MATCH STATS: Burkina Faso faces Tanzania in TotalEnergies CAF WAFCON Group B

Burkina Faso and Tanzania meet in their second TotalEnergies CAF Women’s Africa Cup of Nations Morocco 2026 Group B fixture at the Larbi Zaouli Stadium in Casablanca on Friday, 31 July. Kick-off is at 21h00 local time (20h00 GMT).

Match Facts

This will be the first meeting between Burkina Faso and Tanzania at the finals.
Burkina Faso will look to bounce back after losing their opening game 4-1 to Côte d’Ivoire, while Tanzania will seek to build on their 2-1 victory over South Africa.
Burkina Faso faces East African opposition for the second time. They drew 2-2 with Uganda in their final group game in 2022, twice coming from behind.
Tanzania faces West African opposition for the fifth time, having previously met Mali twice and Ghana and Nigeria once each.
Tanzania lost all four of those matches, with each coming in the group stage. They went down 3-2 to Mali and 3-0 to Nigeria in 2010 before losing 1-0 to Mali and 4-1 to Ghana at the 2024 edition.

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Burkina Faso – Key Statistics

Burkina Faso began their campaign with a 4-1 defeat to Côte d’Ivoire.
They are still searching for their first WAFCON victory, with a record of one draw and three defeats.
Both their previous losses at the 2022 tournament were 1-0 defeats, while the loss to Côte d’Ivoire was their heaviest at the finals.
Burkina Faso conceded four goals in a WAFCON match for the first time against the Ivorians.
The game against Côte d’Ivoire was also the first time they had conceded more than two goals in a single half, having trailed 3-0 at the break.
Six of the eight goals Burkina Faso have conceded at WAFCON have come in the first half.
Faouzia Ouedraogo was sent off in the 52nd minute against Côte d’Ivoire, becoming the second Burkina Faso player to be dismissed at the finals. Madinatou Rouamba was shown a red card in the 17th minute of their 2-2 draw with Uganda in 2022.
Adama Congo scored against Côte d’Ivoire with her only shot on target.
Burkina Faso created four big chances against the Ivorians, two more than their opponents.
They recorded a pass-completion rate of 68% against Côte d’Ivoire.

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Tanzania – Key Statistics

Tanzania had failed to win their first six WAFCON matches before claiming their maiden victory against South Africa.
South Africa is the only opponent Tanzania has faced more than once at WAFCON and avoided defeat against on multiple occasions. The teams have met three times, with Tanzania unbeaten in the last two, recording one win and one draw.
Tanzania is yet to keep a clean sheet at WAFCON.
All seven of their matches at the finals have produced goals.
Should they avoid defeat, Tanzania will go unbeaten in successive WAFCON matches for the first time.
They have already collected more points at the current finals than they managed across their two previous appearances, when they earned a single point in total.
All four of Tanzania’s WAFCON points have been collected against South Africa.
Their record in their second group game reads: P2 W0 D1 L1.
Tanzania previously lost their second group game 3-2 to Mali in 2010 before drawing 1-1 with South Africa at the 2024 edition.
Tanzania scored first in their victory over South Africa, only the second time they had opened the scoring in a WAFCON match. Both occasions have been against South Africa, producing one win and one draw.
Six of Tanzania’s seven WAFCON goals have been scored in the first half. Hasnath Ubamba’s 87th-minute winner against South Africa is their only second-half goal at the finals.
Ubamba and Diana Msewa both scored their first WAFCON goals in the victory over South Africa.
All seven of Tanzania’s WAFCON goals have been scored by different players. No player has scored more than once for them at the finals.
Tanzania had 36.7% possession against South Africa, which rounds to 37%.
Goalkeeper Najiat Idrisa faced nine shots on target against South Africa and made eight saves.