Africa Cup of Nations · Sunday 15 February 1998 · Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
Cameroon 2–1 Algeria (15 Feb 1998): Result & Goals
Goals
- 40'
Billel DziriAlgeria - 47'
Joseph-Désiré JobCameroon - 65'Alphonse TchamiCameroon
Pre-match prediction
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Cameroon winDrawAlgeria win
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Match facts
- This is meeting number 7 between Cameroon and Algeria.
- Head-to-head before this game: Cameroon 1 wins, Algeria 2, 3 draws.
- Previous meeting: Algeria 4–0 Cameroon on 28 November 1995 (International Friendly).
- Cameroon won 3 of their last 5 matches before this game, scoring 7 goals.
- Algeria won 2 of their last 5 matches before this game, scoring 5 goals.
- Elo ratings before kick-off: Cameroon 1613, Algeria 1574 — an evenly matched game.
Cameroon: last 5 matches
- 2–2 vs Guinea11 Feb 1998 · Africa Cup of Nations
- 1–0 vs Burkina Faso7 Feb 1998 · Africa Cup of Nations
- 0–1 vs Ivory Coast1 Feb 1998 · International Friendly
- 1–0 vs Angola28 Jan 1998 · International Friendly
- 3–1 vs Togo24 Dec 1997 · International Friendly
Algeria: last 5 matches
- 1–2 vs Burkina Faso11 Feb 1998 · Africa Cup of Nations
- 0–1 vs Guinea8 Feb 1998 · Africa Cup of Nations
- 2–1 vs Egypt24 Dec 1997 · International Friendly
- 0–1 vs Togo22 Dec 1997 · International Friendly
- 2–1 vs Egypt20 Dec 1997 · International Friendly
Previous meetings
Full head-to-head →- Algeria4–0Cameroon28 Nov 1995 · International Friendly
- Algeria0–0Cameroon15 Feb 1991 · International Friendly
- Cameroon0–0Algeria21 Jan 1991 · Dakar Tournament
- Algeria3–1Cameroon14 Jan 1990 · International Friendly
- Algeria2–3Cameroon14 Mar 1986 · Africa Cup of Nations
- Algeria0–0Cameroon14 Mar 1984 · Africa Cup of Nations