Goals and Highlights for Sierra-Leone 3-1 Guinea-Bissau in 2026 FIFA World Cup Qualifiers Match

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With a goal at the end and control for almost the entire game, Sierra Leone beat Guinea-Bissau 3-1, adding three more points in the World Cup Qualifiers, keeping their dream of a place in the 2026 World Cup alive!

We will have five more minutes of added time in the match. And before the end, Guinea Bissau makes another change: Jardel leaves for Mario Junior. And taking advantage of the counterattack, Turay receives the pass in the middle of the area made by Momoh Kamar to send the ball into the back of the net, scoring Sierra Leone's third goal!

In a free kick in the middle of the field, Jardel crossed hard in the middle of the confusion for Sambinha to appear and head hard, sending the ball over the goal, out, missing the chance to tie the game. Guinea-Bissau tried to press, but could not create any danger beyond the last attempt!

We now have two more changes in Sierra Leone, with Musa Kamara and Mohamed Bangura leaving for Momoh Kamara and Ibrahim Turay. And soon after, for a strong foul in the midfield, Jefferson Encada receives a yellow card.

Both teams are making more changes at the moment. Sierra Leone only makes one change, with Tyrese Fornah leaving for John Bilili Sesay. Guinea-Bissau makes two changes, with Beto and Sori Mané leaving for Franculino Dju and Janio Bikel.

Tamble Monteiro, who had just come on, received the pass, took off and hit a powerful shot from distance, across goal, sending the ball low into the right corner, to reduce the score for Guinea-Bissau, who returned to the match with the score at 2-1!

With the score at 2-0, Guinea-Bissau made another change: Vando Félix came off and Tamble Monteiro came on. The visitors tried to attack and create danger in the attacking half, but were still unsuccessful in reducing the score!

Kei Kamara, under high pressure, managed to get in the way of Baldé's exit from the game, who left the ball at the feet of the number 10, who only had to roll it to Musa Kamara, who sent the ball into the back of the goal, making the score 2-0 for Sierra Leone!

The second half is slow, with neither team managing to create any danger in a game that is tight in midfield. The pressure from both teams does not create any danger in attack and the 1-0 scoreline persists in a second half with no shots on goal.

In this return for the second stage, Guinea-Bissau made a change: Babacar Fati left and Saná Gomes came on. The game returned balanced, with neither team yet to create any danger or shoot on goal.

The players from Sierra Leone and Guinea-Bissau return to the pitch and we have the ball rolling for the second half of the match valid for the fifth round of the World Cup Qualifiers, with real time and highlights and emotions here on VAVEL!

With a goal from Bundu in the first half, Sierra Leone goes into the break beating Guinea-Bissau 1-0, adding three more points in the World Cup Qualifiers, after an intense first half, but with few chances of danger!

We will have four more minutes of added time in the first half, where Sierra Leone manages to maintain possession and tries to attack, causing danger at times, but without taking the 1-0 off the scoreboard, while Guinea-Bissau is unable to attack.

On the left, Guinea-Bissau had a corner kick, taken by Jardel, with the ball hitting the crossbar! And soon after, Jalloh received a yellow card for a strong tackle hitting the Sierra Leone player, in a strong foul! And soon after, Bundu left the field injured for Kamara to come on.

Koroma received the pass in midfield, carried the ball and hit it hard from outside the area, into the left corner, but saw Manuel Baldé fall to keep the ball on the ground, without giving a rebound, in a spectacular save on the counter!

At the moment we have a technical stoppage that had not been planned. This is because the player from Guinea-Bissau was treated on the field, stopping the game and, due to the delay in treatment, but with the player already back in the game, the others took the opportunity to hydrate themselves and receive instructions from their coaches.

Guinea-Bissau starts to press high, but without causing any danger, even managing to finish a few times, winning the corner, which is taken into the area for the defense to clear. Guinea-Bissau continues to pose a threat in attack.

Fati got the ball in a long shot forward and tried to pass it back to the goalkeeper, but the pass was short, leaving Bundu in a dispute with the goalkeeper, for the striker to deflect into the right corner, sending the ball into the back of the net, opening the scoring!

Sierra Leone begins to dominate the match, trying to attack, but at the moment they are unable to pose a constant threat to the Guinea-Bissau defense. The game is balanced and even slow at times.

Mané, from a free kick on the left, crossed hard, with the ball going straight to the goal, for Sesay to palm over the goalposts for a corner. Jardel hit the ball in the area and Sesay came out to clear it with a punch. The rebound goes to Guinea-Bissau, who maintain possession and exchange passes in attack.

On the right, Sierra Leone had a free kick, which was taken by Bangura into the middle of the area, where Kamara appeared to finish, but sent the ball into the hands of Baldé, who kept it without giving a rebound, in the first dangerous chance!

The players take to the field and we have the start of the match between Sierra Leone and Guinea-Bissau, in the fifth round of the World Cup Qualifiers, which you can follow, with all the moves and emotions, right here on VAVEL!

Guinea-Bissau also announced the players on the bench, which will have the following options for Luis Boa Morte: Manuel Djaló, Fernando Embadje, Mario Junior, Saná Gomes, Gilberto Batista, Janio Bikel, Zidane Banjaqui, Zé Turbo, Franculino Dju, Sene Camara and Tamble Monteiro.
 

Guinea-Bissau also released its lineup for today's match, but without the formation or tactical disposition, going to the field with: Manuel Samba Balde (goalkeeper), Vitor Rofino, Mamadu Samba Candé, Babacar Fati, Alfa Semedo, Norberto Gomes Betuncal, Jorge Intima, Jefferson Encada, Vando Felix, Manconi Soriano Mané and Esmiraldo Sá da Silva.

Tomorrow, closing the round, we will have: Equatorial Guinea x São Tomé and Príncipe, Botswana x Algeria, Rwanda x Nigeria, Burkina Faso x Djibouti, Congo x South Sudan, South Africa x Lesotho, Ghana x Chad, Burundi x Ivory Coast, Guinea x Somalia, Ethiopia x Egypt and Niger x Morocco.

The round began yesterday, with Liberia 0x1 Tunisia, Eswatini 0x0 Cameroon and Central African Republic 1x4 Madagascar. Earlier today we had Mozambique 3x1 Uganda and, later today, we will have: Malawi x Namibia, Zimbabwe x Benin, Cape Verde x Mauritius, Libya x Angola, Gabon x Seychelles, Gambia x Kenya and Comoros x Mali.

We now continue with the World Cup Qualifiers! The ball will soon roll for the clash between Sierra Leone and Guinea-Bissau, in the fifth round of the group stage, with all the action and excitement in real time here on VAVEL!

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Guinea-Bissau, on the other hand, will use the same possible lineup that it used against Mozambique, going with the starting team with: Manuel Baldé, Encada, Sambinha, Rofino and Augusto Dabó; Bura, Janio Bikel, Baldé, Dálcio and Mané; Beto.

Sierra Leone is expected to use the same starting lineup today that it used in its 2-0 defeat to Zambia, which had the following starters: Koroma, Michael, Jalloh, Dunia and Samadia; Sillah, Fornah, Kallon, Kaikai and Kargbo; Bakayoko.

In Group I, Guinea-Bissau came in third place with five points, three above Eswatini, six behind Mozambique and nine behind Mali, also eliminated from the race for a place in the African Cup of Nations.

In the African Cup of Nations Qualifiers, in Group G, Sierra Leone came in third place with five points, two above Chad, seven below Ivory Coast and eight below Zambia, and was therefore eliminated and left out of the African Cup of Nations.

The two teams in today's match are in Group A of the World Cup Qualifiers, which is led by Egypt, with six points. Right behind them is Guinea-Bissau with six points. Burkina Faso is just below with five, tied with Sierra Leone. Ethiopia is behind with three points, with Djibouti with just one, closing the group.

Guinea-Bissau has three consecutive defeats. On November 19, 2-1, they lost to Mozambique at home, with goals from Bruno Langa and Ratifo, while Bentuncal scored. On December 20, 4-1, they lost away to Guinea, with a 2-1 home defeat to Guinea soon after. 

Sierra Leone comes into today's clash with two draws and one defeat. On November 1, 2024, they drew 1-1 away to Liberia. On the 12th, 1-1, they drew 1-1 away to Chad, with Dumbuya opening the scoring for Sierra Leone and Thiam equalizing. And on the 19th, 2-0, they lost to Zambia, with goals from Banda and Musonda. 

Sierra Leone vs Guinea-Bissau live stream will face each other this Thursday (20), at the Samuel Kanyon Doe Sports Complex, at 1 pm (Brasília time), for the World Cup Qualifiers. The clash is valid for the fifth round of the competition.