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AFCON Qualification Table & Preview After Yesterday’s Matches

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Mar 25, 2021.

Matches went down in the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) Qualification yesterday as teams played their Matchday five fixtures, EKO HOT BLOG gathered.

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Guinea won Mali 1-0 as they topped the Group A table, initially Mali was at the top of the group but after Guinea won them in yesterday’s fixture they dropped to second place.

Seydouba Soumah scored the only goal for Guinea down into the second half of the match, Seydouba. He scored the goal in a match where seven yellow cards were given out by the referee.

(2)Ethiopia won Madagascar 4-0 in yesterday’s match as they initially topped the Group K table.

Ethiopia had an impressive performance in a match where six yellow cards were shown by the referee.

Amanuel Gebremichael opened the scoring for Ethiopia in the opening minutes of the first half of, Getaneh Kebede extended their lead to 2-0 and Abubeker Nassir made it 3-0 for the hosts before the half time whistle went off.

Ethiopa had a comfortable 3-0 lead in the first half of the match. In the second half of the match, Shimeles Bekele Godo sealed victory for Ethiopa.

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Sudan won Sao Tome and Principe 2-0 as they went level on points with Ghana and South Africa.

Mohammed Abdel-Rahman and Saifeldin Malik Bakhit scored the two goals for Sudan as they got past Sao Tome and Principe.

South Sudan lost 1-0 to Malawi in yesterday’s match, Malawi who are currently seated at bottom place in the group B table managed to grab three points against South Sudan through a goal from Richard Mbulu.

Uganda played a disappointing goalless draw with Burkina Faso in the Group B.

After all matches played yesterday, this is how the Africa Cup of Nations qualifying table looks like.