African Cup of Nations qualification 2023

DR Congo 3–1 Mauritania

Friday 24 Mar 2023 · Douala, Cameroon (neutral)

DR Congo3–1Mauritania

Goals4

0′15′30′45′60′75′90′Kakuta Bakambu Abeid Masuaku

37′1–0Gaël Kakuta DR Congo
42′2–0Cédric Bakambu DR Congo
55′2–1Aly Abeid Mauritania
67′3–1Arthur Masuaku DR Congo

Line-ups

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

DR Congo

Came on

21Aldo KaluluFW↑26′
27William BalikwishaMF↑62′
19Silas Katompa-MvumpaFW↑62′
19Fiston MayeleFW↑88′

Mauritania

16Babacar NiasseGK
2Khadim DiawDF ↓29′
3Aly AbeidDF●
5Lamine BaDF
13Birama NdoyeDF ↓80′
20Ibrahima KeitaDF
6Guessouma FofanaMF ↓80′
7El-Hadji BaMF ↓46′
18HacenMF
10Idrissa ThiamFW
27Aboubakar KamaraFW ↓73′

Came on

8Bodda MouhsineMF↑29′
17Abdallahi MahmoudMF↑46′
15Souleymane DoukaraFW↑73′
19Lassana DiakhabyDF↑80′
12Bakari CamaraFW↑80′

Elo

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

DR Congo: 1563 → 1587
Mauritania: 1498 → 1474

Expected score for DR Congo: 59.2% (a draw counts half).

Head to head

Meeting 2 of 5, 1963–2025.

DR Congo wins: 4
Draws: 1
Mauritania wins: 0

Form either side

DR Congo

Before

1–4 v Morocco 29 Mar 2022 · FIFA World Cup qualification 2022
0–1 v Gabon 4 Jun 2022 · African Cup of Nations qualification 2022
1–2 v Sudan 8 Jun 2022 · African Cup of Nations qualification 2022
0–1 v Burkina Faso 23 Sep 2022 · Friendly
3–0 v Sierra Leone 27 Sep 2022 · Friendly

After

1–1 v Mauritania 28 Mar 2023 · African Cup of Nations qualification 2023
1–0 v Uganda 14 Jun 2023 · Friendly
2–0 v Gabon 18 Jun 2023 · African Cup of Nations qualification 2023
2–0 v Sudan 9 Sep 2023 · African Cup of Nations qualification 2023
0–1 v South Africa 12 Sep 2023 · Friendly

Mauritania

Before

2–0 v Libya 29 Mar 2022 · Friendly
3–0 v Sudan 4 Jun 2022 · African Cup of Nations qualification 2022
0–0 v Gabon 8 Jun 2022 · African Cup of Nations qualification 2022
1–0 v Benin 24 Sep 2022 · Friendly
2–0 v Congo 27 Sep 2022 · Friendly

After

1–1 v DR Congo 28 Mar 2023 · African Cup of Nations qualification 2023
3–0 v Sudan 20 Jun 2023 · African Cup of Nations qualification 2023
2–1 v Gabon 9 Sep 2023 · African Cup of Nations qualification 2023
2–1 v Madagascar 14 Oct 2023 · Friendly
1–2 v Burkina Faso 17 Oct 2023 · Friendly

Road through the tournament

DR Congo

3–1 v Mauritania 24 Mar 2023
1–1 v Mauritania 28 Mar 2023
2–0 v Gabon 18 Jun 2023
2–0 v Sudan 9 Sep 2023

Mauritania

1–3 v DR Congo 24 Mar 2023
1–1 v DR Congo 28 Mar 2023
3–0 v Sudan 20 Jun 2023
2–1 v Gabon 9 Sep 2023

Every DR Congo v Mauritania match5

From DR Congo's side.


25 Mar 2025	Mauritania	2–0	Away	FIFA World Cup qualification 2025	—
15 Nov 2023	Mauritania	2–0	Home	FIFA World Cup qualification 2023	—
28 Mar 2023	Mauritania	1–1	Away	African Cup of Nations qualification 2023	—
24 Mar 2023	Mauritania	3–1	Neutral	African Cup of Nations qualification 2023	—
12 Apr 1963	Mauritania	6–0	Neutral	African Friendship Games 1963	—

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