After 36 games in the first stage of the tournament, Africa Cup of Nations is all in readiness to enter the next phase, the Round of 16. The R16 will begin on Friday, July 5, evening according to Indian Standard Time. The first game will take place between the Group D table-toppers Morocco and Benin, which finished third in Group F owing to three draws.
Besides Mickael Pote’s two goals against Ghana, Benin doesn’t have much to show as two of its games ended in goalless draws. Benin will now play against Morocco who have along with playing decent football, lucky! Bark scored a 90-minute goal against South Africa, while against Namibia, it was Itamunua Keimuine’s own goal which resulted in their win.
Venue: Al-Salam Stadium Cairo
Date & Time: 5th July 2019, 9:30 PM
Team Squads
Morocco
Yassine Bounou, Achraf Hakimi, Noussair Mazraoui, Manuel da Costa, Medhi Benatia(captain), Romain Saïss, Hakim Ziyech, Karim El Ahmadi, Sofiane Boufal, Younès Belhanda, Fayçal Fajr, Munir Mohand Mohamedi, Khalid Boutaïb, Mbark Boussoufa, Youssef Aït Bennasser, Nordin Amrabat, Nabil Dirar, Mehdi Bourabia, Youssef En-Nesyri, Oussama Idrissi, Yunis Abdelhamid, Ahmed Reda Tagnaouti, Abdelkrim Baadi
Benin
Fabien Farnolle, Séidou Barazé, Khaled Adénon, Tidjani Anaane, Junior Salomon, Olivier Verdon, David Djigla, Jordan Adéoti, Steve Mounié, Mickaël Poté, Emmanuel Imorou, David Kiki, Moise Adilehou, Cebio Soukou, Sessi D’Almeida, Saturnin Allagbé, Stéphane Sessègnon(captain), Mama Séïbou, Segbé Azankpo, Jodel Dossou, Rodrigue Kossi, Rodrigue Fassinou, Chérif Dine Kakpo
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Morocco Vs Benin: About the teams
Morocco
Morocco won the African Nations Cup in 1976. They became the first African team to win a group at the World Cup in 1986.
Benin
The Benin national football team comes under the control of the Benin Football Federation. The team has never qualified for the World Cup. It has though qualified for African Nations Cup in 2004, 2008, 2010 and 2019.
Head to Head Record between Morocco and Benin in previous clashes
Total Matches between teams:
Morocco won: 5
Drawn: 0
Benin won: 0
Probable Playing XI for Morocco Vs Benin
Morocco playing XI: Bounou; Hakimi, Saiss, Costa/Benatia, Dirar; Boussoufa, El Ahmadi; Ambrabat; Belhanda, Ziyech; En-Nesyri
Benin playing XI: Farnolle; Baraze, Adenon, Verdon, Imorou; Adeoti; Dossou, Sessegnon, Mickael Pote; Djigla
