Egypt vs Benin: Africa Cup of Nations Clash Recap

Egypt ✓

3–1Match Finished

HT 0–0 · FT 1–1 · AET 2–0

Benin

Match Summary

In the Africa Cup of Nations, Egypt faced Benin in a highly anticipated matchup on January 5, 2026. The match showcased Egypt's determined play against a resilient Benin team. After a competitive opening, Egypt ultimately secured victory, concluding the match with a final score that reflected their dominance on the field. Fans were treated to a display of skill and strategy from both sides.

Match Events

13'Rami Rabia Handball Egypt
27'Junior Olaitan Foul Benin
29'Marwan Attia Foul Egypt
32'A. Tosin (J. Dossou) Benin
45+1'M. Hamdi (A. Fatouh) Egypt
59'Trezeguet (E. Ashour) Egypt
59'I. Adel (Zizo) Egypt
69'M. Attia (M. Hany) Egypt
77'S. D'Almeida (A. Samadou) Benin
77'D. Dodo (O. Tessilimi) Benin
79'Hamdy Fathy Foul Egypt
83'J. Dossou Benin
90+2'R. Aloko (R. Amoussou) Benin
97'Y. Ibrahim (M. Attia) Egypt
101'Mohamed Tijani Argument Benin
106'Ahmed Fatouh Time wasting Egypt
106'H. Imourane (G. Ahoudo) Benin
106'Y. Roche (M. Ahlinvi) Benin
108'Samadou Attidjikou Foul Benin
118'Matteo Ahlinvi Foul Benin
119'O. Marmoush (Mostafa Mohamed) Egypt
120'M. Salah (Zizo) Egypt

Statistics

Egypt		Benin
7	Shots on Goal	3
3	Shots off Goal	1
12	Total Shots	8
2	Blocked Shots	4
7	Shots insidebox	3
5	Shots outsidebox	5
15	Fouls	19
5	Corner Kicks	5
4	Offsides	1
55%	Ball Possession	45%
4	Yellow Cards	4
	Red Cards
3	Goalkeeper Saves	2
646	Total passes	510
533	Passes accurate	387
83%	Passes %	76%
	expected_goals
	goals_prevented

Lineups

Benin 4-4-1-1

19D. Dodo

Substitutes

Coach: Gernot Rohr

Egypt

23 M. El Shenawy G
6 Y. Ibrahim D
14 H. Fathy D
5 R. Rabia D
3 M. Hany M
7 Trezeguet M
19 M. Attia M
20 I. Adel M
12 M. Hamdi M
10 M. Salah F
22 O. Marmoush F

Substitutes

1 A. El Shenawy G
26 O. Shobeir G
4 H. Abdelmaguid D
24 A. Eid D
28 M. Ismail D
13 A. Fatouh D
2 K. Sobhi D
8 E. Ashour M
27 M. Saber M
15 M. Shehata M
25 Zizo M
11 Mostafa Mohamed F
18 M. Fathi F
21 O. Faisal F
9 S. Mohsen F

Player Stats

Top Rated: Yasser Ibrahim (highest match rating)

Egypt

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Rating
Mohamed El-Shenawy	G	120'	—	0	6.5
Yasser Ibrahim ★ Top Rated	D	120'	1	0	9.2
Hamdy Fathy	D	120'	—	0	7
Rami Rabia	D	120'	—	0	7.5
Mohamed Hany	M	120'	—	1	7.2
Mahmoud Trézéguet	M	59'	—	0	6.6
Marwan Attia	M	120'	1	1	8.3
Ibrahim Adel	M	59'	—	0	6.2
Mohamed Hamdi	M	44'	—	0	6.2
Mohamed Salah	F	120'	1	0	8.9
Omar Marmoush	F	119'	—	0	6.9
Ahmed Fatouh sub	D	76'	—	0	6.6
Zizo sub	M	61'	—	1	7
Emam Ashour sub	M	61'	—	0	6.9
Mostafa Mohamed sub	F	1'	—	0	—
Ahmed El-Shenawy sub	G	—	—	—	—
Mostafa Shobeir sub	G	—	—	—	—
Khaled Sobhi sub	D	—	—	—	—
Hossam Abdelmaguid sub	D	—	—	—	—
Mohamed Ismail sub	D	—	—	—	—
Ahmed Eid sub	D	—	—	—	—
Mohamed Shehata sub	M	—	—	—	—
Mostafa Fathy sub	F	—	—	—	—
Mahmoud Saber sub	M	—	—	—	—
Osama Faisal sub	F	—	—	—	—
Salah Mohsen sub	F	—	—	—	—

Full player stats

Player	Shots (on/tot)	Passes (tot/key/acc%)	Tackles	Duels (won/tot)	Dribbles (succ/att)	Fouls (drawn/comm)	Cards (Y/R)
Mohamed El-Shenawy	—	14/–/9%	—	—	—	—	0/0
Yasser Ibrahim	1/1	72/–/63%	7	11/14	—	1/–	0/0
Hamdy Fathy	—	93/1/83%	4	8/17	—	1/4	1/0
Rami Rabia	1/1	80/–/73%	2	9/10	–/1	1/1	1/0
Mohamed Hany	—	51/2/41%	5	9/12	1/2	2/–	0/0
Mahmoud Trézéguet	—	27/–/23%	—	3/6	–/1	1/–	0/0
Marwan Attia	1/1	73/2/60%	2	2/5	—	–/2	1/0
Ibrahim Adel	—	35/–/28%	4	4/12	–/1	–/2	0/0
Mohamed Hamdi	—	13/–/7%	1	2/8	–/2	–/1	0/0
Mohamed Salah	3/3	41/3/32%	2	11/20	5/6	4/2	0/0
Omar Marmoush	1/1	26/–/22%	2	5/9	1/2	1/2	0/0
Ahmed Fatouh	—	44/1/29%	2	7/12	1/2	3/–	1/0
Zizo	—	34/3/29%	1	4/11	1/5	1/–	0/0
Emam Ashour	–/3	42/–/33%	1	10/15	4/6	3/1	0/0
Mostafa Mohamed	—	1/–/1%	—	—	—	—	0/0
Ahmed El-Shenawy	—	—	—	—	—	—	0/0
Mostafa Shobeir	—	—	—	—	—	—	0/0
Khaled Sobhi	—	—	—	—	—	—	0/0
Hossam Abdelmaguid	—	—	—	—	—	—	0/0
Mohamed Ismail	—	—	—	—	—	—	0/0
Ahmed Eid	—	—	—	—	—	—	0/0
Mohamed Shehata	—	—	—	—	—	—	0/0
Mostafa Fathy	—	—	—	—	—	—	0/0
Mahmoud Saber	—	—	—	—	—	—	0/0
Osama Faisal	—	—	—	—	—	—	0/0
Salah Mohsen	—	—	—	—	—	—	0/0

Benin

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Rating
Marcel Dandjinou	G	120'	—	0	7
Tamimou Ouorou	D	120'	—	0	6.9
Olivier Verdon	D	120'	—	0	6.3
Mohamed Tijani	D	120'	—	0	6.3
Yohan Roche	D	105'	—	0	7
Rodolfo Aloko	M	89'	—	0	6.5
Sessi D'Almeida	M	77'	—	0	7.2
Hassane Imourane	M	105'	—	0	6.5
Junior Olaitan	M	120'	—	0	6.2
Dokou Dodo	F	77'	—	0	6.5
Aiyegun Tosin	F	32'	—	0	6.6
Jodel Dossou sub	F	88'	1	0	6.3
Samadou Attidjikou sub	M	43'	—	0	6.3
Olatoundji Tessilimi sub	F	43'	—	0	6.7
Romaric Amoussou sub	M	31'	—	0	6
Gislain Ahoudo sub	M	15'	—	0	6.7
Matteo Ahlinvi sub	M	15'	—	0	6.5
Saturnin Allagbe sub	G	—	—	—	—
Adebiyi Marcel Serge Obassa sub	G	—	—	—	—
David Kiki sub	D	—	—	—	—
Charlemagne Azongnitode sub	D	—	—	—	—
Rodrigue Fassinou sub	D	—	—	—	—
Razack Rachidou sub	M	—	—	—	—
Rodrigue Kossi sub	M	—	—	—	—
Adam Akimey sub	F	—	—	—	—
Mariano Ahouangbo sub	M	—	—	—	—

Full player stats

Player	Shots (on/tot)	Passes (tot/key/acc%)	Tackles	Duels (won/tot)	Dribbles (succ/att)	Fouls (drawn/comm)	Cards (Y/R)
Marcel Dandjinou	—	35/–/19%	1	2/2	—	—	0/0
Tamimou Ouorou	—	58/–/41%	5	8/13	—	1/–	0/0
Olivier Verdon	—	74/–/62%	1	2/4	—	–/1	0/0
Mohamed Tijani	—	58/–/49%	1	3/6	—	1/–	1/0
Yohan Roche	—	36/–/30%	3	4/7	—	1/1	0/0
Rodolfo Aloko	—	16/1/10%	4	7/15	–/1	1/3	0/0
Sessi D'Almeida	—	36/–/35%	1	4/7	—	1/1	0/0
Hassane Imourane	—	55/–/42%	5	6/14	–/1	–/2	0/0
Junior Olaitan	1/1	43/1/33%	1	6/19	2/6	2/2	1/0
Dokou Dodo	—	20/–/12%	3	7/17	2/5	2/2	0/0
Aiyegun Tosin	–/1	2/–/2%	—	2/3	—	2/–	0/0
Jodel Dossou	2/2	19/–/12%	2	3/12	–/2	1/2	0/0
Samadou Attidjikou	—	25/–/18%	1	2/7	—	1/2	1/0
Olatoundji Tessilimi	—	11/–/9%	1	5/9	—	1/–	0/0
Romaric Amoussou	—	8/1/4%	—	–/5	—	–/2	0/0
Gislain Ahoudo	—	7/–/4%	1	4/6	—	—	0/0
Matteo Ahlinvi	—	7/1/5%	1	1/5	–/2	–/1	1/0
Saturnin Allagbe	—	—	—	—	—	—	0/0
Adebiyi Marcel Serge Obassa	—	—	—	—	—	—	0/0
David Kiki	—	—	—	—	—	—	0/0
Charlemagne Azongnitode	—	—	—	—	—	—	0/0
Rodrigue Fassinou	—	—	—	—	—	—	0/0
Razack Rachidou	—	—	—	—	—	—	0/0
Rodrigue Kossi	—	—	—	—	—	—	0/0
Adam Akimey	—	—	—	—	—	—	0/0
Mariano Ahouangbo	—	—	—	—	—	—	0/0

Match Info

Competition: Africa Cup of Nations
Round: Round of 16
Venue: Stade Adrar, Agadir
Referee: Pierre Ghislain Atcho, Gabon