Senegal will face a border country, Mauritania. It will be this Sunday at 5 p.m. GMT, for the 4th day of the 2026 World Cup qualifiers in Group B. Which promises hot fights in this long-awaited derby.
We still remember this epic duel between the Mourabitounes and the Lions in the Chan 2014 qualifiers. The local Mauritanian team achieved the greatest feat in its history, one evening on July 21, 2013 in Nouakchott. The Mourabitounes beat Senegal 2-0 in the second leg of the qualifiers. However, in the first leg, the Senegalese won 1-0 at the Stade Demba Diop. This victory qualified the Mauritanians for the very first final phase in their history.
Since then, like the Senegal-Mali or Senegal-Guinea duels, the confrontations between the two countries had become fiery derbies. Even if Sunday’s will concern the A selections.
The Mourabitounes with their backs to the wall, the Lions leave Dakar today at 11 a.m.
Beaten (0-2) at home by Sudan, the Mourabiounes no longer have room for error when they welcome the Senegalese, tomorrow at 4 p.m. GMT at the Chekhna Ould Boidiya Stadium.
An already decisive meeting for coach Amir Abdou and his players who, after three days, have only recorded a small point and occupy last place in Group B.
Relegated to second place, behind Sudan (7 pts), the Lions (5 pts) are also playing big tomorrow. The draw conceded against the DR Congo benefited the Sudanese. Kalidou Koulibaly’s gang leaves Dakar this Saturday at 11 a.m. for Nouakchott. With a final session in the afternoon (4 p.m.).
The battle of the two “Sudan”
Solid leaders of Group B, the Sudanese will play a fiery derby against their neighbor, South Sudan, next Tuesday (1 p.m. GMT). After surprising the DRC (1-0) last November, Sudan did it again by defeating Mauritania (2-0) in Nouakchott for the third day of the 2026 World Cup qualifiers. On the bench, we will have also another duel between the Ghanaian James Kwesi Appiah, coach of the Nile Crocodiles, and Nicolas Dupuis, who will be on the bench of the Bright Stars (photos).
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