Burkina Faso v Cameroon AFCON 3rd place: Match facts

After missing the final, Burkinabe and Cameroonians will face off this Saturday for a place on the podium of the 33rd edition of TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON), Cameroon 2021.

It would be a repeat of the tournament opening game, when Cameroon won 2-1 at Olembe Stadium in Yaoundé on 9 January.

Coach Kamou Malo side hopes to finish the tournament on a good note, and finish in third place, like they did in their last appearance in Gabon 2017.

Burkina Faso will also seek revenge against the Indomitable Lions, who won the tournament’s opener 2-1 last month during the group stage.

The Burkinabe can celebrate an exceptional tournament by reaching the semifinals, but they remain unsatisfied as they were dreaming of a maiden AFCON trophy. But a place on the podium might be a consolation.

The match fixture is as follows:

Date: 5 February 2022
Time: 20:00 local time (19:00 GMT)
Venue: Ahmadou Ahidjo Stadium, Yaoundé
Third Place Match – Burkina Faso v Cameroon

Following are the Match Facts from Opta:

Burkina Faso players warming up

● This is the fourth Africa Cup of Nations meeting between Burkina Faso and Cameroon, with the Indomitable Lions unbeaten in the three previous games (W2 D1), including a 2-1 win in this year’s group stage.

● Burkina Faso have taken their place in the third-place play-off in each of their last two AFCON tournaments (2017 and 2022), winning 1-0 against Ghana in 2017 to finish in third place that year. Their other third-place play-off was in 1998, drawing 4-4 before losing 4-1 on penalties to DR Congo.

● Cameroon are participating in their third AFCON third-place play-off, winning 5-2 against DR Congo in 1972 as a host nation and losing 2-1 to Nigeria in 1992.

● Burkina Faso have scored exactly one goal in all six AFCON matches this year, with six different players finding the net each time (Gustavo Sangaré, Hassane Bandé, Cyrille Bayala, Bertrand Traoré, Dango Ouattara and Blati Touré). The last team to have seven different scorers in a single AFCON was Ghana in 2015.

● On three of the last five occasions the host nation has participated in the AFCON third-place play-off, the games have gone to penalties, with the hosts losing on pens each time: Morocco vs Algeria in 1988 (1-1, lost 4-3 on pens), Burkina Faso vs DR Congo in 1998 (4-4, lost 4-1) and Equatorial Guinea vs DR Congo in 2015 (0-0, lost 4-2 on pens).

Meanwhile, Senegal will clash with Egypt in the AFCON  finals to be played on Sunday. [CAF]

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