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Eritrea vs South Africa

Eritrea
0–5 Full time
South Africa

Group Stage - 2Wednesday, 30 September 2026Al Salam Stadium, Cairo

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Eritrea 0–5 South Africa — Africa Cup of Nations - Qualification, Wednesday, 30 September 2026. Full-time result, kick-off time and match details on FutToday.

Match statistics

4 Shots on goal 9
11 Total shots 22
36% Possession 64%
298 Total passes 662
6 Corner kicks 8
15 Fouls 9
0 Yellow cards 1
0 Red cards 0

Timeline

  1. 12' B. Poggenpoel off Bathusi Aubaas South Africa
  2. 19' Relebohile Mofokeng Assist Oswin Appollis South Africa
  3. 33' Olwethu Makhanya Yellow Card South Africa
  4. 45+1' Relebohile Mofokeng Assist Samukele Kabini South Africa
  5. 45+2' Esrom Yohannes off N. Embaye Eritrea
  6. 52' Sphephelo Sithole South Africa
  7. 58' Yonatan Sebhatu off Filimon Gerezgiher Eritrea
  8. 58' Maill Lundgren off Jonas Idris Ibrahim Eritrea
  9. 63' Iqraam Rayners Assist Oswin Appollis South Africa
  10. 74' Cassius Mailula off Iqraam Rayners South Africa
  11. 74' Lebone Seema off Olwethu Makhanya South Africa
  12. 74' Luther Singh off Thapelo Maseko South Africa
  13. 76' Yonael Yonas off Ablelom Teklezgi Eritrea
  14. 77' Awed Issac Abeselom off Nahom Girmai Eritrea
  15. 79' Themba Zwane off Sphephelo Sithole South Africa
  16. 90+4' Luther Singh Assist Oswin Appollis South Africa

Line-ups

Eritrea

5-4-1 Hesham Yakan

Starting XI

  1. 1 Yonathan Abel Sultan G
  2. 16 Hennos Asmelash D
  3. 33 Jozef Misignha D
  4. 5 Nahom Tadese Mekonen D
  5. 14 Namrud Embaye D
  6. 3 Jonas Idris Ibrahim D
  7. 7 F. Gerezgiher M
  8. 8 Ablelom Teklezgi M
  9. 9 T. Tekie M
  10. 20 N. Girmai Netabay M
  11. 10 A. Sulieman F

Substitutes

  1. 26 A. Alemseged F
  2. 22 Malik Abdulrahman G
  3. 12 Yoel Kebreab G
  4. 11 Romel Abdu Mahmud M
  5. 18 Y. Yilma M
  6. 29 N. Gebrezgi F
  7. 31 Y. Sebhatu D
  8. 23 I. Lundgren F
  9. 30 Awed Issac Abeselom F
  10. 17 F. Ibrahim F
  11. 2 M. Beraky D
  12. 15 Yonael Yonas M
  13. 19 Esrom Yohannes F
  14. 32 Joel Gerezgiher M

South Africa

4-2-3-1 Pitso Mosimane

Starting XI

  1. 1 R. Williams G
  2. 25 K. Sebelebele D
  3. 21 I. Okon D
  4. 24 O. Makhanya D
  5. 18 S. Kabini D
  6. 13 S. Sithole M
  7. 30 B. Aubaas M
  8. 12 T. Maseko M
  9. 10 R. Mofokeng M
  10. 7 O. Appollis M
  11. 15 I. Rayners F

Substitutes

  1. 2 T. Matuludi D
  2. 27 C. Mailula F
  3. 28 T. Morena D
  4. 5 L. Seema D
  5. 3 K. Ndamane D
  6. 14 F. Basadien D
  7. 17 L. Singh F
  8. 20 B. Poggenpoel M
  9. 11 T. Zwane M
  10. 9 Y. Mbuthuma F
  11. 16 S. Chaine G
  12. 22 R. Goss G