accessories in 2026 FIFA World Cup condoning and their 2023 AFCON group-stage encounter. The aftermost bout to aftermath a champ was in November 2013, aback Algeria won 1-0 at home in World Cup condoning to advance on abroad goals.
Algeria accept denticulate in anniversary of their aftermost seven matches adjoin Burkina Faso, while Burkina Faso accept begin the net in their aftermost three affairs with Algeria.
PAST MEETINGS
OVERALL Algeria: P19 W6 D7 L6 GF24 GA19 GD 5 Burkina Faso: P19 W6 D7 L6 GF19 GA24 GD-5
AFCON ONLY Algeria: P3 W1 D1 L1 GF5 GA5 GD0 Burkina Faso: P3 W1 D1 L1 GF5 GA5 GD0
PAST AFCON MEETINGS
1996, Accumulation B, 24 January Algeria 2 (Lounici 2’, Dziri 75’) Burkina Faso 1 (Zongo 83’)
1998, Accumulation A, 11 February Burkina Faso 2 (Ouédraogo 75’ pen, Traoré 77’) Algeria 1 (Saïb 82’ pen)
2023, Accumulation D, 20 January Algeria 2 (Bounedjah 51’, 90 5’) Burkina Faso 2 (Konaté 45 3’, Traoré 71’ pen)
Algeria – Key Statistics
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Opened with a 3-0 win over Sudan.
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Won their aperture AFCON bout for the aboriginal time back 2019, afterwards draws in 2021 and 2023.
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Ended a six-game winless run at AFCON, their antecedent achievement advancing in the 2019 final.
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Had gone six group-stage matches afterwards a win above-mentioned to acquisition Sudan.
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Have started an AFCON with alternating wins on four antecedent occasions: 1982, 1984, 1990 and 2019.
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Have won their additional accumulation bold 10 times at AFCON, but alone already in their aftermost six appearances.
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Have absent their additional accumulation bold alone already afterwards acceptable the opener, in 2015.
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Riyad Mahrez denticulate alert adjoin Sudan to booty his AFCON account to eight goals.
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Mahrez is now Algeria’s best arch scorer at AFCON.
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The Sudan bout was his fourth AFCON clash in which he has scored.
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It was the additional time Mahrez has denticulate a brace in an AFCON match.
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He is the alone Algerian amateur to account two goals in assorted AFCON games.
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Ibrahim Maza’s ambition adjoin Sudan was Algeria’s 100th at AFCON.
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Baghdad Bounedjah now has seven AFCON ambition involvements (five goals, two assists).
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Ramy Bensebaïni led all players for touches, passes attempted and passes completed adjoin Sudan.
Burkina Faso – Key Statistics
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Began with a 2-1 win over Equatorial Guinea afterwards acceptance first.
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It was the aboriginal time at AFCON they had appear from abaft to win a group-stage match.
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Named their oldest starting XI at AFCON in the aftermost seven editions.
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Have won their aftermost two aperture AFCON matches afterwards declining to win their aboriginal 12 openers.
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Have never ahead started an AFCON with alternating wins.
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Their aftermost two AFCON opening-match winners accept appear afterwards the 90th minute.
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Recorded 67% control adjoin Equatorial Guinea, their accomplished at AFCON back at atomic 2010.
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Scored alert above the 90th minute in the aforementioned AFCON bout for the aboriginal time.
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Three of their aftermost six AFCON goals accept been denticulate by substitutes.
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Georgi Minoungou denticulate his aboriginal all-embracing ambition in his fifth appearance.
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Edmond Tapsoba denticulate his aboriginal AFCON ambition in his 11th appearance.
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Tapsoba led all players for touches and passes completed.
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Faced alone one attempt on target, which resulted in a ambition conceded.
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Dango Ouattara completed all bristles of his distill attempts.
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Blati Touré won control added times than any added amateur in the match.