The Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers’ second match will take place on Sunday afternoon at Stade Ben Ahmed El Abdi in Morocco, with Gambia taking on Tunisia.
After defeating Madagascar at home on the opening day of the campaign, Tunisia presently leads Group A with one point, followed by the Gambia in second place with one point.
After making it to the quarterfinals in 2021–22 and losing in the group stage in the most recent edition in the Ivory Coast earlier this year, Gambia is aiming to make it to the Africa Cup of Nations main draw for a third time in a row.
Last week, the Scorpions began their qualification campaign with a 1-1 draw against the Comoros.
Youssouf M’Changama’s opening goal eight minutes earlier was eliminated by Musa Barrow’s crucial goal just before halftime.
After being eliminated from the competition earlier this year in the group stage without winning a single match, Tunisia sees the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations as their opportunity to make amends.
Since then, the Carthage Eagles have participated in five games, with draws in their two friendlies in March against Croatia and New Zealand and victories (1-0) and draws (0-0) against Equatorial Guinea and Namibia in their World Cup qualifying back in June.
Tunisia, now led by Faouzi Benzarti, started their AFCON qualifying campaign well on Thursday night, defeating Madagascar 1-0 at Stade Olympique Hammadi-Agrebi.
Despite the fact that the Carthage Eagles possessed the ball for 65% of the game and had 17 shots on goal as opposed to their opponents’ seven, Tunisia was only able to win in the eighth minute of stoppage time thanks to Ferjani Sassi.
Nevertheless, the outcome was Tunisia’s sixth straight clean sheet going all the way back to a 1-1 draw with Mali in January, and they will probably prioritise keeping out their next opponents in this one as well.
Here is how both teams line up
Gambia Starting XI
Sibi, Colley, Gomez, Touray, Ceesay, Adams, Barry, Jallow, Barrow, Minteh, Sowe
Tunisia Starting XI
Memiche, Abdi,Meriah,Talbi, Bouchniba, Laidouni, Sassi, Rafia, Romdhane, Ben Ouanes, Ali Youssef.