MATCH STATS: Côte d’Ivoire vs Burkina Faso – TotalEnergies CAF Africa Cup of Nations Morocco 2025 Round of 16

The final Round of 16 fixture at the TotalEnergies CAF Africa Cup of Nations Morocco 2025 will see West African neighbours Côte d’Ivoire and Burkina Faso face off at the Grand Stade Marrakech on 6 January 2026. Kick-off is scheduled for 20h00 local time (19h00 GMT).

The two nations share a 545-kilometre border, with Côte d’Ivoire lying to the south of Burkina Faso. The border runs west from a tripoint with Mali to another tripoint with Ghana in the east, underlining the close geographical and regional ties between the sides.

This will be the third meeting between the teams at the Africa Cup of Nations, having previously met in back-to-back group stage encounters in 2010 and 2012. Those meetings both came in the group phase, making this their first-ever AFCON knockout round clash.

In the 2010 finals, they were drawn in a three-team Group B alongside Ghana and met in their opening game in Lubango on 11 January, which ended goalless. Côte d’Ivoire progressed from the group along with Ghana. Current Côte d’Ivoire coach Emerse Faé was an unused substitute in that match.

They met again in Group B at the 2012 edition, where Côte d’Ivoire secured a 2-0 victory with goals from Salomon Kalou in the 16th minute and a Bakary Koné own goal in the 82nd minute. The Ivorians progressed from the group alongside Sudan. Côte d’Ivoire have kept a clean sheet in both previous AFCON meetings against Burkina Faso.

Overall, the two nations have met 20 times in all competitions. Côte d’Ivoire have recorded eight wins, Burkina Faso three, with nine matches ending in draws.

They were drawn together in qualifying for the 1996 AFCON, with both matches ending in draws as both nations qualified for the finals in South Africa. They also met in 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifying, where Côte d’Ivoire won both matches, 3-2 away and 5-0 at home.

The sides have twice been paired in CHAN qualifying, with Côte d’Ivoire progressing in 2022 and Burkina Faso qualifying ahead of the Ivorians in 2024.

PAST MEETINGS

OVERALL
Côte d’Ivoire: P20 W8 D9 L3 GF28 GA17 GD+11
Burkina Faso: P20 W3 D9 L8 GF17 GA28 GD-11

AFCON ONLY
Côte d’Ivoire: P2 W1 D1 L0 GF2 GA0 GD+2
Burkina Faso: P2 W0 D1 L1 GF0 GA2 GD-2

PAST AFCON MEETINGS
2010 – Group B, 11 January 2010
Côte d’Ivoire 0 Burkina Faso 0

2012 – Group B, 26 January 2012
Côte d’Ivoire 2 (Kalou 16’, Koné 82’) Burkina Faso 0

Côte d’Ivoire – Key Statistics

• Unbeaten in their last seven AFCON matches (W4 D3), including all three games at the current finals.• Have won five of their last seven AFCON games in open play (D2).
• Reached the knockout stage with group wins over Mozambique and Gabon, and a draw against Cameroon.
• Four of their five group-stage goals were scored in the second half; only Philippe Krasso’s 44th-minute goal against Mozambique came before the break.
• Eight of their last nine AFCON goals have been scored in the second half, six of them from the 65th minute onwards.
• Have scored in their last seven AFCON matches; their longest scoring run is nine games, spanning the 2013 and 2015 editions.
• Reached the Round of 16 for the fourth time; previously progressed at this stage in 2019 and 2023, and were eliminated in 2021.
• Defeated Mali 1-0 in the 2019 Round of 16, with Wilfried Zaha scoring in the 76th minute.
• Lost to Egypt on penalties in the 2021 Round of 16 after a 0-0 draw.
• Drew 1-1 with Senegal in the 2023 Round of 16 before winning 5-4 on penalties, after conceding in the 4th minute and equalising through Franck Kessié’s 86th-minute penalty.
• Have never lost an AFCON Round of 16 match in open play, recording one open-play win and one penalty shoot-out victory.
• No defending champion has won a Round of 16 match at AFCON; the last to reach the quarter-finals were Egypt in 2010.
• Since 2010, five defending champions have failed to reach the quarter-finals: Zambia (2013), Côte d’Ivoire (2017), Cameroon (2019), Algeria (2021) and Senegal (2023).
• As defending champions, this is only the second time Côte d’Ivoire have progressed beyond the group stage, after being eliminated in the group phase in 2017.
• Have not lost in open play in their last 10 AFCON knockout matches, winning six in open play and one on penalties; their three defeats in this run all came via shoot-outs.
• Last open-play knockout defeat was a 2-1 loss to Nigeria in the 2013 quarter-finals.
• Have been involved in 11 AFCON penalty shoot-outs (W5 L6), with five coming before the semi-final stage.
• Won a Round of 16 penalty shoot-out against Senegal in 2023 after a 1-1 draw.
• Have won and lost a penalty shoot-out at every knockout stage: Round of 16, quarter-final, semi-final and final.
• Have won their last three knockout matches in open play, all at the 2023 edition from the quarter-finals onwards.
• Victory would send them to the AFCON quarter-finals for the 12th time (1992, 1994, 1998, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2019, 2023).
• Came from two goals down to defeat Gabon 3-2 in their final group game, the first time they have won an AFCON match after trailing by two or more goals.
• Won an AFCON match after trailing at half-time for the first time since the 2023 final against Nigeria.
• Amad Diallo has scored in both of his starts (2 goals) and could become the first Ivorian to score 3+ goals in a single edition since Didier Drogba in 2012.
• Yan Diomandé has completed the most dribbles for Côte d’Ivoire (10), with his per-90 average the highest at the tournament among group-stage players.
• Against Gabon, Emmanuel Agbadou and Diomandé recorded 102 touches each, with both attempting 91 passes.
• Côte d’Ivoire lead the tournament for passing accuracy at 90%.
• Diallo and Franck Kessié have each created seven chances, the most by any Ivorian players at the finals.
• Coach Emerse Faé is unbeaten at AFCON since his appointment during the last finals (P7 W5 D2).
• Under Faé, all five of Côte d’Ivoire’s open-play wins have been by a single-goal margin, and they have scored in all seven matches while keeping two clean sheets.

Burkina Faso – Key Statistics

• Progressed from the group stage with wins over Equatorial Guinea and Sudan, and a loss to Algeria.
• Have reached the Round of 16 in all three tournaments in which they have participated at this stage.
• Passed the Round of 16 in 2021 but were eliminated at this stage in 2023.
• In their first Round of 16 match in 2021, drew 1-1 with Gabon after extra time before winning 7-6 on penalties.
• Lost 2-1 to Mali in the 2023 Round of 16.
• A Burkinabè player has scored an own goal in both of their previous Round of 16 matches.
• Have conceded in both previous Round of 16 games and are yet to win at this stage in open play.
• Victory would take them to the quarter-finals for the fifth time (1998, 2013, 2017, 2021).
• Have won two of their three matches at the current finals; a third win would equal their best-ever tally in a single edition (2017).
• Have been involved in six AFCON penalty shoot-outs (W3 L3).
• None of their AFCON knockout matches have ended 0-0.
• Dango Ouattara has scored two of Burkina Faso’s four goals at the tournament and leads his team for chances created (6) and completed dribbles (7).
• Edmond Tapsoba leads all defenders for line-breaking passes (45) and progressive carries (53), and has attempted the most passes for his team (230).
• Issoufou Dayo, Hervé Koffi, Arsène Kouassi and Edmond Tapsoba have started all three of Burkina Faso’s matches so far.