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Egypt
Africa Cup of Nations
Show score
3 - 1
Full time
Benin
Egypt vs Benin: match report
Egypt hosted Benin at Le Grand Stade Agadir on Monday 5 January 2026, in the Africa Cup of Nations. Egypt have no reported absences; Benin are missing 1 (Andreas Hountondji). Pierre Atcho is the referee.
Result and scorers
Egypt 3-1 Benin. Goals: Marawan Attia 69' for Egypt; Jodel Dossou 83' for Benin; Yasser Ibrahim 97' for Egypt; Mohamed Salah 120'+4' for Egypt. Attendance: 20,191.
Key moments (contains the result)
- 13' Yellow card: Ramy Rabia (Egypt)
- 27' Yellow card: Junior Olaitan (Benin)
- 29' Yellow card: Marawan Attia (Egypt)
- 69' Goal: Marawan Attia (Egypt) 1-0
- 79' Yellow card: Hamdy Fathy (Egypt)
- 83' Goal: Jodel Dossou (Benin) 1-1
- 97' Goal: Yasser Ibrahim (Egypt) 2-1
- 101' Yellow card: Mohamed Tijani (Benin)
- 106' Yellow card: Ahmed Fatouh (Egypt)
- 108' Yellow card: Samadou Attidjikou (Benin)
- 118' Yellow card: Matteo Ahlinvi (Benin)
- 120'+4' Goal: Mohamed Salah (Egypt) 3-1
Match stats (contains the result)
| 55.4% | Possession | 44.6% |
| 12 | Shots | 8 |
| 7 | Shots on target | 3 |
| 5 | Corners | 5 |
| 15 | Fouls | 19 |
| 4 | Offsides | 1 |
| 3 | Saves | 2 |
| 4 | Yellow cards | 4 |
| 0 | Red cards | 0 |
Line-ups
Egypt 3-5-2
Coach: Hossam Hassan
- 23 Mohamed El Shenawy GK
- 6 Yasser Ibrahim DEF
- 14 Hamdi Fathi MID
- 5 Rami Rabia DEF
- 3 Mohamed Hany DEF
- 7 Trezeguet FWD
- 19 Marwan Ateya MID
- 20 Ibrahim Adel FWD
- 12 Mohamed Hamdi DEF
- 10 Mohamed Salah FWD
- 22 Omar Marmoush FWD
Bench
- 13 Ahmed Abou El Fotouh DEF
- 8 Emam Ashour MID
- 25 Zizo MID
- 11 Mostafa Mohamed FWD
- 1 Ahmed El Shenawy GK
- 26 Mostafa Ahmed Shobeir GK
- 24 Ahmed Eid DEF
- 4 Hossam Abdelmaguid DEF
- 2 Khaled Sobhi DEF
- 28 Mohamed Ismail DEF
- 27 Mahmoud Saber MID
- 15 Mohamed Shehata MID
- 18 Mostafa Fathi FWD
- 21 Osama Faisal FWD
- 9 Salah Mohsen FWD
Benin 4-4-1-1
Coach: Gernot Rohr
- 1 Marcel Dandjinou GK
- 3 Tamimou Ouorou DEF
- 6 Olivier Verdon DEF
- 13 Mohamed Tijani DEF
- 5 Yohan Roche DEF
- 17 Rodolfo Aloko FWD
- 15 Sessi D'Almeida MID
- 8 Hassane Imourane MID
- 18 Junior Olaitan MID
- 19 Dokou Dodo MID
- 10 Aiyegun Tosin FWD
Bench
- 20 Jodel Dossou FWD
- 4 Attidjikou Samadou MID
- 25 Olatoundji Tessilimi FWD
- 22 Romaric Amoussou MID
- 27 Gislain Ahoudo MID
- 7 Matteo Ahlinvi MID
- 16 Saturnin Allagbe GK
- 23 Serge Obassa GK
- 26 Charlemagne Azongnitode DEF
- 12 David Kiki DEF
- 2 Rodrigue Fassinou DEF
- 28 Adam Akimey MID
- 14 Mariano Ahouangbo MID
- 24 Razack Rachidou MID
- 21 Rodrigue Kossi Fiogbe MID
Injuries and suspensions
Egypt
No reported absences.
Benin
- Andreas Hountondji injury, back Late April 2026
Previous meetings
- Wednesday 20 January 2010: Egypt 2-0 Benin
- Wednesday 19 November 2008: Egypt 5-1 Benin
- Sunday 4 September 2005: Egypt 4-1 Benin
- Sunday 4 July 2004: Benin 3-3 Egypt