Box Occupation
South Africa
South Africa kept getting bodies into the area — 73% of their shots came from inside the box.
- Shots in the box
- 16 of 22
- Share
- 73%
Africa Cup of Nations - Qualification · Group Stage · 2
Eritrea
0 – 5
FT
HT 0–2
South Africa
Relebohile Mofokeng 19', 45+1'
Sphephelo Sithole 52'
Iqraam Rayners 63'
Luther Singh 90+4'
Africa Cup of Nations - Qualification
Group Stage · 2Eritrea0–5South Africa
4
Shots in the box
16
Expected goals were not reported for this fixture. Shots in the box is the closest measure the feed provides.
19′46′52′63′94′
Shot-by-shot xG is not available for this fixture. The timeline above shows the goals and cards recorded by the match feed.
Match report
Eritrea 0-5 South Africa
South Africa took apart Eritrea 5-0 at Al Salam Stadium in Africa Cup of Nations - Qualification. Mofokeng opened the scoring for South Africa on 19', Mofokeng added his second on 46', Sithole made it 3-0 to South Africa on 52', Rayners made it 4-0 to South Africa on 63' and Singh made it 5-0 to South Africa on 94'.
Expected goals were not reported for this fixture, so the closest read on chance quality is where the shots came from: Eritrea took 4 of their 11 attempts inside the box, South Africa 16 of 22. South Africa held 64.0% of the ball.
The numbers picked up more than the scoreline shows. South Africa graded out for box occupation — 16 of 22 shots in the box. Eritrea graded out for shooting from range — 7 of 11 shots from range.
R. Mofokeng came out of it with the best individual rating on the pitch, 9.8 for South Africa from 2 goals, 3 key passes and 6 shots.
It was a niggly afternoon: 24 fouls between them and 1 yellow card, with Eritrea conceding the most free-kicks (15).
Assembled by TackleZone from this fixture’s match events, team statistics and player ratings. Figures are as reported by the competition feed; where a statistic was not reported, it is left out rather than shown as zero. Longer written analysis is published for selected matches.
Quick stats
36%Possession64%
11Shots22
What the numbers say
3 readsShooting From Range
Eritrea
Eritrea could not get inside the box and settled for distance — 64% of their shots came from outside it.
- Shots from range
- 7 of 11
- Share
- 64%
Late Drama
Both teams
The game was still moving in the closing minutes — South Africa scored on 94′.
- Goals after 80′
- 1
- Last goal
- 94′
Timeline
🔄12'
B. Poggenpoel ↑ Bathusi Aubaas ↓
⚽19'
Relebohile Mofokeng — assist: Oswin Appollis
🟨33'
Olwethu Makhanya
Foul
⚽45+1'
Relebohile Mofokeng — assist: Samukele Kabini
Esrom Yohannes ↑ N. Embaye ↓
🔄45+2'
Half-time
⚽52'
Sphephelo Sithole
Yonatan Sebhatu ↑ Filimon Gerezgiher ↓
🔄58'
Maill Lundgren ↑ Jonas Idris Ibrahim ↓
🔄58'
⚽63'
Iqraam Rayners — assist: Oswin Appollis
🔄74'
Cassius Mailula ↑ Iqraam Rayners ↓
🔄74'
Lebone Seema ↑ Olwethu Makhanya ↓
🔄74'
Luther Singh ↑ Thapelo Maseko ↓
Yonael Yonas ↑ Ablelom Teklezgi ↓
🔄76'
Awed Issac Abeselom ↑ Nahom Girmai ↓
🔄77'
🔄79'
Themba Zwane ↑ Sphephelo Sithole ↓
⚽90+4'
Luther Singh — assist: Oswin Appollis
Match info
Kickoff
VenueAl Salam Stadium, Cairo
RefereeLamin Jammeh
CompetitionAfrica Cup of Nations - Qualification
Season2027
RoundGroup Stage · 2
StatusMatch Finished