Updated 12 November 2026, after full time.
Ivory Coast 2-1 Gambia in the Africa Cup of Nations Qualifications at Stade de Bouaké, Bouaké on 12 November 2026. Scorers: Elye Wahi, Malick Yalcouyé for Ivory Coast; Musa Barrow for Gambia. In their last 2 meetings, Ivory Coast have won 2, Gambia 0, with 0 draws.
Ivory Coast 2-1 Gambia was the final score in the Africa Cup of Nations Qualifications on Thursday 12 November 2026 at Stade de Bouaké. Scorers: Elye Wahi, Malick Yalcouyé for Ivory Coast; Musa Barrow for Gambia. The Stats tab of this page has both teams' shots, fouls, cards and tackles from the game, and every player's numbers.
Ivory Coast vs Gambia was played at Stade de Bouaké in Bouaké on Thursday 12 November 2026, the home ground of Ivory Coast, which holds 35,000 people. It finished Ivory Coast 2-1 Gambia in the Africa Cup of Nations Qualifications, with kick-off at 19:00 UK time.
Ivory Coast have won 4, drawn 0 and lost 1 of their last 5 games, scoring 9 and conceding 3, with results reading W L W W W from oldest to newest. Their last game was a 2-1 win at home to Gambia in the Africa Cup of Nations Qualifications on 12 November.
Gambia have won 2, drawn 0 and lost 3 of their last 5 games, scoring 9 and conceding 11, with results reading L L W W L from oldest to newest. Their last game was a 1-2 defeat away to Ivory Coast in the Africa Cup of Nations Qualifications on 12 November.
Across the last 2 meetings Ivory Coast have won 2, Gambia have won 0 and 0 were drawn, with Ivory Coast scoring 3 goals to Gambia's 0. The most recent was Côte d'Ivoire 1-0 Gambia on 24 March 2025 in the CAF World Cup Qualifiers.
Nicolas Pépé leads Ivory Coast with 19 shots across their last 10 games, 1.9 a game, the most of any Ivory Coast player in that run. The Stats tab of this page ranks every Ivory Coast player on shots, fouls, cards and tackles over the same games.
A. Sidibeh leads Gambia with 4 goals across their last 10 games, 0.4 a game, the most of any Gambia player in that run. The Stats tab of this page ranks every Gambia player on shots, fouls, cards and tackles over the same games.
Abdou Abdel Mefire refereed Ivory Coast vs Gambia, averaging 22.0 fouls and 5.0 yellow cards per game across 2 games this season. That is 0.00 red cards a game, and the referee card on this page sets the record beside both teams' fouls and cards.
| Date | Competition | Match | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 24 Mar 2025 | CAF World Cup Qualifiers | Côte d'Ivoire vs Gambia | 1-0 |
| 20 Nov 2023 | CAF World Cup Qualifiers | Gambia vs Côte d'Ivoire | 0-2 |
| Stat | Ivory Coast | Gambia |
|---|---|---|
| Possession | 63% | 37% |
| Shots | 21 | 7 |
| Shots on target | 7 | 3 |
| Corners | 12 | 8 |
| Fouls | 13 | 14 |
| Yellow cards | 2 | 0 |
| Tackles | 4 | 8 |
| Passes | 498 | 284 |
Ivory Coast: M. Yalcouyé 17', E. Wahi 24'. Gambia: M. Barrow 38'.
| Stat | Per game | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Goals for | 3.1 | 1 of 58 |
| Goals against | 0 | 1 of 58 |
| Shots | 13.6 | 2 of 58 |
| Shots on target | 5.8 | 3 of 58 |
| Fouls | 11.7 | 34 of 58 |
| Passes | 1 | 30 of 58 |
| Corners | 6.9 | 1 of 58 |
| Stat | Per game | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Goals for | 2.7 | 3 of 58 |
| Goals against | 1.8 | 44 of 58 |
| Shots | 10.1 | 13 of 58 |
| Shots on target | 5.8 | 4 of 58 |
| Fouls | 10.7 | 45 of 58 |
| Passes | 2 | 18 of 58 |
| Corners | 4.6 | 25 of 58 |