MATCH STATS: Senegal vs Egypt – TotalEnergies CAF Africa Cup of Nations Morocco 2025 Semi-final

A repeat of the 2021 TotalEnergies CAF Africa Cup of Nations final beckons as 2021 champions Senegal take on seven-time winners Egypt, who are looking for a 10th final appearance. The last-four clash will be played at the Grande Stade de Tangier on 14 January at 18h00 local time (17h00 GMT).

Senegal have played all of their games in Tangier, while Egypt played their first five matches in Agadir.

This is the sixth AFCON meeting between the sides.

Of their previous five AFCON meetings, each team has won two games. Three of their clashes came at the group stages in 1986, 2000 and 2002, while their meeting at the 2006 tournament was in the semi-finals.

This is their second meeting in an AFCON semi-final.

The winner of a knockout clash between Senegal and Egypt has always been crowned African champions, a scenario that has occurred twice, in 2006 and 2021.

Their last AFCON meeting came in the 2021 final, the only match between the nations to end in a draw, with Senegal winning their first title after prevailing on penalties following a 0–0 draw.

The teams first met at the AFCON in 1986, when Egypt, as hosts, were defeated 1–0 by Senegal in Cairo in their opening group match. The Pharaohs recovered to go on and win the title.

At the 2000 AFCON, Egypt defeated Senegal 1–0 in a group match, while two years later, in 2002, Senegal exacted revenge with a 1–0 victory.

Current Egypt coach Hossam Hassan scored the Pharaohs’ only goal in their 1–0 win over Senegal at the 2000 AFCON, finding the net in the 36th minute. Both teams progressed to the quarter-finals from the group and were eliminated at that stage.

During their opening match at the 2002 AFCON, Lamine Diatta’s goal gave Senegal a 1–0 win. Both teams again progressed to the knockout stages, with Senegal finishing the tournament as runners-up.

Egypt edged the semi-final on home soil in 2006 with a 2–1 victory on their way to a fifth AFCON title. Ahmed Hassan converted a 37th-minute penalty, Mamadou Niang equalised in the 52nd minute, before Amr Zaki scored Egypt’s second in the 81st minute. Hassan also appeared as a late substitute in the match.

Across their four AFCON matches that produced a winner in open play, both teams have scored only once, in the 2006 semi-final. Indeed, across their 15 previous meetings in all competitions, only that match has seen both teams score.

The sides also met in qualifying for the 2015 AFCON, where Senegal progressed at Egypt’s expense. Senegal won the first group meeting in Dakar on 5 September 2014 by 2–0, with goals from Mame Biram Diouf in the 17th minute and Sadio Mané in the 45th.

In the return match on 15 November 2015, Diouf again scored, netting the only goal of a 1–0 win for Senegal in the eighth minute in Cairo.

The most recent encounters between the teams came in the play-offs for the 2022 FIFA World Cup. Egypt won the first leg 1–0 in Cairo on 25 March 2022 through a fourth-minute own goal by Saliou Cissé.

Senegal won the second leg 1–0 in Dakar on 29 March 2022, with Boulaye Dia scoring the only goal in the fourth minute. Senegal progressed to Qatar after winning the penalty shoot-out 3–1 following a 1–1 aggregate draw.

Senegal have won both penalty shoot-outs contested between the teams, at the 2021 AFCON and in the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifiers.

Mohamed Salah has faced Senegal five times and is yet to score against them, recording one win, one draw and three defeats.

Sadio Mané has faced Egypt five times, scoring one goal and recording three wins, one draw and one defeat.

Salah and Mané were teammates at English Premier League club Liverpool between 2017 and 2022, featuring together 223 times. Mané assisted Salah on 18 occasions, while Salah provided 17 assists for Mané.

Together at Liverpool, the pair won six major honours, including the Premier League in 2019–20 and the UEFA Champions League in 2018–19.

Salah and Mané shared the English Premier League Golden Boot award in the 2018–19 season alongside Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, with all three scoring 22 goals.

As Liverpool teammates, Salah was African Footballer of the Year in 2017 and 2018, while Mané won the award in 2019 and 2022.

Mané has created the joint-most chances at the current AFCON with 14, alongside Ademola Lookman, while Salah follows with 12.

PAST MEETINGS

OVERALL
Senegal: P15 W5 D3 L7 GF7 GA9 GD-2Egypt: P15 W7 D3 L5 GF9 GA7 GD+2

AFCON ONLY
Senegal: P5 W2 D1 L2 GF3 GA3 GD0Egypt: P5 W2 D1 L2 GF3 GA3 GD0

PAST AFCON MEETINGS
1986 Group A, 7 March 1986
Senegal 1 (Youm 67’) Egypt 0, Cairo International Stadium, Cairo

2000 Group C, 28 January 2000
Egypt 1 (H. Hassan 39’) Senegal 0, Sani Abacha Stadium, Kano

2002 Group D, 20 January 2002
Egypt 0 Senegal 1 (Diatta 82’), Stade Modibo Kéïta, Bamako

2006 Semi-final, 7 February 2006
Egypt 2 (A. Hassan 37’ pen, Zaki 81’) Senegal 1 (Niang 52’), Cairo International Stadium, Cairo

2021 Final, 6 February 2022
Senegal 0 Egypt 0 (AET, Senegal won 4–2 on penalties)

Senegal – Key Statistics

• Defeated Mali 1–0 to reach the semi-finals for the first time since 2021.
• Have scored in their last nine AFCON matches.
• Last failed to score in their 0–0 draw with Egypt in the 2021 final, which they won on penalties.
• Are now 16 matches unbeaten at AFCON, last losing in the 2019 final (W11 D5).
• Have won four games at the current edition, last winning five in 2019.
• Have gone through their first five matches at an AFCON undefeated for the second time, along with 2002 when they did not lose any of their six matches (W4 D2).
• Have scored 11 goals at the current finals, the most they have scored at a single edition.
• Have scored in all five matches and have never previously scored in six games at the same finals.
• Have only scored in five matches at an AFCON once before, in 2019.
• Are unbeaten in their last seven AFCON knockout matches, winning five in open play, one on penalties and losing one on penalties.
• Last lost a knockout match in 2019, the final against Algeria.
• In direct knockout matches excluding finals and third-place games, are unbeaten in their last 10 matches (W8 D2), last losing in the 2006 semi-final to Egypt.
• Have won both knockout matches in open play, last winning three knockout matches in a row in 2019.
• Coach Pape Thiaw was at the helm when Senegal won the 2022 CHAN tournament, defeating Madagascar 1–0 in the semi-final.
• Victory would see Thiaw become the first coach to lead Senegal to the final of two senior CAF tournaments.
• Senegal are appearing in the semi-finals for the sixth time, after 1990, 2002, 2006, 2019 and 2021.
• They have previously reached the final on three occasions, in 2002, 2019 and 2021.
• Victory would send them to their fourth final and second in North Africa, having also reached the final in Egypt in 2019.
• Victory would see them reach the final for the third time in four editions.
• Their three semi-final wins have all come in open play, with two requiring extra time.
• They won the 2002 semi-final against Nigeria 2–1 after extra time.
• They also won their 2019 semi-final in extra time against Tunisia.
• Their last semi-final appearance in 2021 ended in a 3–1 win over Burkina Faso.
• They lost semi-finals in 1990 to Algeria and in 2006 to Egypt, both by 2–1 scorelines.
• This is their fourth semi-final against North African opposition.
• They have scored in all five AFCON semi-final matches.
• They have kept one clean sheet in AFCON semi-finals, against Tunisia in 2019.
• Mané has 19 AFCON goal involvements, with 10 goals and nine assists.
• Mané has created 14 chances, the most by a Senegalese player.
• Idrissa Gueye has made 369 passes, the most by a Senegalese player.
• Senegal have scored 11 goals, second only to Nigeria (14).
• They have registered the most shots on target (43).
• They have attempted 2550 passes, the most of any team, with the third-best passing accuracy rate at 87 percent.

Egypt – Key Statistics

• Bidding to become the first team to reach 10 AFCON finals, currently tied with Ghana on nine.
• Last appearance in the final was in 2021.
• Have never reached an AFCON final in North Africa when they were not hosts.
• This is the furthest Egypt have progressed at a tournament hosted in North Africa outside of Egypt.
• They were eliminated in the group stages in 1988, 1990 and 2004, and reached the quarter-finals in 1994.
• Should they reach the final, it will be their third in five editions and first since 2021.
• Egypt have reached AFCON finals in 1957, 1959, 1986, 1998, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2017 and 2021.
• Victory over Côte d’Ivoire in the quarter-finals was their 64th AFCON win, the most by any nation.
• They have scored nine goals, with only three coming in the group stage and six in the knockout rounds.
• They have conceded four goals, the most among the semi-finalists alongside Nigeria.
• They are now 15 AFCON matches unbeaten in open play (W7 D8).
• Their last open-play defeat came in their opening match in 2021, a 1–0 loss to Nigeria.
• They have won their last two matches against West African opposition.
• They have only won three matches in a single AFCON edition against West African teams once before, in 2010.
• The first goal conceded against Côte d’Ivoire was the 100th they have conceded at AFCON, a tally that now stands at 101.
• This is their 14th AFCON semi-final, and they have progressed to the final nine times.
• Their only semi-final defeats came in 1970, 1974, 1980 and 1984.
• Egypt have progressed from each of their last seven semi-finals, the longest streak in AFCON history.
• They last failed to progress from a semi-final in 1984, losing on penalties to Nigeria.
• Their last open-play semi-final defeat was in 1974.
• Egypt have failed to score in only one AFCON semi-final, against Cameroon in 2021.
• In six of their previous 13 AFCON semi-finals, the winning margin was a single goal.
• Their biggest semi-final win was a 4–0 victory over Algeria in 2010.
• They have contested 10 penalty shoot-outs at AFCON, winning six and losing four.
• They have lost their last two shoot-outs, against Senegal in 2021 and DR Congo in 2023.
• Mohamed Salah has scored 11 AFCON goals, the joint-second most for Egypt.
• Salah has scored four goals at the current tournament, his highest tally at a single AFCON.
• Egypt have not lost any AFCON match in which Salah has scored (W9 D2).
• Salah has five goal contributions at the current AFCON.
• Egypt have had 27 shots on target, the third most at the tournament.
• They have attempted 2304 passes, the fewest of the semi-finalists.