Sessi Octave Dalmeida of Benin challenged by Ibrahim Adel of Egypt during the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations AFCON match between Egypt and Benin at the Adrar Stadium, Agadir on the 05 January 2026 ©Muzi Ntombela/BackpagePix
Monday Jan 05, 2026. 18:20
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Today’s matches:
18h00 – Egypt v Benin – Match Centre
21h00 – Nigeria v Mozambique – Match Centre
Updates:
17’ – Junior Olaitan fires a freekick from distance towards the Egyptian goal, but his effort makes for a routine save for Mohamed El Shenawy.
8’ – Mohamed Salah unleashes Omar Marmoush with a beautiful throughball, but Marmoush fails to beat the rushing Marcel Dandjinou, who does well to stop what should have been an opening goal for the Pharaohs.
1’ – The fifth round of 16 fixtures at the 2025 AFCON is underway as Benin kick-off.
Starting line-ups:
Egypt: M. El Shenawy, M. Hany, Y. Ibrahim, R. Rabia, M. Hamdy, M. Attia, H. Fathy, I. Adel, M. Salah, O. Marmoush, Trézéguet.
Benin: M. Dandjinou, Y. Roche, M. Tijani, O. Verdon, T. Ouorou, H. Imourane, S. D’Almeida, D. Dokou, J. Olaitan, T. Aiyegun, R. Aloko
Egypt, who are competing in the round of 16 for a fourth time, fell at this stage in the last edition in 2023. Benin will be hunting a second victory from open play as they claimed their first in competition history with a 1-0 win over Botswana on matchday two.
One of their previous meetings came at the 2010 AFCON, where the Pharaohs managed a 2-0 win in their group C encounter
The two side have met on four previous occasions, with Egypt claiming three wind and one game ending in a stalemate.
Round of 16 action gets back underway at the 2025 AFCON as Egypt and Benin face off at the Stade Adrar in Agadir.