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Equatorial Guinea national football team
Africa Cup of Nations | Group Stage
Jan 21, 2015 at 4pm UK
 
Burkina Faso national football team

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Equatorial Guinea draw again at Africa Cup of Nations

Host nation Equatorial Guinea are held to a goalless draw by Group A rivals Burkina Faso at the Africa Cup of Nations.

Host nation Equatorial Guinea have drawn their second consecutive game at the Africa Cup of Nations with a goalless stalemate against Group A rivals Burkina Faso.

Both teams showed plenty of attacking intent during the early stages, but it was Burkina Faso who came closest to breaking the deadlock on 20 minutes when Alain Traore's free kick came back off the post.

The Stallions almost found the net again soon after as Aristide Bance's strike was pushed away by goalkeeper Felipe Ovono, while Traore hit the woodwork for a second time with a fierce drive on 38 minutes.

Burkina Faso continued to pepper the home side's goal with shots during the final stages of the opening half, only for Ovono to deny Bance and then Bertrand Traore.

The two sides came flying out of the traps at the start of the second period, with both creating good chances in front of goal.

Javier Balboa sliced his effort high over the crossbar for Equatorial Guinea on 48 minutes before Jonathan Pitroipa was inches away from converting at the other end following Bance's flick-on.

The hosts looked the more likely to score as the game moved into the final 25 minutes as Boula Kike was denied by Wilfried Sanou after Emilio Nsue had fluffed his lines with a header from a corner.

Despite late openings for the two teams, neither were able to find what would have been the winning goal. Alain Traore was in the thick of the action once more with minutes remaining, only for his low strike to flash the wrong side of the post.

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Group A

TeamPWDLPTS
Q Equatorial Guinea flag Eq Guinea32107
Q Nigeria Nigeria32107
Q Cote D'Ivoire flag Ivory Coast31023
4 Guinea-Bissau flag Guinea-Bissau30030

Group B

TeamPWDLPTS
Q Cape Verde flag Cape Verde32107
Q Egypt Egypt30303
3 Ghana flag Ghana30212
4 Mozambique flag Mozambique30212

Group C

TeamPWDLPTS
Q Senegal flag Senegal33009
Q Guinea flag Guinea31114
Q Cameroon flag Cameroon31114
4 Gambia flag Gambia30030

Group D

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Q Angola Angola32107
Q Burkina Faso flag Burkina Faso31114
Q Mauritania flag Mauritania31023
4 Algeria Algeria30212

Group E

TeamPWDLPTS
Q Mali flag Mali31205
Q South Africa South Africa31114
Q Namibia Namibia31114
4 Tunisia Tunisia30212

Group F

TeamPWDLPTS
Q Morocco Morocco32107
Q DR Congo flag Congo DR30303
3 Tanzania flag Tanzania30212
4 Zambia flag Zambia30212


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