MATCH STATS: Sudan vs Burkina Faso – TotalEnergies CAF Africa Cup of Nations Morocco 2025 Group E

Both Burkina Faso and Sudan have advanced from Group E of the TotalEnergies CAF Africa Cup of Nations Morocco 2025 but this meeting at the Stade Mohamed V in Casablanca will decide where they are placed in the group. Kick-off is at 17h00 local time (16h00 GMT).

This will be just the second competitive meeting between the two nations and their first clash at the AFCON finals since 2012.

Sudan head coach Kwesi Appiah previously faced Burkina Faso at the AFCON while in charge of Ghana, losing a 2013 semi-final encounter that ended 1–1 before the Black Stars were defeated 3–2 on penalties.

The sides’ only previous meeting came on matchday three of the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations. Sudan claimed a 2–1 victory thanks to a brace from Mudhather Karika, while Issiaka Ouédraogo scored a late consolation goal for Burkina Faso.

Sudan progressed from Group B alongside Côte d’Ivoire, who finished as group winners, while Burkina Faso ended bottom of the group.

 

PAST MEETINGS

OVERALL / AFCON ONLY
Sudan: P1 W1 D0 L0 GF2 GA1 GD+1
Burkina Faso: P1 W0 D0 L1 GF1 GA2 GD-1

 

PAST AFCON MEETINGS

2012 AFCON – Group B
30 January 2012: 
Sudan 2 (Mudhather Karika 33’, 79’) Burkina Faso 1 (Issiaka Ouédraogo 90+5’)

Sudan – Key Statistics

·       Defeated Equatorial Guinea 1–0 in their most recent group match.

·       Benefited from an own goal against Equatorial Guinea, becoming the first team to profit from an own goal at the 2025 AFCON.

·       Ended a run of five winless matches at AFCON with the victory over Equatorial Guinea.

·       Their previous AFCON victory prior to that came against Burkina Faso in 2012.

·       Were on a three-match losing run before their most recent win.

·       Last avoided defeat before AFCON 2025 in a 0–0 draw against Guinea-Bissau in their opening group match in 2021.

·       Have won just two of their last 17 AFCON matches (D6 L9).

·       Record in final group matches at AFCON: P7 W3 D1 L3.

·       Have won their final group match three times, in 1963, 1970 and 2012.

·       Recorded their biggest AFCON finals win in a final group match, defeating Nigeria 4–0 in 1963.

·       Have lost their final group match three times, in 1972, 2008 and 2021.

·       Suffered their heaviest final group match defeat in a 3–0 loss to Cameroon in 2008.

·       Victory would see Sudan win successive AFCON matches for the first time since 1970, when they beat Cameroon in the final group game, Egypt in the semi-final and Ghana in the final.

·       Victory would also see Sudan win successive group-stage matches at AFCON for the first time ever.

·       Recorded just 34.3% possession against Algeria earlier in the tournament.

·       Completed only 153 passes against Equatorial Guinea, the lowest total by a team winning an AFCON match since Mauritania completed 108 passes in their win over Algeria in 2023.

 

Burkina Faso – Key Statistics

·       Opened their group campaign with a win over Equatorial Guinea before losing 1–0 to Algeria.

·       Have lost three of their last four AFCON matches, including their final group game and Round of 16 match in 2023, and the defeat to Algeria at the current edition (W1).

·       Have conceded in each of their last five AFCON matches.

·       Last kept a clean sheet at AFCON in a 1–0 win over Mauritania in their opening group match of the 2023 tournament.

·       Conceded their eighth penalty at AFCON against Algeria, with only DR Congo (11), Mali (10) and Algeria (9) having conceded more.

·       Qualification for the knockout stages would see Burkina Faso progress from the group stage for the sixth time, after doing so in 1998, 2013, 2017, 2021 and 2023.

·       Progression would mark a fourth consecutive AFCON in which they have advanced beyond the group stages, extending their current national record.

·       Since 2013, they have been eliminated at the group stage only once, in 2015.

·       Record in final group matches at AFCON: P13 W2 D2 L9.

·       Have kept just three clean sheets across their 13 final group matches.

·       Have won their second group match at AFCON only twice, in 1998 (1–0 vs Guinea) and 2017 (2–0 vs Guinea-Bissau).

·       Have lost their final group match on nine previous occasions.

·       Have avoided defeat in their final group match just three times in their last 10 appearances, drawing in 2013 and 2021 and winning in 2017.

·       Hit the woodwork in their match against Algeria.

·       Edmond Tapsoba completed 52 passes against Algeria, the most by a Burkina Faso player in the match.

·       Bertrand Traoré played 20 passes into the final third, the most in the match against Algeria.

·       Gustavo Sangaré was involved in 18 duels against Algeria, winning 12 of them.