Late Drama
Both teams
The game was still moving in the closing minutes — Ivory Coast scored on 95′.
- Goals after 80′
- 2
- Last goal
- 95′
Africa Cup of Nations - Qualification · Group Stage · 2
Somalia
0 – 2
FT
HT 0–0
Ivory Coast
Yann Gboho 89'
Bazoumana Touré 90+5'
Africa Cup of Nations - Qualification
Group Stage · 2Somalia0–2Ivory Coast
1
Shots in the box
13
Expected goals were not reported for this fixture. Shots in the box is the closest measure the feed provides.
89′95′
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
Somalia 0-2 Ivory Coast
Ivory Coast saw off Somalia 2-0 at Stade Felix Houphouet-Boigny in Africa Cup of Nations - Qualification. Gboho opened the scoring for Ivory Coast on 89' and Touré made it 2-0 to Ivory Coast on 95'.
Expected goals were not reported for this fixture, so the closest read on chance quality is where the shots came from: Somalia took 1 of their 1 attempts inside the box, Ivory Coast 13 of 23. Ivory Coast held 74.0% of the ball.
It was settled late — Gboho struck on 89' to swing it Ivory Coast's way with the game otherwise level.
The numbers picked up more than the scoreline shows. Ivory Coast graded out for set-piece siege — 9 corners.
L. Zogbe came out of it with the best individual rating on the pitch, 7.3 for Ivory Coast from 1 key pass, 2 shots and 3 tackles.
It was a niggly afternoon: 27 fouls between them and 2 yellow cards, with Ivory Coast 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
26%Possession74%
1Shots23
What the numbers say
2 readsSet-Piece Siege
Ivory Coast
Ivory Coast turned the game into a dead-ball contest with 9 corners.
- Corners
- 9
- Opponent
- 0
Timeline
Sakariya Hassan
Foul
🟨44'
Mohamud Ali Mohamed ↑ Faysal Omar ↓
🔄45'
Half-time
🔄65'
Rayan Fofana ↑ Sepe Elye Wahi ↓
🔄65'
Bazoumana Touré ↑ Nicolas Pépé ↓
🔄65'
Patrick Zabi ↑ Christ Inao Oulaï ↓
Osman Abdulkadir Addo ↑ Moussa Njie ↓
🔄69'
🟨79'
Patrick Zabi
Dissent
Mohamed Ahmed Osman ↑ M. Suleiman ↓
🔄80'
🔄83'
Yann Gboho ↑ Franck Kessié ↓
I. Abatari ↑ Sakariya Hassan ↓
🔄86'
⚽89'
Yann Gboho
⚽90+5'
Bazoumana Touré
Match info
Kickoff
VenueStade Felix Houphouet-Boigny, Abidjan
RefereeDavid Chinoko
CompetitionAfrica Cup of Nations - Qualification
Season2027
RoundGroup Stage · 2
StatusMatch Finished