Tunisia

Match report

Tunisia and Uganda played out a 1-1 draw in their African Cup of Nations qualification Group Stage opener on Wednesday. The result leaves both sides with a point after the opening fixture of the campaign. To be fair, neither team showed any clear superiority throughout the ninety minutes.

Adem Arous gave the hosts an early advantage at the twelfth minute. The goal came from a well-worked move that caught Uganda's defence flat-footed. Tunisia had pinned them back from the opening whistle, and that pressure eventually told.

Uganda found their way back into the contest through Rogers Mato at the sixty-eighth minute. The equaliser came after sustained pressure from the visitors, who had been chasing the game for nearly an hour. By then the momentum had shifted noticeably.

The manager made several changes in the second half, looking for a winner. Travis Mutyaba came on at sixty-three minutes before Mato himself was substituted at eighty-two. Tunisia responded with Mohamed Ali Ben Romdhane and Sebastian Tounekti, but neither side could break the deadlock.

The statistics tell the story of a game decided by moments rather than dominance. Both teams registered over a hundred attacks with possession split evenly at fifty percent. Tunisia had five shots on target compared to Uganda's four, but that margin made little difference.

The draw leaves both sides level on points after one match in the group. What matters now is how they build on this foundation in the fixtures ahead.

Prepared from match data

Key numbers

Possession, % 50 – 50

Shots on target 5 – 4

Shots off target 4 – 4

Attacks 109 – 110

⚽ 12' Adem Arous — Goal ⇄ 45' Khalil Ayari — Substitution ⇄ 45' Rayan Elloumi — Substitution ⇄ 63' Travis Mutyaba — Substitution ⚽ 68' Rogers Mato — Goal ⇄ 69' Ismael Gharbi — Substitution ⇄ 69' Sebastian Tounekti — Substitution ⇄ 77' Mohamed Ali Ben Romdhane — Substitution ⇄ 82' Rogers Mato — Substitution ⇄ 82' Allan Okello — Substitution ⇄ 90' Baba Alhassan — Substitution 🟨 90+2' Aziz Abdu Kayondo — Yellow card 🟨 90+2' Sadok Kadida — Yellow card

Match events

12' 1:0 Tunisia Goal Adem Arous assist: Khalil Ayari
45' 1:0 Tunisia Substitution Khalil Ayari off: sayfallah ltaief
45' 1:0 Tunisia Substitution Rayan Elloumi off: Sadok Kadida
63' 1:0 Uganda Substitution Travis Mutyaba off: James Bogere
68' 1:1 Uganda Goal Rogers Mato assist: Nathan Asiimwe
69' 1:1 Tunisia Substitution Ismael Gharbi off: Anis Ben Slimane
69' 1:1 Tunisia Substitution Sebastian Tounekti off: Elias Achouri
77' 1:1 Tunisia Substitution Mohamed Ali Ben Romdhane off: Hamza Rafia
82' 1:1 Uganda Substitution Rogers Mato off: Steven Dese Mukwala
82' 1:1 Uganda Substitution Allan Okello off: Allan Oyirwoth
90' 1:1 Uganda Substitution Baba Alhassan off: Hilary Mukundane
90+2' 1:1 Uganda Yellow card Aziz Abdu Kayondo
90+2' 1:1 Tunisia Yellow card Sadok Kadida

Statistics

50 Possession, % 50

5 Shots on target 4

4 Shots off target 4

109 Attacks 110

6 Corners 5

18 Fouls 12

14 Free kicks 19

2 Offsides 1

1 Yellow cards 1

0 Red cards 0

6 Goal kicks 8

20 Throw-ins 22

All statistics

2 Blocked shots 0

80 Failed passes 78

2 Goalkeeper saves 3

0.45 Shot accuracy 0.50

4 Shots from outside the box 6

9 Shots inside the box 3

491 Total passes 402

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