AFCON 2021 final round: Malawi vs Senegal match facts
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Malawi will encounter Senegal in the final round of Group B fixtures, 17.00 today.
Malawi who is making their third appearance at the Africa Cup of Nations are on the brink of qualifying to the next round for the first time, if they can add a point or three pints to their existing three points against Senegal.
The Teranga Lions are currently on 4 points, and they will aim to end the group phase on a high note by securing three points in this match, and probably top the table depending on the outcome of the Zimbabwe vs Guinea match, which also start by 17.00 today.
Match Information
Group: B
Match
Malawi – Senegal
Date
18 January 2022
Time
17:00 local time (16:00 GMT)
Venue
Kouekong Stadium, Bafoussam
Malawi vs Senegal- match facts
- The Flames and the Teranga Lions are playing against each other for the first time in the Africa Cup of Nations.
- In the previous two AFCON appearances for Malawi, the Flames lost to Ghana (1978) and Mali (2010) in the final round of AFCON group phase fixtures. If Malawi win or draw Senegal, then this will be the first time they will avoid loss at the third round of the AFCON group phase fixtures.
- In the last 8 group phase games for Senegal since 2017. They record W5, D2, L1. They only lost to Algeria in the group phase of the 2019 edition. They also lost to the same team in the final. In that period, they kept 6 clean sheets and only conceded three goals.
- Senegal defeated all the teams (Tanzania, Uganda and Benin-all in 2019) they met for the first time in AFCON.
- Player in Focus- Gabadinho Mhango is the first ever Malawian player to score a brace in the Africa Cup of Nations, and he could become the first ever Malawi player to score in consecutive AFCON matches since Russell Mwafulirwa in January 2010. Besides, he just need a goal to be crowned Malawi highest goal scorer in their history of the biennial Africa Showpiece.
- Player in Focus: Edouard Mendy, Senegalese and Chelsea goalkeeper, is the first ever Africa goalkeeper to win the best FIFA men’s goalkeeper.
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