African Cup of Nations 2015 · Quarter-final

Equatorial Guinea 2–1 Tunisia

Saturday 31 Jan 2015 · Bata, Equatorial Guinea · after extra time

Equatorial Guinea2–1Tunisia

Goals3

0′45′90′105′120′Akaïchi Balboa Balboa

70′0–1Ahmed Akaïchi Tunisia
90′1–1Javier Balboa Equatorial Guinea · penalty
102′2–1Javier Balboa Equatorial Guinea

Line-ups

Starters, then substitutes who came on. ● a goal; yellow and red marks are cards; ↑ on, ↓ off.

Equatorial Guinea

1Felipe OvonoGK
4RuiDF
5Diosdado MbeleDF
8Randy IyangaDF ↓80′
16SipoDF ↓86′
11Javier BalboaMF●●
14Enrique BoulaMF
18Viera EllongMF
21Iván ZarandonaMF
9Raúl FabianiFW ↓61′
10Emilio NsueFW

Came on

15Iban↑61′
12Ivan Bolado↑80′
7Rubén Belima↑86′

Tunisia

Came on

11Amine Chermiti↑85′
15Mohamed Ali Moncer↑85′
7Youssef Msakni↑104′

Elo

World Football Elo before kick-off, and what the result did to it.

Equatorial Guinea: 1445 → 1483
Tunisia: 1744 → 1706

Expected score for Equatorial Guinea: 24.1% (a draw counts half), home advantage included. An upset — the lower-rated side won. The lead changed hands 1 time. The winners came from behind.

Head to head

Meeting 3 of 11, 2012–2025.

Equatorial Guinea wins: 3
Draws: 1
Tunisia wins: 7

Form either side

Equatorial Guinea

Before

0–1 v Mauritania 17 May 2014 · African Cup of Nations qualification 2014
3–0 v Mauritania 1 Jun 2014 · African Cup of Nations qualification 2014
1–1 v Congo 17 Jan 2015 · African Cup of Nations 2015
0–0 v Burkina Faso 21 Jan 2015 · African Cup of Nations 2015
2–0 v Gabon 25 Jan 2015 · African Cup of Nations 2015

After

0–3 v Ghana 5 Feb 2015 · African Cup of Nations 2015
0–0 v DR Congo 7 Feb 2015 · African Cup of Nations 2015
0–2 v Egypt 26 Mar 2015 · Friendly
1–1 v Ivory Coast 29 Mar 2015 · Friendly
1–0 v Andorra 6 Jun 2015 · Friendly

Tunisia

Before

2–1 v Egypt 19 Nov 2014 · African Cup of Nations qualification 2014
1–1 v Algeria 11 Jan 2015 · Friendly
1–1 v Cape Verde 18 Jan 2015 · African Cup of Nations 2015
2–1 v Zambia 22 Jan 2015 · African Cup of Nations 2015
1–1 v DR Congo 26 Jan 2015 · African Cup of Nations 2015

After

0–2 v Japan 27 Mar 2015 · Kirin Challenge Cup 2015
1–1 v China PR 31 Mar 2015 · Friendly
8–1 v Djibouti 12 Jun 2015 · African Cup of Nations qualification 2015
0–1 v Liberia 5 Sep 2015 · African Cup of Nations qualification 2015
3–3 v Gabon 9 Oct 2015 · Friendly

Road through the tournament

Equatorial Guinea

1–1 v Congo Group stage
0–0 v Burkina Faso Group stage
2–0 v Gabon Group stage
2–1 v Tunisia Quarter-final
0–3 v Ghana Semi-final
0–0 v DR Congo Third-place play-off

Tunisia

1–1 v Cape Verde Group stage
2–1 v Zambia Group stage
1–1 v DR Congo Group stage
1–2 v Equatorial Guinea Quarter-final

Every Equatorial Guinea v Tunisia match11

From Equatorial Guinea's side.


8 Sep 2025	Tunisia	0–1	Home	FIFA World Cup qualification 2025	—
5 Jun 2024	Tunisia	0–1	Away	FIFA World Cup qualification 2024	—
17 Jun 2023	Tunisia	1–0	Home	African Cup of Nations qualification 2023	—
2 Jun 2022	Tunisia	0–4	Away	African Cup of Nations qualification 2022	—
13 Nov 2021	Tunisia	1–0	Home	FIFA World Cup qualification 2021	—
3 Sep 2021	Tunisia	0–3	Away	FIFA World Cup qualification 2021	—
28 Mar 2021	Tunisia	1–2	Away	African Cup of Nations qualification 2021	—
19 Nov 2019	Tunisia	0–1	Home	African Cup of Nations qualification 2019	—
31 Jan 2015	Tunisia	2–1	Home	African Cup of Nations 2015	Quarter-final
16 Jun 2013	Tunisia	1–1	Home	FIFA World Cup qualification 2013	—
2 Jun 2012	Tunisia	1–3	Away	FIFA World Cup qualification 2012	—

Score: openfootball · Scorers: openfootball · Line-ups: ESPN · Cards: ESPN