MATCH STATS: Côte d’Ivoire face Burkina Faso in TotalEnergies CAF WAFCON Morocco 2026 Group B

Côte d’Ivoire and Burkina Faso open their TotalEnergies CAF Women’s Africa Cup of Nations Morocco 2026 campaigns with a Group B clash at the Larbi Zaouli Stadium in Casablanca on Monday (kick-off 21h00 local time; 20h00 GMT).

Match Facts

• West African rivals Côte d’Ivoire and Burkina Faso will meet at the TotalEnergies CAF Women’s Africa Cup of Nations for the first time.
• Côte d’Ivoire are facing West African opposition for the third time at WAFCON. Their previous two meetings were against Nigeria in 2012 and 2014, ending in 3-1 and 4-2 defeats respectively.
• This will be Côte d’Ivoire’s ninth game at WAFCON. Burkina Faso are the seventh different team they will face, following previous meetings with Nigeria and Cameroon twice each, and Ethiopia, Namibia, South Africa and Zambia once each.
• Burkina Faso’s only previous game against a WAFU opponent ended in a 1-0 loss to Senegal in their second group match in 2022.
• Côte d’Ivoire are the fourth different team Burkina Faso will face at the finals, following previous meetings with Morocco, Senegal and Uganda.

Côte d’Ivoire – Key Statistics

• WAFCON appearances: 2 (2012, 2014).
• Best result: Third place (2014).
• Côte d’Ivoire return to the finals after a 12-year absence.
• They made their tournament debut in 2012 and returned in 2014, but have not featured since.
• Côte d’Ivoire finished third in 2014, their best placing at the finals, having been eliminated in the group stage on their tournament debut in 2012.
• They have recorded one win and one defeat in their opening games at the finals, defeating Ethiopia 5-0 in 2012 and losing 4-2 to Nigeria in 2014.
• Their two opening games have produced a combined 11 goals, at an average of 5.5 per match. Côte d’Ivoire scored seven of those goals, averaging 3.5 per game.
• Their 5-0 victory over Ethiopia in their opening game in 2012 is their biggest win at the finals.
• Ines Nrehy is the only Ivorian player to have scored a hat-trick at the finals, doing so in their 5-0 victory over Ethiopia in their opening game in 2012.
• Nrehy is Côte d’Ivoire’s leading scorer at the tournament, with seven goals across two editions. She scored four in 2012 and three in 2014.
• Côte d’Ivoire won their most recent game at the finals, defeating South Africa 1-0 in the 2014 third-place play-off. Victory against Burkina Faso would see them win successive WAFCON games for the first time.
• Seven of the eight games Côte d’Ivoire have played at the finals have produced a winner, with the Ivorians winning three and losing five.
• Their only draw was a 1-1 stalemate against Zambia in their final group game in 2014.
• Côte d’Ivoire are yet to be involved in a 0-0 draw at WAFCON.
• They have scored in all eight of their games at the finals.
• Côte d’Ivoire have conceded in six of their eight WAFCON games. Their only clean sheets came in their 5-0 group-stage victory over Ethiopia in 2012 and their 1-0 win against South Africa in the 2014 third-place play-off.
• Reynald Pedros replaced Clémentine Touré as coach of Côte d’Ivoire in January 2025, ending Touré’s 13-year spell in the position.
• Pedros finished as WAFCON runner-up with Morocco in 2022, leading the Atlas Lionesses beyond the group stage for the first time.
• Pedros’ Morocco team defeated Burkina Faso 1-0 in their opening game of the 2022 WAFCON, with Ghizlane Chebbak scoring the only goal in the 29th minute.
• At the 2022 WAFCON, Pedros’ Morocco side finished as Group A winners, while Burkina Faso ended third behind Senegal and were eliminated.

Burkina Faso – Key Statistics

• WAFCON appearances: 1 (2022).
• Best result: Group stage (2022).
• Burkina Faso return to the finals after missing the last edition, having made their tournament debut in 2022.
• They finished third in their group on their tournament debut in 2022.
• Burkina Faso lost their opening two games in 2022, suffering 1-0 defeats against Morocco and Senegal.
• They collected their first WAFCON point with a 2-2 draw against Uganda in their final group game in 2022.
• Burkina Faso have never scored first or led in a game at the finals.
• Adama Congo became the first Burkinabe player to score at WAFCON when she equalised against Uganda to make it 1-1 in their 2-2 draw in 2022.
• Burkina Faso are aiming for their first WAFCON victory.
• They are yet to keep a clean sheet at WAFCON.
• Burkina Faso have conceded four goals at the finals, with three coming in the first half.
• Their only second-half goal conceded came in their 1-0 loss to Senegal in their second game in 2022, when Korka Fall converted an 84th-minute penalty.
• Burkina Faso overcame Burundi 5-1 on aggregate in the first round of qualifying. They won the first leg 1-0 away from home before recording a 4-1 home victory in the second leg, courtesy of a Naomie Kabré hat-trick.
• Burkina Faso secured their second WAFCON qualification by defeating Togo 3-0 on aggregate in the second qualifying round. Rihanatou Sawadogo and Adèle Kabré scored in a 2-0 first-leg victory before Adama Congo struck in the 1-0 second-leg win.
• They are coached by Pascal Sawadogo, who was also at the helm when they last featured at the finals and now leads them into their second WAFCON tournament.