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Mali vs Tunisia: match report

Mali hosted Tunisia at Mohamed V Stadium on Saturday 3 January 2026, in the Africa Cup of Nations. Abongile Tom is the referee.

Result and scorers

Mali 1-1 Tunisia. Goals: Firas Chaouat 88' for Tunisia; Lassine Sinayoko 90'+6' (pen) for Mali. Attendance: 41,982.

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Key moments (contains the result)
  • 4' Yellow card: Mahamadou Doumbia (Mali)
  • 7' Yellow card: Dylan Bronn (Tunisia)
  • 17' Yellow card: Yves Bissouma (Mali)
  • 23' Yellow card: Mohamed Hadj Mahmoud (Tunisia)
  • 26' Red card: Woyo Coulibaly (Mali)
  • 60' Yellow card: Hannibal Mejbri (Tunisia)
  • 85' Yellow card: Firas Chaouat (Tunisia)
  • 88' Goal: Firas Chaouat (Tunisia) 0-1
  • 90'+2' Yellow card: Mohamed Ali Ben Romdhane (Tunisia)
  • 90'+6' Penalty: Lassine Sinayoko (Mali) 1-1
  • 103' Yellow card: Nene Dorgeles (Mali)
  • 109' Yellow card: Yassine Meriah (Tunisia)
  • 118' Yellow card: Ibrahima Sissoko (Mali)
Match stats (contains the result)
27.8%Possession72.2%
8Shots13
1Shots on target4
4Corners11
12Fouls29
1Offsides4
3Saves0
4Yellow cards6
1Red cards0

Line-ups

Mali 4-2-3-1

Coach: Tom Saintfiet

  1. 16 Djigui Diarra GK
  2. 26 Woyo Coulibaly DEF
  3. 5 Abdoulaye Diaby DEF
  4. 25 Ousmane Camara DEF
  5. 3 Amadou Dante DEF
  6. 10 Yves Bissouma MID
  7. 23 Aliou Dieng MID
  8. 20 Mamadou Sangare MID
  9. 11 Lassana Coulibaly MID
  10. 8 Mahamadou Doumbia MID
  11. 17 Lassine Sinayoko FWD

Bench

  • 7 Dorgeles Nene FWD
  • 9 El Bilal Touré FWD
  • 27 Gaoussou Diakite FWD
  • 24 Ibrahima Sissoko MID
  • 2 Hamari Traoré DEF
  • 1 Ismael Diawara GK
  • 22 Mamadou Samassa GK
  • 15 Mamadou Fofana DEF
  • 28 Nathan Gassama DEF
  • 13 Fodé Doucouré MID
  • 19 Kamory Doumbia MID
  • 12 Mohamed Camara MID
  • 14 Mamadou Camara FWD
  • 18 Mamadou Doumbia FWD

Tunisia 4-3-1-2

Coach: Sami Trabelsi

  1. 16 Aymen Dahmen GK
  2. 20 Yan Valery DEF
  3. 3 Montassar Talbi DEF
  4. 6 Dylan Bronn DEF
  5. 2 Ali Abdi MID
  6. 13 Ferjani Sassi MID
  7. 17 Ellyes Skhiri MID
  8. 11 Ismaël Gharbi FWD
  9. 10 Hannibal Mejbri MID
  10. 15 Hadj Mahmoud MID
  11. 9 Hazem Mastouri FWD

Bench

  • 4 Yassine Meriah DEF
  • 7 Elias Achouri FWD
  • 8 Elias Saad FWD
  • 19 Firas Chaouat FWD
  • 5 Mohamed Ali Ben Romdhane MID
  • 14 Mohamed Ben Ali DEF
  • 22 Bechir Ben Said GK
  • 1 Noureddine Farhati GK
  • 24 Adem Arous DEF
  • 12 Ali Maaloul DEF
  • 18 Nader Ghandri DEF
  • 21 Mortadha Ben Ouanes FWD
  • 23 Naim Sliti FWD
  • 26 Sebastian Tounekti FWD
  • 27 Seifeddine Jaziri FWD
Previous meetings
  • Saturday 20 January 2024: Tunisia 1-1 Mali
  • Tuesday 29 March 2022: Tunisia 0-0 Mali
  • Friday 25 March 2022: Mali 0-1 Tunisia
  • Wednesday 12 January 2022: Tunisia 0-1 Mali
  • Tuesday 15 June 2021: Tunisia 1-0 Mali