Published September 29, 2026 · By the Goalorithm model desk
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Match report
Somalia lost 0-2 to Ivory Coast in the Africa Cup of Nations - Qualification on Tuesday, September 29. The sides were level at half-time, but Ivory Coast finished with the goals needed to take the match. Somalia did not score, and the final tally was two goals.
The numbers
The shot count was 10 for Ivory Coast and 1 for Somalia. Ivory Coast registered 2 shots on target, while Somalia had 0. That difference captures a key feature of the contest: Somalia did not force a save with a shot on target, while Ivory Coast managed to produce attempts that tested the goalkeeper and scored twice. The overall shot figures also show that Ivory Coast generated substantially more attempts, though the match statistics do not describe how each effort developed or when the goals arrived.
Possession stood at 67% for Ivory Coast and 33% for Somalia. Ivory Coast had more of the ball, while Somalia spent less time in possession; the figures offer a clear account of which side controlled more of that resource, but do not by themselves explain the sequence of play. The corner count was 3 for Ivory Coast and 0 for Somalia, another measure in which Ivory Coast recorded the larger total. The save figures were 2 for Somalia and 0 for Ivory Coast. Taken together, the numbers describe a match where Ivory Coast had more possession, attempts and corners, and where Somalia never put a shot on target. They do not supply a goal timeline, so the account here rests on the final score and the available match totals rather than an invented description of the scoring sequence.