Day 2 of the 2026 World Cup qualifiers featured 3 curtain-raisers on Monday. 3 matches that went in favor of the visitors. Côte d'Ivoire, Guinea Bissau and Equatorial Guinea all won away from home. 3 other matches were scheduled for 7pm: Chad-Madagascar; Mali-Central African Republic; Seychelles-Kenya, on which SNA will report.
Group F: Côte d'Ivoire defeat Gambia on home soil
Côte d'Ivoire notch up a second victory.Following their 9-0 win over the Seychelles, Jean-Louis Gasset's men beat Gambia 0-2 on Monday November 20. The opening goal came from Christian Kouamé, who had scored shortly before half-time in the 45th minute. The Elephants' second goal, which sealed the score, came just as late, in the 85th minute.
It was Seko Fofana who scored from a Franck Kessié assist. With this victory, Côte d'Ivoire take the lead in Group F (6 pts), level on points with Gabon.
🚨 La 🇨🇮 Côte d’Ivoire s’impose face à la 🇬🇲 Gambie (0-2) grâce aux buts de Kouamé et Séko Fofana !
Les ivoiriens réalisent le 2/2 avec également 2 clean sheet et 11 buts marqués en deux matchs. pic.twitter.com/7vtAeKEyAw
— 🏆 Actu Foot Afrique (@ActuFootAfrique) November 20, 2023
Group H: second win for Equatorial Guinea
Equatorial Guinea recorded a second consecutive win against Liberia (0-1), away from home.Emilio Nsua struck in the 9th minute. The score remained level. With their 2/2 scoreline, Equatorial Guinea lead Group H, pending the results of the other matches in the group scheduled for Tuesday, Malawi-Tunisia and Sao Tome and Principe-Namibia.
Group A: Guinea Bissau win away on the smallest of scores
The first match of the 2026 World Cup qualifying round between Djibouti and Guinea Bissau went in favor of the visiting Djurtus (0-1). Guinea Bissau scored the only goal of the match in the 39th minute through Mauro Rodrigues. With this victory, Guinea Bissau occupies provisional 2nd place in Group A with 4 pts, behind Egypt (1st, 6 pts). Djibouti are in last place with no points from 2 matches. One match remains to be played in this group, between Ethiopia and Burkina Faso. Both teams have 1 point apiece. The match takes place this Tuesday at 7pm GMT.
