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Senegal
Benin vs Senegal: match report
Benin hosted Senegal at Ibn Batouta Stadium on Tuesday 30 December 2025, in the Africa Cup of Nations (round 3). Benin are without 1 player (Andreas Hountondji); Senegal are missing 1 (Assane Diao). Samuel Uwikunda is the referee.
Result and scorers
Benin 0-3 Senegal. Goals: Abdoulaye Seck 38' for Senegal; Habib Diallo 62' for Senegal; Cherif Ndiaye 90'+7' (pen) for Senegal. Attendance: 26,707.
Key moments (contains the result)
- 20' Yellow card: Dodo Dokou (Benin)
- 24' Yellow card: Tosin Aiyegun (Benin)
- 32' Yellow card: Lamine Camara (Senegal)
- 38' Goal: Abdoulaye Seck (Senegal) 0-1
- 62' Goal: Habib Diallo (Senegal) 0-2
- 71' Red card: Kalidou Koulibaly (Senegal)
- 82' Yellow card: Steve Mounié (Benin)
- 90'+4' Yellow card: Rachid Moumini (Benin)
- 90'+7' Penalty: Cherif Ndiaye (Senegal) 0-3
Match stats (contains the result)
| 48.9% | Possession | 51.1% |
| 7 | Shots | 10 |
| 4 | Shots on target | 6 |
| 4 | Corners | 4 |
| 20 | Fouls | 19 |
| 0 | Offsides | 0 |
| 3 | Saves | 4 |
| 4 | Yellow cards | 1 |
| 0 | Red cards | 1 |
Line-ups
Benin 4-2-3-1
Coach: Gernot Rohr
- 1 Marcel Dandjinou GK
- 3 Tamimou Ouorou DEF
- 6 Olivier Verdon DEF
- 13 Mohamed Tijani DEF
- 5 Yohan Roche DEF
- 8 Hassane Imourane MID
- 4 Attidjikou Samadou MID
- 10 Aiyegun Tosin FWD
- 19 Dokou Dodo MID
- 18 Junior Olaitan MID
- 9 Steve Mounie FWD
Bench
- 17 Rodolfo Aloko FWD
- 11 Rachid Moumini DEF
- 27 Gislain Ahoudo MID
- 22 Romaric Amoussou MID
- 16 Saturnin Allagbe GK
- 23 Serge Obassa GK
- 26 Charlemagne Azongnitode DEF
- 12 David Kiki DEF
- 2 Rodrigue Fassinou DEF
- 14 Mariano Ahouangbo MID
- 7 Matteo Ahlinvi MID
- 24 Razack Rachidou MID
- 21 Rodrigue Kossi Fiogbe MID
- 20 Jodel Dossou FWD
- 25 Olatoundji Tessilimi FWD
Senegal 4-3-3
Coach: Pape Thiaw
- 16 Edouard Mendy GK
- 15 Krepin Diatta DEF
- 4 Abdoulaye Seck DEF
- 3 Kalidou Koulibaly DEF
- 25 Malick Diouf DEF
- 17 Pape Sarr MID
- 5 Idrissa Gana Gueye MID
- 8 Lamine Camara MID
- 13 Iliman Ndiaye FWD
- 20 Habibou Mouhamadou Diallo FWD
- 10 Sadio Mané FWD
Bench
- 7 Habib Diarra MID
- 27 Ibrahim Mbaye FWD
- 2 Mamadou Sarr DEF
- 6 Pathé Ciss MID
- 12 Cherif Ndiaye FWD
- 23 Mory Diaw GK
- 1 Yehvann Diouf GK
- 24 Antoine Mendy DEF
- 14 Ismail Jakobs DEF
- 18 Ismaila Sarr MID
- 28 Mamadou Lamine Camara MID
- 26 Pape Gueye MID
- 9 Boulaye Dia FWD
- 21 Cheikh Sabaly FWD
- 11 Nicolas Jackson FWD
Injuries and suspensions
Benin
- Andreas Hountondji injury, back Late January 2026
Senegal
- Assane Diao injury, back Doubtful
Previous meetings
- Tuesday 26 March 2024: Senegal 1-0 Benin
- Saturday 17 June 2023: Benin 1-1 Senegal
- Saturday 4 June 2022: Senegal 3-1 Benin
- Thursday 3 October 2019: Senegal 1-0 Benin
- Wednesday 10 July 2019: Senegal 1-0 Benin