MATCH STATS: Cabo Verde face Cameroon in TotalEnergies CAF WAFCON Morocco 2026 Group D
Debutants Cabo Verde will look to end their maiden TotalEnergies CAF Women’s Africa Cup of Nations campaign with a victory when they face Group D winners Cameroon at the Larbi Zaouli Stadium in Casablanca on Thursday, 6 August 2026, with kick-off at 21h00 local time (20h00 GMT).
Match Facts
• Cabo Verde have been eliminated following defeats in their opening two matches, while Cameroon are already through to the quarter-finals.
• Cameroon have faced WAFCON debutants on 10 previous occasions, recording six wins, two draws and two defeats.
• Both of Cameroon’s defeats against tournament debutants came at the inaugural edition in 1998. They lost 3-1 to Ghana in the group stage before going down 6-0 to Nigeria in the semi-finals.
• Three of the four matches Cameroon have failed to win against debutants came in 1998. They also drew the third-place play-off 3-3 with DR Congo before losing on penalties.
• The only other match Cameroon have failed to win against tournament debutants was a 1-1 group-stage draw with Togo in 2022.
• Cameroon’s most recent match against debutants ended in a 1-0 victory over Botswana in the 2022 repechage, which took them through to the inter-confederation play-offs for the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup.
• Cameroon have scored in nine of their 10 previous WAFCON matches against debutants. The only exception was their 6-0 semi-final defeat to Nigeria in 1998.
Cabo Verde – Key Statistics
• Cabo Verde have lost both their matches at the tournament, going down to Ghana and Mali.
• They will be facing a team from outside West Africa for the first time at the WAFCON.
• Cabo Verde are searching for their first points at the finals.
• Four of the five most recent tournament debutants before Cabo Verde earned at least one point. Malawi have done so at the current edition, while Burkina Faso, Togo and Botswana achieved the feat in 2022. Burundi, who lost all three of their games in 2022, were the only team who failed to earn a point.
• Evy Pereira drew Cabo Verde level at 1-1 in their 3-2 defeat to Mali, scoring their first goal at the WAFCON.
• Alivia Perry was also on target against Mali, scoring in the 88th minute. It is the latest goal scored in a WAFCON match involving Cabo Verde.
• Cabo Verde attempted 10 shots against Ghana, their most in a WAFCON match.
• They scored with two of their three shots on target against Mali.
• Pereira and Perry both scored with their only shots on target against Mali.
• Cabo Verde had 55% possession against Mali, the most they have recorded in a match at the tournament. They had only 36% possession in their opening game against Ghana.
• They completed 199 passes against Mali, their highest total at the tournament so far.
Cameroon – Key Statistics
• Cameroon have qualified for the quarter-finals as Group D winners.
• They have now progressed from the group stage in all 13 of their WAFCON appearances. Only Nigeria have advanced to the knockout rounds more often. Cameroon missed the previous edition after failing to qualify.
• Cameroon have won their opening two matches, defeating Mali 2-1 and Ghana 1-0.
• They have won all three of their group matches at a single edition only once before, in 2016.
• Cameroon are unbeaten in their last 11 group-stage games, recording eight wins and three draws.
• Their most recent group-stage defeat was a 1-0 loss to Ghana in their final group game in 2014.
• Across all rounds of the WAFCON, including the 2022 repechage, Cameroon have lost only one of their last 11 matches in open play. That defeat came against Nigeria in the 2022 quarter-finals.
• Cameroon defeated Ghana 1-0 in their most recent game, with Marie Ngah Manga converting a 19th-minute penalty.
• Ngah Manga has scored in both of Cameroon’s group matches.
• Both her goals have come in the first half. She also scored in the 14th minute of Cameroon’s opening victory over Mali.
• Ngah Manga’s penalty against Ghana was Cameroon’s only shot on target in the match.
• She is the first Cameroon player since Ajara Nchout in 2018 to score in the team’s opening two games at a WAFCON. Nchout scored in victories over Mali and Algeria.
• No Cameroon player has scored in all three group matches at the same WAFCON edition.
• Monique Ngock won a game-high 17 duels against Ghana, representing 89% of the duels she contested.
• Ngock attempted eight tackles against Ghana and won seven, giving her an 88% success rate.
• Achta Toko committed nine fouls against Ghana, the most by a Cameroon player in the match.
• Cameroon’s record in their final group games reads: played 12, won seven, drawn two and lost three.
• Their three defeats in final group games came in 1998, 2000 and 2014.
• Since losing their final group game in 2014, Cameroon have gone unbeaten in their last three such matches, recording two wins and one draw.