MATCH STATS: Gabon vs Mozambique – TotalEnergies CAF Africa Cup of Nations Morocco 2025 Group F
Published:
Saturday, 27 December 2025
Gabon and Mozambique both suffered defeat in their opening Group F matches and will be targeting their first win at the 2025 TotalEnergies CAF Africa Cup of Nations when they meet in their second fixture at the Grand Stade d’Agadir on 28 December. Kick-off is at 13h30 local time (12h30 GMT).
This will be the first meeting between the two nations at the Africa Cup of Nations finals.
They have met seven times previously in all competitions, with Gabon winning four matches, Mozambique two, and one ending in a draw.
Their most recent encounters came during 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifying, where the home side won 1-0 in each match, with neither team qualifying for the finals in Russia.
They also met in qualifying for the 1994 FIFA World Cup, with Gabon winning 3-1 at home before the return fixture in Mozambique ended in a 1-1 draw.
Since that draw in 1994, their last four meetings have all produced a winner, with each side recording two victories. All seven of their previous meetings have seen goals scored.
PAST MEETINGS
OVERALL
Gabon: P7 W4 D1 L2 GF8 GA4 GD+4
Mozambique: P7 W2 D1 L4 GF4 GA8 GD-4
Gabon – Key Statistics
· Lost their opening match 1-0 against Cameroon.
· Their seven-match unbeaten run at AFCON came to an end (W1 D6).
· The defeat ended a six-game unbeaten run in AFCON group matches; their previous group-stage loss was in 2015 against Equatorial Guinea.
· Are now winless in their last four AFCON matches.
· Have won just one of their last 10 AFCON games (D6 L3), the only victory coming against Comoros in their opening match in 2021.
· Their record in second group matches at AFCON reads P8 W2 D3 L3.
· Have lost their opening group match three times previously: 1994, 1996 and 2000.
· After losing their opener, they lost their second group match in 1994 and 2000 but won it in 1996.
· Are winless in their second group match in their last three AFCON appearances (D2 L1).
· Last won their second group match in 2012, when they opened with back-to-back victories over Niger and Morocco.
· The only other time they won their second group match after losing the opener was in 1996.
· Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang came on as a substitute against Cameroon, making his 15th AFCON appearance across five tournaments.
· Aubameyang’s AFCON appearances span 15 years, across tournaments in Southern, Central and North Africa.
· Aubameyang is on a six-match winless run at AFCON (D3 L3), last winning in Gabon’s opening match against Burkina Faso in 2015.
· Didier Ndong had a game-high 98 touches against Cameroon, attempted 72 passes and completed 63 (87.5%).
· Bruno Ecuele Manga completed 65 passes against Cameroon, the most in the match.
Mozambique – Key Statistics
· Lost their opening match 1-0 against Côte d’Ivoire.
· Have now gone 16 AFCON matches without a win (D4 L12).
· Are the first team to go through their first 16 AFCON matches without recording a victory.
· Have never avoided defeat in their second group match at AFCON, losing all five previous such games.
· This was the third time they began an AFCON campaign with a loss, having also done so in 1986 and 1998.
· On both previous occasions when they lost their opening match (1986 and 1998), they went on to lose all three group matches.
· None of their 16 AFCON matches have ended goalless.
· Are still searching for their first clean sheet at the Africa Cup of Nations.
· Completed 404 passes against Côte d’Ivoire, their highest total across the last two AFCON tournaments.
· Reinaldo Mandava completed 70 passes against Côte d’Ivoire, the most of any player in the match.
· Geny Catamo attempted both of Mozambique’s shots on target against Côte d’Ivoire.
· Mexer won all six of his duels against Côte d’Ivoire, including four aerial duels.
· Goalkeeper Ernan Siluane made three saves in the match.
