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Cameroon vs Morocco: AFCON 2025 Quarter-final Preview, Head-to-Head & Key Stats

Cameroon will face tournament hosts Morocco national football team in a blockbuster Quarter-final clash at the TotalEnergies CAF Africa Cup of Nations Morocco 2025.

This will be the fourth meeting between the sides at the AFCON finals, with Cameroon unbeaten against Morocco at AFCON (W2 D1).

Historic AFCON Rivalry

This marks:

Their first AFCON meeting this century

Their first finals clash in 39 years, 11 months, and 29 days

Previous AFCON Meetings

1986 (Group Stage): Cameroon 1–1 Morocco
(Roger Milla 89’ | Abdelkrim Krimau 63’)

1988 (Semi-final): Morocco 0–1 Cameroon
(Cyril Makanaky 78’)

1992 (Group Stage): Cameroon 1–0 Morocco
(André Kana-Biyik 23’)

Cameroon progressed on all three occasions.

Overall Head-to-Head Record

All Competitions

Cameroon: P13 W6 D5 L2 | GF11 GA9

Morocco: P13 W2 D5 L6 | GF9 GA11

AFCON Only

Cameroon: P3 W2 D1 L0

Morocco: P3 W0 D1 L2

Cameroon remained unbeaten in the first 13 meetings between 1981 and 2017.
However, Morocco have won the last two encounters, including:

2-0 win in AFCON 2019 qualification (Hakim Ziyech brace)

4-0 victory at the 2020 CHAN Semi-final

Cameroon vs AFCON Hosts: A Proven Record

Faced AFCON hosts 13 times: W6 D5 L2

Unbeaten in their last six matches vs hosts (W3 D3)

Lost only twice to hosts (1970 vs Sudan, 1996 vs South Africa)

Nine clean sheets in 13 matches against hosts

In knockout matches against hosts:

Played six times

Only defeat: 1986 final vs Egypt

Defeated Morocco (1988), Senegal (1992), Mali (2002), Ghana (2008), Nigeria (2000 final)

Cameroon – Key Quarter-final Statistics

Beat South Africa 2-1 in the Round of 16

That win was their 49th AFCON victory

Reached their 11th AFCON Quarter-final (only Nigeria have more)

Quarter-final record: P10 W5 D2 L3

Progressed from 65% of AFCON knockout matches

Lowest average possession among quarter-finalists (43.2%)

Junior Tchamadeu became first Cameroonian defender to score in AFCON knockouts since 2017

Christian Kofane: goals in consecutive matches, tournament-high 12 shots

Bryan Mbeumo: most chances created for Cameroon (9)

Morocco – Key Quarter-final Statistics

Qualified after a 1-0 win over Tanzania

Reached their fifth AFCON Quarter-final

Previous Quarter-final appearances: 1998, 2004, 2017, 2021

Only Quarter-final win: 2004 vs Algeria

Last Semi-final appearance: 2004

Three clean sheets at AFCON 2025 (best since 2004)

Brahim Díaz: four goals — most by a Moroccan in a single AFCON

Díaz has scored in four consecutive AFCON matches

Tournament-high 2,184 completed passes

71% possession vs Tanzania

Achraf Hakimi registered his first assist of the tournament

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