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eSwatini 0-2 Cape Verde - November 21, 2023 / World Cup Qualifying - Africa Zone 2026

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World Cup Qualifying - Africa Zone 2026 - Round 2 - Group D

Mbombela Stadium - Nelspruit - South Africa

November 21, 2023 - 15:15

eSwatini

Eswatini

0 - 2

Cape Verde

17'

Ryan Mendes (header) Assist by Garry Rodrigues

38'

Jamiro Monteiro (right foot)

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17' - Goal Ryan Mendes

38' - Goal Jamiro Monteiro

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46' - Substitution Njabulo Magagulais substituted by Neliswa Dlamini photo Ayanda Gadlela

46' - Substitution Sabelo Ndzinisais substituted by Ayanda Gadlela46

51' - Yellow card Bongwa Matsebula51

59' - Yellow card Neliswa Dlamini59

61' - Substitution Patrick Andradeis substituted by Cuca photo Deroy Duarte

61' - Substitution Kenny Rocha Santosis substituted by Deroy Duarte photo Helio Varela

61' - Substitution Ryan Mendesis substituted by Helio Varela

65' - Yellow card Logan Costa

70' - Substitution Sifiso Matseis substituted by Neliso Myeni photo Sizolwethu Shabalala

70' - Substitution Philane Mkhontfois substituted by Sizolwethu Shabalala70

77' - Yellow card Samkelo Ginindza77

77' - Substitution Jamiro Monteirois substituted by Dylan Tavares photo Leandro Andrade

77' - Substitution Garry Rodriguesis substituted by Leandro Andrade

81' - Yellow card Sibonakonkhe Silenge81

82' - Substitution Bongwa Matsebulais substituted by Vusi Vilakati82

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

eSwatini

0 - 2

Cape Verde

eSwatini Cape Verde

Team line-ups

eSwatini

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

11Magagula46

Njabulo Magagula

Eswatini

B.date07/08/1995

Age28 years

positionLeft Midfielder

5Matsebula8251

Bongwa Matsebula

Eswatini

B.date27/11/1997

Age25 years

positionMidfield

10Ndzinisa46

Sabelo Ndzinisa

Eswatini

B.date31/07/1991

Age32 years

H1m70

positionForward

9Mkhontfo70

Philane Mkhontfo

Eswatini

B.date04/04/1995

Age28 years

positionMidfield

21Matse70

Sifiso Matse

Eswatini

B.date14/05/1993

Age30 years

positionMidfield

19Ginindza77

Samkelo Ginindza

Eswatini

B.date18/09/1992

Age31 years

positionMidfield

3Thwala

Kwakhe Thwala

Eswatini

B.date04/04/2002

Age21 years

positionDefender

14Mabelesa

Mzwandile Mabelesa

Eswatini

B.date21/04/1993

Age30 years

positionMidfield

6Silenge81

Sibonakonkhe Silenge

Eswatini

B.date01/03/2000

Age23 years

positionDefender

20Manana

Mxolisi Manana

Eswatini

B.date31/01/1994

Age29 years

positionLeft full-back

23Shabalala

Khanyakwezwe Shabalala

Eswatini

B.date23/09/1993

Age30 years

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
23	G	Khanyakwezwe Shabalala		30	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Kwakhe Thwala		21	20	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	D	Sibonakonkhe Silenge	81	23	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
20	D	Mxolisi Manana		29	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	M	Bongwa Matsebula	8251	25	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
21	M	Sifiso Matse	70	30	44	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	F	Njabulo Magagula	46	28	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	M	Philane Mkhontfo	70	28	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	D	Mzwandile Mabelesa		30	32	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
19	M	Samkelo Ginindza	77	31	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	M	Sabelo Ndzinisa	46	32	56	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27.9 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Cape Verde

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

11Rodrigues77

Garry Rodrigues

Cape Verde

B.date27/11/1990

Age32 years

H1m73

positionLeft Winger

21Bebé

Bebé

Cape Verde

B.date12/07/1990

Age33 years

H1m90

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

10Monteiro3877

Jamiro Monteiro

Cape Verde

B.date28/11/1993

Age29 years

H1m75

positionCentre Midfield

18Rocha Santos61

Kenny Rocha Santos

Cape Verde

B.date03/01/2000

Age23 years

H1m74

positionBox-to-box midfielder

20Mendes1761

Ryan Mendes

Cape Verde

B.date08/01/1990

Age33 years

H1m69

positionRight Winger

5Costa65

Logan Costa

Cape Verde

B.date01/04/2001

Age22 years

H1m90

positionCentral defender

4Lopes

Roberto Lopes

Cape Verde

B.date17/06/1992

Age31 years

H1m86

positionCentral defender

6P. Andrade61

Patrick Andrade

Cape Verde

B.date09/02/1993

Age30 years

H1m76

positionOffensive Midfielder

8João Paulo

João Paulo

Cape Verde

B.date26/05/1998

Age25 years

H1m76

positionCentre Midfield

17Semedo

Willy Semedo

Cape Verde

B.date27/04/1994

Age29 years

H1m85

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

1Vozinha

Vozinha

Cape Verde

B.date03/06/1986

Age37 years

H1m89

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Vozinha		37	64	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	D	Roberto Lopes		31	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	M	Logan Costa	65	22	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	M	Jamiro Monteiro	3877	29	31	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
18	M	Kenny Rocha Santos	61	23	24	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	D	João Paulo		25	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	D	Patrick Andrade	61	30	19	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
21	M	Bebé		33	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
17	D	Willy Semedo		29	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
20	M	Ryan Mendes	1761	33	66	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	F	Garry Rodrigues	77	32	43	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

29.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Xolani Gama		24
16	G	Ncamiso Dlamini		34
8	D	Sizolwethu Shabalala	70	27	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	D	Vusi Vilakati	82	22	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
17	D	Siphephelo Philiso		20
22	D	Simanga Masangane		26
18	M	Ayanda Gadlela	46	25	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	M	Neliswa Dlamini	4659	20	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
13	M	Mpendulo Tfomo		23
12	F	Neliso Myeni	70	31	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
23	G	Dylan Silva		24
12	G	Marcio Rosa		26
2	D	Delmiro		35
22	D	Nica Panduru		27
16	D	Dylan Tavares	77	27	20	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	M	Deroy Duarte	61	24	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
13	M	Cuca	61	32	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
15	M	Leandro Andrade	77	24	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
19	F	Helio Varela	61	21	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	F	Duk		23
3	F	Wilson Tavares		21

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Jamiro Monteiro

Deroy Duarte

OUT

Kenny Rocha Santos

Cuca

OUT

Patrick Andrade

Leandro Andrade

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Dominic Kunene

Success rate in this team:

24 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

44 %

Kunene vs Cape Verde

0 victory

1 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on November 21, 2023

Kunene vs Bubista

0 victory

1 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on November 21, 2023

Manager

Age

Match num

Bubista

Success rate in this team:

44 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

41 %

Bubista vs eSwatini

2 victories

1 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on November 21, 2023

Bubista vs Kunene

2 victories

1 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on November 21, 2023

Referee

Sabri Mohamed Fadul

0 victory	0 draw	1 loss	eSwatini1 match	General total	Cape Verde1 match	1 victory	0 draw	0 loss
0 victory	0 draw	1 loss	eSwatini1 match	Season total	Cape Verde1 match	1 victory	0 draw	0 loss
Latest figure on November 21, 2023					Latest figure on November 21, 2023

Assistant Referee

Omer Hamid Mohamed Ahmed

0 victory	0 draw	1 loss	eSwatini1 match	General total	Cape Verde1 match	1 victory	0 draw	0 loss
0 victory	0 draw	1 loss	eSwatini1 match	Season total	Cape Verde1 match	1 victory	0 draw	0 loss
Latest figure on November 21, 2023					Latest figure on November 21, 2023

Assistant Referee

Mohamed Abdelgabar

0 victory	0 draw	1 loss	eSwatini1 match	General total	Cape Verde1 match	1 victory	0 draw	0 loss
0 victory	0 draw	1 loss	eSwatini1 match	Season total	Cape Verde1 match	1 victory	0 draw	0 loss
Latest figure on November 21, 2023					Latest figure on November 21, 2023

4th official

Abdalaziz Yasir Ahmed

0 victory	0 draw	1 loss	eSwatini1 match	General total	Cape Verde1 match	1 victory	0 draw	0 loss
0 victory	0 draw	1 loss	eSwatini1 match	Season total	Cape Verde1 match	1 victory	0 draw	0 loss
Latest figure on November 21, 2023					Latest figure on November 21, 2023

Videos

Comments

Key figures

It's the first time Ryan Mendes scores 1 goal vs in World Cup Qualifying - Africa Zone

eSwatini keeps its 4 consecutive matches without a win vs Cape Verde running (since 12/10/2003). It's a record streak. The first of history

eSwatini keeps its 3 matches without scoring any goal vs Cape Verde running (since 16/11/2003). It's a record streak. The first of history

Read the next 5 key stats

General ranking

+2	2	Cape Verde	4 pts	2 rd
-1	3	Libya	4 pts	2 rd
-1	4	Angola	2 pts	2 rd
+1	5	Mauritius	1 pt	2 rd
-1	6	eSwatini	0 pt	2 rd

General ranking

	1	Cameroon	4 pts	2 rd
+2	2	Cape Verde	4 pts	2 rd
-1	3	Libya	4 pts	2 rd
-1	4	Angola	2 pts	2 rd
+1	5	Mauritius	1 pt	2 rd

Pre-match

Current form

Neutral ground

LeSwatini 0-1 Cape Verde28/03/2023

LeSwatini 0-2 Togo18/06/2023

LeSwatini 0-1 Botswana05/07/2023

VNamibia 1-2 eSwatini08/07/2023

DBurkina Faso 0-0 eSwatini08/09/2023

LeSwatini 0-1 Libya17/11/2023

Overall

VNamibia 1-2 eSwatini08/07/2023

LSouth Africa 2-1 eSwatini11/07/2023

DBurkina Faso 0-0 eSwatini08/09/2023

DSouth Africa 0-0 eSwatini13/10/2023

LBotswana 2-1 eSwatini16/10/2023

LeSwatini 0-1 Libya17/11/2023

Current form

Neutral ground

VCape Verde 2-0 Togo07/06/2022

LEcuador 1-0 Cape Verde11/06/2022

LSierra Leone 2-0 Cape Verde24/07/2022

VCape Verde 2-1 Sierra Leone27/07/2022

VeSwatini 0-1 Cape Verde28/03/2023

LCape Verde 1-2 Comoros17/10/2023

Overall

DMorocco 0-0 Cape Verde12/06/2023

VCape Verde 3-1 Burkina Faso18/06/2023

LTogo 3-2 Cape Verde10/09/2023

LAlgeria 5-1 Cape Verde12/10/2023

LCape Verde 1-2 Comoros17/10/2023

DCape Verde 0-0 Angola16/11/2023

Running streaks

	Neutral ground	Total
Loosing streak	1	2
Winless streak	2	5
Drawless streak	1	2
Goalless streak	2	1
Conceding streak	1	2

Running streaks

	Neutral ground	Total
Drawing streak	0	1
Loosing streak	1	0
Unbeaten streak	0	1
Winless streak	1	4
Drawless streak	13	0
Scoring streak	3	0
Goalless streak	0	1
Conceding streak	1	0
Invincibility streak	0	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

General ranking (Competition total)

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

1	Number of games (Competition total)	1
0	Victories (Competition total)	0
0	Draws (Competition total)	1
1	Losses (Competition total)	0

Goals

0	Goals scored (Competition total)	0
1	Goals conceded (Competition total)	0
0	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	0
1	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0

Betting aid

0	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	0
0	Clean sheets (Competition total)	1
1	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	1
0	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	0

Bookings

0	Yellow cards (Competition total)	0
0	Red cards (Competition total)	0

Key players

No statistics here yet

Historical head to head

Home

1 match

0 v

1 d

0 l

1 gf

1 ga

Away

2 matches

0 v

1 d

1 l

0 gf

3 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

0 v

0 d

1 l

0 gf

1 ga

Total

4 matches

0 v

2 d

2 l

1 gf

5 ga

Historical head to head

Home

2 matches

1 v

1 d

0 l

3 gf

0 ga

Away

1 match

0 v

1 d

0 l

1 gf

1 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

1 v

0 d

0 l

1 gf

0 ga

Total

4 matches

2 v

2 d

0 l

5 gf

1 ga

Largest victory

No success yet

Largest victory

Overall	3 - 0	November 16, 2003
Neutral ground	1 - 0	March 28, 2023

Latest head to head

March 28, 2023 - Eliminatoires CAN 2023

eSwatini

0 - 1

Cape Verde logo Cape Verde

March 24, 2023 - Eliminatoires CAN 2023

Cape Verde

0 - 0

eSwatini

November 16, 2003 - Eliminatoires Coupe du Monde - Zone Afrique 2006

Cape Verde

3 - 0

eSwatini

October 12, 2003 - Eliminatoires Coupe du Monde - Zone Afrique 2006

eSwatini

1 - 1

Cape Verde logo Cape Verde

Best historical scorers against Cape Verde

Siza Dlamini

1 goal

2003 - 2003

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 12/10/2003. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against eSwatini

Cafu	2 goals	2003 - 2003
Caló Morais	2 goals	2003 - 2003
Ryan Mendes	1 goal	2023 - 2023

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 12/10/2003. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Cape Verde

Bongwa Matsebula	2 matches	2023 - 2023
Neliswa Dlamini	2 matches	2023 - 2023
Thulani Tsabedze	2 matches	2003 - 2003
Wonder Nhleko	2 matches	2003 - 2003
Sabelo Ndzinisa	2 matches	2023 - 2023
Siboniso Ngwenya	2 matches	2023 - 2023

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 12/10/2003. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs eSwatini

Zé Piguita Barros	2 matches	2003 - 2003
Cuca	2 matches	2023 - 2023
Duka	2 matches	2003 - 2003
Telmo Arcanjo	2 matches	2023 - 2023
Bebé	2 matches	2023 - 2023
Nelson Veiga	2 matches	2003 - 2003