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Tanzania and Tunisia end their campaign in Group C of the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) on Tuesday in Rabat.
Taifa Stars must win to reach the last 16 after losing 2-1 to Nigeria and taking the lead before drawing 1-1 against Uganda.
2004 champions Tunisia began their campaign with a 3-1 win over Uganda and a 3-2 defeat against Nigeria, meaning a point will guarantee a place in the round of 16.
101GreatGoals.com presents team news and starting line-ups as Tanzania and Tunisia complete their AFCON 2025 group stages.
🎥 HIGHLIGHTS: 🇺🇬 1-1 🇹🇿
Points shared during the 2nd day between Uganda and Tanzania #TotalEnergiesAFCON2025. pic.twitter.com/VnI2OfcMUS
– CAN TotalEnergies 2025 (@CAF_Online) December 27, 2025
Tanzania starting XI against Tunisia
Tanzania starting lineup: Hussein Masaranga, Ibrahim Hamad, Dickson Job, Feisal Salum Abdalla, Mbwana Samatta, Simon Msuva, Bakari Nondo, Mohamed Hussein, Novatus Dismas, Haji Mnoga, Alphonce Mabula Msanga
Tanzania replaces: To be continued
Tunisia starting XI against Tanzania
Burnley midfielder Hannibal Mejbri produced an assist in each of Tunisia’s matches. Elias Achouri scored twice against Uganda, with Ellyes Skhiri opening the scoring.
Tunisia starting eleven: Act, Ali Abdi, Mons
Tunisia replaces: To be continued
How to watch Tanzania vs Tunisia: TV channel, live stream online
Kick-off on Tuesday will be at 4:00 p.m. GMT (11:00 a.m. ET / 8:00 a.m. PT). In the UK, live coverage is provided on the Channel 4 YouTube channel. In the USA, beIN Sports is the tournament broadcaster.
Online live streaming is available on a wide range of devices via Channel 4 website and the beIN Sports app and app.
Tanzania vs Tunisia: CAN 2025 statistics
- Tanzania has never won a CAN match (4 draws, 7 losses) and could become the fourth nation, after Mozambique (16), Benin (15) and Guinea-Bissau (12), not to win any of its first 12 matches in the final phase.
- Only one of their last four matches of this type – against Tunisia in this edition – ended in defeat (D3).
- They scored in their first two CAN matches for the first time since 1980.
- In three group stage closing matches, their only defeat was a 3–0 loss to Algeria in 2019.
- Simon Msuva’s goal against Uganda took the striker’s tally to three goals at the AFCON in three different editions, making him the first Tanzanian player to score in a hat-trick in separate AFCON tournaments.
- Msuva’s three goals in AFCON gave Tanzania the advantage, but they failed to win any of those matches (2 draws, 1 loss).
- The defeat against Nigeria was the first time Tunisia had lost an AFCON match after scoring at least two goals since their 3-2 quarter-final loss to Cameroon in 2008. They were unbeaten in nine matches scoring at least twice (8 wins, 1 draw).
- They lost their second group match after winning their first match for the first time since 2013.
- The Carthage Eagles have failed to win their last group match in the last three editions of the CAN.
- A 4-2 victory Zimbabwe in 2017, this is their most recent victory in such a match
- Tunisia on course to reach the knockout stages for the 15th time
- Both of their shots on target against Nigeria were goals and their shot conversion rate of 26% is the highest of any team in the tournament.
Tanzania team for CAN 2025
Goalkeepers: Yakoub Suleiman (Simba), Hussein Masalanga (Singida Black Stars), Zuberi Foba (Azam)
Defenders: Bakari Mwamnyeto (Young Africans), Shomari Kapombe (Simba), Lusajo Mwaikenda (Azam), Mohamed Hussein (Young Africans), Nickson Kibabage (Simba), Alphonse Mabula (Shamakhi), Wilson Nangu (Simba), Pascal Msindo (Azam), Ibrahim Abdulla (Young Africans), Haji Mnoga (Salford City), Dickson Job (Youth Africans)
Midfield: Habibu Idd (Singida Black Stars), Tarryn Allarakhia (Rochdale), Charles M’Mombwa (Floriana), Yusuph Kagoma (Simba), Morice Abraham (Simba), Feisal Salum (Azam), Kelvin Nashon (Pamba Jiji), Novatus Miroshi (Goztepe)
Advantages: Abdul Sulemon (Azam), Iddy Suleiman Nado (Azam), Kiub Denis), Mbwana Samon (Le Havere), Kelvin John (Alburg), Simon Msuva)
Tunisia CAN 2025 Squad
Goalkeepers: Aymen Dahmen (CS Sfaxien), Bechir Ben Said (Esperance), Noureddine Farhati (Stade Tunisien), Sabri Ben Hassen (ES Sahel)
Defenders: Yassine Meriah (Espérance), Montassar Talbi (Lorient), Dylan Bronn (Servette), Adem Arous (Kasimpasa), Nader Ghandri (Akhmat Grozny), Mohamed Ben Ali (Espérance), Yan Valery (Sheffield Wednesday), Ali Abdi (Nice), Mortadha Ben Ouanes (Kasimpasa), Ali Maaloul (CS Sfaxien)
Midfield: Ellyes Skhiri (Eintracht Frankfurt), Houssem Tka (Espérance), Ferjani Sassi (Al-Gharafa), Ismael Gharbi (FC Augsburg), Mohamed Belhadj Mahmoud (Lugano), Hannibal Mejbri (Burnley), Naim Sliti (Al-Shamal), Mohamed Ali Ben Romdhane (Al Ahly)
Advantages: Elias Saad (Augsburg), Elias Achouri (FC Copenhagen), Sebastian Tounekti (Celtic), Firas Chaouat (Club Africain), Hazem Mastouri (Dynamo Makhachkala), Seifeddine Jaziri (Zamalek)
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CAN 2025 schedule, full schedule of the African Cup of Nations
Sunday December 21, 2025
- Group A: Morocco 2-0 Comoros (Rabat)
Monday December 22, 2025
- Group A: Mali 1-1 Zambia (Casablanca)
- Group B: South Africa 2-1 Angola (Marrakech)
- Group B: Egypt 2-1 Zimbabwe (Agadir)
Tuesday December 23, 2025
- Group D: Senegal 3-0 Botswana (Tangie)
- Group D: DR Congo 1-0 Benin (Rabat)
- Group C: Nigeria 2-1 Tanzania (Fez)
- Group C: Tunisia 3-1 Uganda (Rabat)
Wednesday December 24, 2025
- Group E: Burkina Faso 2-1 Equatorial Guinea (Casablanca)
- Group E: Algeria 3-0 Sudan (Rabat)
- Group F: Ivory Coast 1-0 Mozambique (Marrakech)
- Group F: Cameroon 1-0 Gabon (Agadir)
Friday December 26, 2025
- Group B: Angola 1-1 Zimbabwe (Marrakech)
- Group B: Egypt 1-0 South Africa (Agadir)
- Group A: Zambia 0-0 Comoros (Casablanca)
- Group A: Morocco 1-1 Mali (Rabat)
Saturday December 27, 2025
- Group D: Benin 1-0 Botswana (Rabat)
- Group D: Senegal 1-1 DR Congo (Tangier)
- Group C: Uganda 1-1 Tanzania (Rabat)
- Group C: Nigeria 3-2 Tunisia (Fez)
Sunday December 28, 2025
- Group F: Gabon 2-3 Mozambique (Agadir)
- Group E: Equatorial Guinea 0-1 Sudan (Casablanca)
- Group E: Algeria 1-0 Burkina Faso (Rabat)
- Group F: Ivory Coast 1-1 Cameroon, (Marrakech)
Sunday December 28, 2025
- Group F: Gabon 2-3 Mozambique (Agadir)
- Group E: Equatorial Guinea 0-1 Sudan (Casablanca)
- Group E: Algeria 1-0 Burkina Faso (Rabat)
- Group F: Ivory Coast 1-1 Cameroon, (Marrakech)
Monday December 29, 2025
- Group B: Angola – Egypt (Agadir, 4:00 p.m.)
- Group B: Zimbabwe – South Africa (Marrakech, 4:00 p.m.)
- Group A: Comoros – Mali (Casablanca, 7:00 p.m.)
- Group A: Zambia – Morocco (Rabat, 7:00 p.m.)
Tuesday December 30, 2025
- Group C: Tanzania – Tunisia (Rabat, 4:00 p.m.)
- Group C: Uganda – Nigeria (Fez, 4:00 p.m.)
- Group D: Benin – Senegal (Tangier, 7:00 p.m.)
- Group D: Botswana – DR Congo (Rabat, 7:00 p.m.)
Wednesday December 31, 2025
- Group E: Equatorial Guinea – Algeria (Rabat, 4:00 p.m.)
- Group E: Sudan – Burkina Faso (Casablanca, 4:00 p.m.)
- Group F: Gabon – Ivory Coast (Marrakech, 7:00 p.m.)
- Group F: Mozambique vs Cameroon (Agadir, 7:00 p.m.)
2025 African Cup of Nations, round of 16
Saturday January 3, 2026
- SR1: winner of Group D vs third in Group B/E/F (Tangier, 4:00 p.m.)
- SR2: Group A finalists vs Group C finalists (Casablanca, 7:00 p.m.)
Sunday January 4
- SR3: Winner of Group A vs third in Group C/D/E (Rabat, 4:00 p.m.)
- SR4: Vice-champion of Group B vs Vice-champion of Group F (Rabat, 7:00 p.m.)
Monday January 5
- SR5: winner of group B vs third of group A/C/D (Agadir, 6 p.m.)
- SR6: winners of Group C vs thirds of Groups A/B/F (Fez, 8:30 p.m.)
Tuesday January 6
- SR7: Winners of Group E vs finalists of Group D (Rabat 2, 6 p.m.)
- SR8: winners of Group F vs vice-champions of Group E (Marrakech, 8:30 p.m.)
Quarter-finals of the 2025 African Cup of Nations
Friday January 9
- QF1: Winner SR2 vs Winner SR1 (Tangier, 4:00 p.m.)
- QF2: Winner SR4 vs Winner SR3 (Rabat, 7:00 p.m.)
Saturday January 10
- QF3: Winner SR7 vs Winner SR6 (Marrakech, 4:00 p.m.)
- QF4: Winner SR5 vs Winner SR8 (Agadir, 7:00 p.m.)
2025 African Cup of Nations semi-finals
Wednesday January 14
- SF1: Winner QF1 vs Winner QF4 (Tangier, 5:00 p.m.)
- SF2: Winner QF3 vs Winner QF2 (Rabat, 8:00 p.m.)
2025 Africa Cup of Nations third place match
Saturday January 17
- SF1 vs SF2 losers (Casablanca, 4:00 p.m.)
2025 African Cup of Nations Final
Sunday January 18
- Winners SF1 vs SF2 (Rabat, 7:00 p.m.)
