Tunisia held by Botswana after Kgamanyane and Mastouri trade doubles

Tunisia were held to a 2-2 draw by Botswana in an entertaining Africa Cup of Nations qualifying match, despite dominating possession and producing the greater attacking threat.

Tunisia

• Aymen Dahmen (5.3)
• Mohamed Nasraoui (6.7)
• Adem Arous (6.6)
• Montassar Omar Talbi (7.2)
• sayfallah ltaief (6.6)
• Ferjani Sassi (7.2)
• Aïssa Bilal Laïdouni (7.7)
• Ali Maâloul (7.3)
• Anis Ben Slimane (6.3)
• Ismael Gharbi (7)
• Hazem Mastouri (8.9)

Botswana

• G. Phoko (8.2)
• A. Velaphi (6.5)
• T. Kopelang (6.3)
• M. Gaolaolwe (6.3)
• B. K. Mangolo (6)
• O. Ramotse (5.9)
• G. Modingwane (6.2)
• G. Mohutsiwa (6.7)
• T. Kgamanyane (7.3)
• T. Orebonye (6.7)
• T. Setsile (6.6)

Substitutions:

Tunisia

• Ferjani Sassi (Mohamed Ali Ben Romdhane, 64)
• Anis Ben Slimane (Elias Achouri, 64)
• sayfallah ltaief (Sebastian Tounekti, 83)
• Mohamed Nasraoui (Mohamed Amine Cherni, 84)
• Aïssa Bilal Laïdouni (Rayan Elloumi, 88)

Botswana

• O. Ramotse (Lebogang Ditsele, 54)
• T. Kgamanyane (Losika Ratshukudu, 54)

Ball possession:

T. Kgamanyane gave Botswana the lead in the 38th minute before Tunisia forward Hazem Mastouri turned the game around with two goals either side of half-time.

Passes:

Mastouri equalised in the 44th minute and put Tunisia ahead four minutes after the restart, but Lebogang Ditsele restored parity for Botswana in the 60th minute to secure a point for the visitors.

Defense:

The result came in Match Round 2 of the Africa Cup of Nations qualification campaign, with both sides showing enough quality in attack to produce a competitive contest.

Face-to-face:

Tunisia controlled 69% of possession compared with Botswana’s 31% and registered 26 shots, including eight on goal. Ismael Gharbi was the most active Tunisian player in terms of attempts.

Fouls:

• Yellow cards:
• Ismael Gharbi (Tunisia) at 81 minute
• G. Mohutsiwa (Botswana) at 43 minute
• M. Gaolaolwe (Botswana) at 78 minute
• B. K. Mangolo (Botswana) at 90 minute

The last five games (including this match):

• Tunisia – DD
• Botswana – DD

Top 5 Africa Cup of Nations – Qualification scorers:

1. Hazem Mastouri (2, Tunisia)
2. A. Tosin (1, Benin)
3. B. Njie (1, Somalia)
4. D. Sosah (1, Lesotho)
5. A. Hadj-Moussa (1, Algeria)

Line-ups:

Next games:

• Tunisia will play with Libya. November 11 at 17:00 (GMT), on None.
• Botswana will play with Uganda. November 11 at 17:00 (GMT), on None.