Africa Cup of Nations - Qualification Africa Cup of Nations - Qualification
Group Stage - 2• 29 Sept 2026

Somalia 0–2 Ivory Coast

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Ivory Coast left it late in Africa Cup of Nations qualifying, but they got the job done away to Somalia. The visitors were held scoreless for 88 minutes before Yann Gboho finally broke the deadlock, and Bazoumana Touré put it beyond doubt deep into stoppage time to make it 2-0. That late double lifts Ivory Coast to second in the group with three points and a winning start, while Somalia sit third after an opening defeat with nothing to show for the effort. It was the kind of match that looked destined for a goalless stalemate right up until the closing minutes, when Ivory Coast's quality finally told against a Somalia side that had frustrated them for long spells. Neither Gboho nor Touré features among the league's current top scorers, chasing E. Colley's tally at the top, but the timing of their goals mattered more than the names on the sheet. Watch how Gboho picks his moment in the 89th minute, then see Touré put the game away with a stoppage-time strike that Somalia had no answer for.

Match Statistics

Somalia
VS
Ivory Coast
26% Ball Possession 74%
1 Total Shots 23
0 Shots on target 6
0 Shots off target 12
1 Blocked Shots 5
1 Shots inside box 13
0 Shots outside box 10
0 Corner Kicks 9
3 Offsides 5
12 Fouls 15
1 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 0
4 Goalkeeper Saves 0
192 Total passes 651
122 Accurate passes 591
15 Free Kicks 12

Lineups

Somalia
Yusuf Ali Nur 4-3-3
VS
Ivory Coast
H. Renard 4-4-2
23Hussein
19Omar
15Omar
3Gigli Mohamed
2Mohamed
12Abatari
14Sharif
6Ahmed Osman
7Hassan
9Njie
10Suleiman
3Konan
21Ndicka
20Agbadou
15Zogbe

Substitutes — Somalia

98O. Addo 5Ahmed Abdullahi Abdi 20Ilyas Akram 4Mohamud Ali Mohamed 13Abdirahman Mohamud Jama 21Moussa Njie 99M. Omar 11A. Sabriye 1A. Saeed 22Abdiwali Abdirahman Mohamed