Senegal face the Democratic Republic of Congo of their opening Group A fixture on the TotalEnergies CAF Girls’s Africa Cup of Nations, Morocco 2024. The match can be performed in Mohammedia on Saturday (kick-off 15:00 native time / 14:00 GMT).
This can be simply the second WAFCON assembly between the 2 nations. Their first encounter got here within the group stage of the 2012 finals, the place Lucie Nono scored a 74th-minute penalty to offer DR Congo a 1-0 win in Malabo. Neither facet progressed from the group, with hosts Equatorial Guinea and South Africa reaching the semi-finals.
The latest conferences between Senegal and DR Congo have been a pair of friendlies held in Thies in July 2024. Senegal gained each matches, 1-0 and 2-0. Golf equipment from the 2 international locations additionally clashed on the 2024 CAF Girls’s Champions League, the place eventual champions TP Mazembe of DR Congo defeated Senegalese facet Aigles de la Médina 4-0 of their remaining Group A sport in Casablanca on 15 November.
This can be DR Congo’s sixth match on the WAFCON in opposition to West African opposition. Their document from the earlier 5 is one win and 4 defeats. That lone victory got here in opposition to Senegal in 2012. DR Congo suffered heavy losses to Nigeria (6-0) and Ghana (4-1) in 1998, and have been overwhelmed by Mali (3-2) and Ghana (3-1) within the 2006 group stage.
Throughout these 5 video games, DR Congo have conceded 16 objectives and scored 5, with their solely clear sheet coming within the win over Senegal.
Senegal – Key Information
· That is Senegal’s third WAFCON finals look after debuting in 2012 and returning in 2022.
· They misplaced all three matches in 2012, together with to DR Congo, South Africa, and hosts Equatorial Guinea.
· In 2022, they reached the quarterfinals, profitable their opening two group video games (2-0 vs Uganda and 1-0 vs Burkina Faso) earlier than dropping to Morocco and exiting on penalties to Zambia after a 1-1 draw.
· Senegal failed to attain in 2012, however netted 4 objectives and conceded simply two of their 5 video games in 2022 (together with the World Cup play-off).
· They stored three clear sheets in 2022 after none in 2012.
· They’ve gained one and misplaced one among their two opening WAFCON matches: a loss to DR Congo in 2012 and a win over Uganda in 2022.
· Ndeye Diakhate scored Senegal’s first-ever WAFCON purpose of their 2022 opener, changing a Thirty ninth-minute penalty.
· For the third time in three appearances, Senegal are drawn in a gaggle with the hosts (Equatorial Guinea in 2012, Morocco in 2022 and 2024).
· Their largest WAFCON win to this point was the 2-0 victory over Uganda in 2022.
· Coach Mame Moussa Cissé is main the crew at a WAFCON finals for the second time, having taken over in 2019.
· Senegal certified for Morocco 2024 by defeating Mozambique 3-2 on combination within the first spherical and Egypt 4-0 on combination within the second.
Democratic Republic of Congo – Key Information
· That is DR Congo’s fourth WAFCON look after taking part in 1998, 2006, and 2012.
· They return to the finals after a 12-year absence.
· Their greatest efficiency got here in 1998 once they completed third.
· DR Congo membership TP Mazembe gained the 2024 CAF Girls’s Champions League in Morocco, beating hosts AS FAR 1-0 within the remaining.
· DR Congo reached the finals by defeating Benin 4-2 on combination and Equatorial Guinea 3-2 on combination in qualifying.
· Merveille Kanjinga, a CAF Girls’s Champions League winner with TP Mazembe, scored in three separate qualifying matches.
· DR Congo have by no means misplaced their opening sport at a WAFCON: they beat Egypt 4-1 in 1998, drew 1-1 with Cameroon in 2006, and beat Senegal 1-0 in 2012.
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· They scored in six consecutive WAFCON matches between 1998 and 2012, together with a 3-3 draw with Cameroon in 1998 and all three group video games in 2006.
· Nevertheless, they’ve solely gained as soon as of their final eight WAFCON matches (D2 L5).
· Their largest win stays the 4-1 victory over Egypt in 1998; their heaviest defeats have been 6-0 losses to Nigeria (1998) and Equatorial Guinea (2012).
· Throughout 11 WAFCON matches, DR Congo’s video games have produced 45 objectives (a mean of 4.1 per sport). Solely one among their matches has ended 0-0 (vs Morocco in 1998).
· They’ve failed to attain in simply three of these 11 matches and stored solely two clear sheets — in opposition to Morocco (1998) and Senegal (2012).
