Accumulation A runners-up Mali face Accumulation C runners-up Tunisia in the Round of 16 of the TotalEnergies CAF Africa Cup of Nations Morocco 2025 at the Stade Mohammed V in Casablanca on Saturday, 3 January. Kick-off is at 20h00 bounded time (19h00 GMT).
This will be the 16th affair amid the two sides. Tunisia accept won seven of the antecedent 15 encounters, Mali five, with three draws.
The teams accept met four times advanced at the Africa Cup of Nations, with Mali actual best (W2 D2). This will be their aboriginal knockout-stage meeting, with all four antecedent AFCON clashes accepting appear in the accumulation stages.
They will be affair at a fourth alternating AFCON tournament, accepting additionally faced anniversary added in 2019, 2021 and 2023, afterwards aboriginal affair at the finals in 1994.
Mali defeated hosts Tunisia 2–0 in their aperture bout of the 1994 AFCON, advanced to the knockout circuit alongside DR Congo, while Tunisia were alone at the accumulation stage.
Their 2019 affair concluded 1–1 in their additional accumulation game, with both abandon advanced – Mali as accumulation winners and Tunisia as runners-up advanced of Angola and Mauritania.
At the 2021 edition, a 48th-minute amends from Ibrahima Koné handed Mali a 1–0 win in Limbe in their aperture Accumulation F match. Both teams progressed, Mali as accumulation winners and Tunisia in third place.
At the 2023 tournament, the abandon met afresh in their additional accumulation game, which concluded 1–1. Lassine Sinayoko gave Mali an aboriginal advance in the 10th minute afore Hamza Rafia equalised for Tunisia in the 20th. Mali progressed as accumulation winners forth with South Africa and Namibia, while Tunisia were eliminated.
Mali accept denticulate in all four of their AFCON affairs with Tunisia and kept apple-pie bedding in their 2–0 and 1–0 wins in 1994 and 2021. Mali accept denticulate aboriginal in all four AFCON affairs (W2 D2).
Three of Mali’s bristles AFCON goals adjoin Tunisia accept appear in the aboriginal half. Four of the seven absolute goals denticulate in AFCON affairs amid the abandon accept appear in the aboriginal half, with alone the 2019 and 2021 encounters bearing second-half goals.
PAST MEETINGS
OVERALL Tunisia: P15 W7 D3 L5 GF13 GA11 GD 2 Mali: P15 W5 D3 L7 GF11 GA13 GD-2
AFCON ONLY Tunisia: P4 W0 D2 L2 GF2 GA5 GD-3 Mali: P4 W2 D2 L0 GF5 GA2 GD 3
PAST AFCON MEETINGS 1994 – Accumulation A (26 March 1994) Tunisia 0 Mali 2 (Coulibaly 25’, Sidibe 35’)
2019 – Accumulation E (28 June 2019) Tunisia 1 (Khazri 70’) Mali 1 (Samassekou 60’)
2021 – Accumulation F (12 January 2022) Tunisia 0 Mali 1 (Kone pen 48’)
2023 – Accumulation E (20 January 2024) Tunisia 1 (Rafia 20’) Mali 1 (Sinayoko 10’)
Mali – Key Statistics
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Are into the knockout stages for a fourth alternating tournament
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Have progressed above the accumulation stages for a 10th time
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Have fatigued 24 of their 62 AFCON matches, cartoon added amateur than they accept won (21) or absent (17)
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Are winless in their aftermost four matches, their longest run back activity six amateur afterwards a win amid 2015 and 2017 (D5 L1)
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Finished additional in Accumulation A abaft Morocco
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Did not win any of their accumulation matches, cartoon 1–1 with Zambia and Morocco and 0–0 with Comoros
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Are on a four-match winless run at AFCON; aftermost win was a 2–1 Round of 16 achievement over Burkina Faso in 2023 (D3 L1)
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Are aggressive in the Round of 16 for a fourth time
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Lost 1–0 to Côte d’Ivoire in 2019; in 2021 drew 0–0 with Equatorial Guinea afore accident 6–5 on penalties
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At the 2023 edition, progressed accomplished the Round of 16 for the aboriginal time with a 2–1 win over Burkina Faso
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Victory would booty them to the quarter-finals for a seventh time (previously 1994, 2002, 2004, 2012, 2013, 2023)
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Have been complex in four AFCON matches that went to added time, three of which went to penalties
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Have won one of four AFCON matches absitively in added time in accessible comedy (4–3 v DR Congo, 1972 semi-final)
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Have contested three amends shoot-outs at AFCON, acceptable two and accident one
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Defeated hosts Gabon on penalties in the 2012 quarter-finals and hosts South Africa on penalties in the 2013 quarter-finals
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Last amends action was a 6–5 accident to Equatorial Guinea in the 2021 Round of 16
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Biggest knockout-stage defeats were 4–0 losses to Zambia (1994) and Morocco (2004), both semi-finals
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Amadou Haidara became the third Mali amateur beatific off at AFCON in the aftermost three editions
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No aggregation has accustomed added red cards than Mali in the aftermost three AFCON tournaments (3)
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Sinayoko had eight touches in the Comoros amends area; alone Moussa Marega (9 v Tunisia in 2019) has had added for Mali back 2010
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Are yet to account a first-half ambition at the accepted tournament
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Their aftermost four AFCON goals accept all appear in the additional half
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Nathan Gassama recorded 102 touches adjoin Comoros
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Ousmane Camara completed 89 passes adjoin Comoros
Tunisia – Key Statistics
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Reached the Round of 16 afterwards missing out in 2023
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Have progressed from the accumulation stages for the 14th time
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Only Egypt (20), Nigeria (19), Ghana (18), Côte d’Ivoire (17) and Cameroon (17) accept progressed added often
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Conceded in all three accumulation matches
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Beat Uganda 3–1, absent 3–2 to Nigeria, and drew 1–1 with Tanzania
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Have denticulate 105 AFCON goals and conceded 101 in 86 matches
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The draw with Tanzania was their 31st at AFCON
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Victory over Uganda was their alone win in the aftermost seven AFCON matches (D3 L3)
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Have kept aloof one apple-pie area in their aftermost seven AFCON matches
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Will attempt in the Round of 16 for a third time
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Have never absent in the Round of 16 (W1 D1)
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Beat Ghana on penalties in the 2019 Round of 16 afterwards a 1–1 draw
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Defeated Nigeria 1–0 in the 2021 Round of 16 through Youssef Msakni
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Progression would see them ability the quarter-finals for a 12th time
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Have accomplished the quarter-finals in bristles of their aftermost seven AFCON appearances
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Have been complex in six amends shoot-outs at AFCON, acceptable three and accident three
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Have absent four of their aftermost bristles matches that went to added time in accessible play
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Have been awarded two penalties at the accepted tournament, joint-most with Morocco and Mali
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Are the alone one of those teams to accept adapted both
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Had absent their antecedent four penalties (excluding shoot-outs) afore this edition
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Have abhorred defeat in their aftermost nine AFCON matches back scoring first
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Ismaël Gharbi denticulate his aboriginal AFCON ambition adjoin Tanzania
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Montassar Talbi attempted 79 passes adjoin Tanzania, the best by a Tunisia amateur at the 2025 AFCON
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Taibi and Dylan Bronn anniversary completed 70 passes in that match
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Have denticulate in their aftermost three matches, their longest scoring run back 2013–2015