Senegal vs Cape Verde – AFCON: Live score, team news and updates

LIVE – Senegal vs Cape Verde: The pre-tournament favourites continue their search for an elusive AFCON title with a quarter-final place at stake

  • Senegal have scored just one goal at this year’s Africa Cup of Nations
  • Cape Verde have lost just once in their last seven across all competitions
  • Latest Africa Cup of Nations news, including live action and breaking updates
  • Africa Cup of Nations group stage tables – how all six finished 

Senegal continue their bid to win their first AFCON trophy as they face Cape Verde in the first round of the knockout stages.

Aliou Cisse’s men have flattered to deceive so far this tournament – scoring just one goal in their three group games – but still managed to emerge as Group B winners.

They now face one of the sides that qualified as a best third-placed side in Cape Verde, who have lost just one game in their last seven in all competitions.

Follow Sportsmail‘s KISHAN VAGHELA for live Africa Cup of Nations coverage of Senegal vs Cape Verde, including build-up, team news and updates.  

Host commentator

One of the four best third-placed sides that made it through to the knockouts, Cape Verde certainly showed their credentials in Group A.

Julio Tavares’ 45th-minute goal saw off Ethiopia, and a draw against hosts and now quarter-finalists Cameroon came either side of a narrow 1-0 defeat by Burkina Faso.

Bubista’s men therefore took four points from three games but will now be looking for a giant killing. They have scored just one more goal than Senegal though, and their only previous experience in AFCON knockouts came in 2013, when they lost to Ghana.

I don’t think it is unfair to say Senegal have yet to come to life at AFCON this year. They needed a dubious 97th-minute penalty from Sadio Mane to beat Zimbabwe.

Goalless stalemates against Guinea and Malawi have followed, and while attacking vigour has not be their forte, despite the presence of Sadio Mane, defensive solidity has.

They are the only side in the tournament that have yet to concede and will be keen to keep that going, especially with Koulibaly and Edouard Mendy having returned against Malawi.

Vozinha; S.Fortes, Pico, Stopira; J.Fortes, Andrade, Rocha Santos, D.Tavares; Rodrigues, Ryan Mendes, Monteiro

Afternoon all! It’s all hotting up at the Africa Cup of Nations.

Cameroon and Gambia became the latest clubs to reach the quarter-finals, and tonight Senegal, Cape Verde, Morocco and Malawi will attempt to join them.

We’ll have the Morocco game later but I’m here to take you through Sadio Mane and co facing the Blue Sharks.

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