FIFA World Cup qualification 2025

Sierra Leone 2–0 Ethiopia

Tuesday 9 Sep 2025 · Monrovia, Liberia (neutral)

Sierra Leone2–0Ethiopia

Goals2

0′15′30′45′60′75′90′Kamara Koroma

37′1–0Momoh Kamara Sierra Leone
90′2–0Alhassan Koroma Sierra Leone

Line-ups

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

Sierra Leone

1Alhaji SesayGK
5Alpha TurayDF
12Nathaniel JallohDF
18Sallieu TarawallieDF
21Juma BahDF
6Saidu FofanahMF ↓90′
11Mustapha BunduMF ↓64′
19Emmanuel SamadiaMF ↓90′
20John SesayMF
7Augustus KargboFW ↓64′
17Momoh KamaraFW● ↓70′

Came on

8Alhassan Koroma●↑64′
4Mohamed Kamara↑64′
9Mohamed Buya Turay↑70′
15Mohamed Kabba↑90′
14Musa Kamara↑90′

Ethiopia

Came on

13Ahmed Rashid↑45′
8Kenean Markneh↑45′
20Bereket Waza↑45′
11Suleman Hamid↑70′
12Dawa Hotessa↑76′

No cards.

Elo

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

Sierra Leone: 1457 → 1482
Ethiopia: 1392 → 1368

Expected score for Sierra Leone: 59.2% (a draw counts half).

Head to head

Meeting 3 of 3, 2021–2025.

Sierra Leone wins: 1
Draws: 2
Ethiopia wins: 0

Form either side

Sierra Leone

Before

1–1 v Chad 13 Nov 2024 · African Cup of Nations qualification 2024
0–2 v Zambia 19 Nov 2024 · African Cup of Nations qualification 2024
3–1 v Guinea-Bissau 20 Mar 2025 · FIFA World Cup qualification 2025
0–1 v Egypt 25 Mar 2025 · FIFA World Cup qualification 2025
1–1 v Guinea-Bissau 4 Sep 2025 · FIFA World Cup qualification 2025

After

0–1 v Burkina Faso 8 Oct 2025 · FIFA World Cup qualification 2025
2–1 v Djibouti 12 Oct 2025 · FIFA World Cup qualification 2025
1–1 v Azerbaijan 30 Mar 2026 · FIFA Series 2026
1–0 v Liberia 6 Jun 2026 · Friendly
1–3 v Liberia 9 Jun 2026 · Friendly

Ethiopia

Before

0–2 v Tanzania 16 Nov 2024 · African Cup of Nations qualification 2024
2–1 v DR Congo 19 Nov 2024 · African Cup of Nations qualification 2024
0–2 v Egypt 21 Mar 2025 · FIFA World Cup qualification 2025
6–1 v Djibouti 24 Mar 2025 · FIFA World Cup qualification 2025
0–2 v Egypt 5 Sep 2025 · FIFA World Cup qualification 2025

After

1–0 v Guinea-Bissau 8 Oct 2025 · FIFA World Cup qualification 2025
1–3 v Burkina Faso 12 Oct 2025 · FIFA World Cup qualification 2025
1–0 v Malawi 6 Jun 2026 · Friendly
1–1 v Malawi 9 Jun 2026 · Friendly

Road through the tournament

Sierra Leone

3–1 v Guinea-Bissau 20 Mar 2025
0–1 v Egypt 25 Mar 2025
1–1 v Guinea-Bissau 4 Sep 2025
2–0 v Ethiopia 9 Sep 2025
0–1 v Burkina Faso 8 Oct 2025
2–1 v Djibouti 12 Oct 2025

Ethiopia

0–2 v Egypt 21 Mar 2025
6–1 v Djibouti 24 Mar 2025
0–2 v Egypt 5 Sep 2025
0–2 v Sierra Leone 9 Sep 2025
1–0 v Guinea-Bissau 8 Oct 2025
1–3 v Burkina Faso 12 Oct 2025

Every Sierra Leone v Ethiopia match3

From Sierra Leone's side.


9 Sep 2025	Ethiopia	2–0	Neutral	FIFA World Cup qualification 2025	—
15 Nov 2023	Ethiopia	0–0	Neutral	FIFA World Cup qualification 2023	—
26 Aug 2021	Ethiopia	0–0	Away	Friendly	—

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