MUNDIAL·26

First Stage · Group I · Friday, June 26 · Toronto Stadium, Toronto · 43,036 in the stands

kickoff 15:00 local · 20°C · 88% humidity

Senegal

4′ Habib DIARRA (pen)

56′ Ismaila SARR (pen)

59′ Pape GUEYE (pen)

71′ Pape GUEYE (pen)

82′ Iliman NDIAYE (pen)

5:0

Iraq

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Senegal4-3-3
Iraq4-2-3-1
Mory DIAW7.1Abdoulaye SECK7.7Ismail JAKOBS6.6Krepin DIATTA7.0Moussa NIAKHATE6.6Idrissa Gana GUEYE7.5Lamine CAMARA8.0Habib DIARRA7.8Sadio MANE7.5Ismaila SARR8.7Ibrahim MBAYE6.8AHMED BASIL6.4REBIN SULAKA-1.0AKAM HASHIM5.3MERCHAS DOSKI5.5FRANS PUTROS5.9IBRAHIM BAYESH6.6ZIDANE IQBAL5.7AMIR ALAMMARI6.5ALI ALHAMADI6.5AHMED QASEM6.5ALI JASIM6.5
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match pulse — xG per 5 minutes · goals · cards

45′90′SENIRQ

goals — hover the strip for every shot and card, with names

  • 4′Diarra0.51 xG
  • 56′I. Sarr0.41 xG
  • 59′P. Gueye0.04 xG
  • 71′P. Gueye0.14 xG
  • 82′I. Ndiaye0.04 xG
SEN 0:0 IRQ0'kickoff
3' I. Gueye — xG 0.03 · Missed4' Seck — xG 0.04 · Blocked4' Diarra — xG 0.51 · Goal14' Mané — xG 0.11 · Saved14' Seck — xG 0.02 · Missed17' I. Sarr — xG 0.07 · Missed20' Jasim — xG 0.04 · Blocked20' Jasim — xG 0.01 · Blocked33' Jakobs — xG 0.06 · Missed41' Doski — xG 0.02 · Blocked41' Jasim — xG 0.02 · Blocked45 + 1' Mané — xG 0.04 · Missed46' Diarra — xG 0.02 · Missed45 + 2' Niakhate — xG 0.11 · Missed45 + 6' Camara — xG 0.00 · Missed51' Mané — xG 0.36 · Missed53' Jasim — xG 0.02 · Saved54' I. Sarr — xG 0.14 · Saved56' I. Sarr — xG 0.41 · Goal59' P. Gueye — xG 0.04 · Goal62' P. Gueye — xG 0.06 · Missed71' P. Gueye — xG 0.14 · Goal73' Yakob — xG 0.02 · Missed74' P. Gueye — xG 0.05 · Blocked74' Diatta — xG 0.07 · Missed77' Jackson — xG 0.11 · Blocked79' Ciss — xG 0.24 · Saved79' Jackson — xG 0.05 · Saved82' I. Ndiaye — xG 0.04 · Goal86' Mané — xG 0.09 · Blocked88' P. Gueye — xG 0.03 · Blocked90 + 1' Jackson — xG 0.08 · Saved90 + 2' P. Gueye — xG 0.01 · Saved90 + 5' I. Ndiaye — xG 0.08 · Saved

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The xG race — cumulative expected goals, minute by minute

SEN 0:0 IRQ
1.02.03.00′15′30′45′60′75′90′4' Diarra — GOAL56' I. Sarr — GOAL59' P. Gueye — GOAL71' P. Gueye — GOAL82' I. Ndiaye — GOAL3.010.13

On paper vs as played — formation sheet vs heatmap reality

SEN 4-3-3 attack →, ← IRQ 4-2-3-1 attack. The teamsheet, as announced.

23Mory DIAWMory DIAW4Abdoulaye SECKAbdoulaye SECK14Ismail JAKOBSIsmail JAKOBS15Krepin DIATTAKrepin DIATTA19Moussa NIAKHATEMoussa NIAKHATE5Idrissa Gana GUEYEIdrissa Gana GUEYE8Lamine CAMARALamine CAMARA21Habib DIARRAHabib DIARRA10Sadio MANESadio MANE18Ismaila SARRIsmaila SARR20Ibrahim MBAYEIbrahim MBAYE22AHMED BASILAHMED BASIL2REBIN SULAKAREBIN SULAKA5AKAM HASHIMAKAM HASHIM23MERCHAS DOSKIMERCHAS DOSKI26FRANS PUTROSFRANS PUTROS8IBRAHIM BAYESHIBRAHIM BAYESH14ZIDANE IQBALZIDANE IQBAL16AMIR ALAMMARIAMIR ALAMMARI9ALI ALHAMADIALI ALHAMADI11AHMED QASEMAHMED QASEM17ALI JASIMALI JASIM

The duel — team data, FIFA tracking included

59%
Possession
31%
2.70
Expected goals
0.21
78
Threat
22
27
Shots
6
11
On target
1
523
Passes completed
200
38
Forced turnovers
43
9.0s
Ball recovery time
18.1s
9.36
High-press phases
1.47
10
Fouls committed
10
1
Offsides
0
112 km
Distance covered
105 km
33.5 km/h
Top speed
32.8 km/h

Territory — where each team lived

Every player's heatmap, minutes-weighted and stacked per team. Senegal attack →, ← Iraq attack. Brighter is more presence; where the colors meet is the contested ground.

How it happened

  1. 4′Habib DIARRA (Senegal) scores!!
  2. 13′REBIN SULAKA (Iraq) is sent off!
  3. 16′MUNAF YOUNUS (in) comes off the bench to replace AHMED QASEM (out) (Iraq)
  4. 18′Abdoulaye SECK (Senegal) is booked by the referee.
  5. ′Before the second half begins JALAL HASSAN (in) comes off the bench to replace AHMED BASIL (out) (Iraq)
  6. 56′Ismaila SARR (Senegal) scores!!
  7. 56′Nicolas JACKSON (in) comes off the bench to replace Lamine CAMARA (out) (Senegal)
  8. 56′Pape GUEYE (in) comes off the bench to replace Habib DIARRA (out) (Senegal)
  9. 56′Iliman NDIAYE (in) comes off the bench to replace Ibrahim MBAYE (out) (Senegal)
  10. 57′AHMED MAKNAZI (in) comes off the bench to replace ALI JASIM (out) (Iraq)
  11. 57′ALI YOUSIF (in) comes off the bench to replace ALI ALHAMADI (out) (Iraq)
  12. 58′Pathe CISS (in) comes off the bench to replace Abdoulaye SECK (out) (Senegal)
  13. 59′Pape GUEYE (Senegal) scores!!
  14. 67′KEVIN YAKOB (in) comes off the bench to replace ZIDANE IQBAL (out) (Iraq)
  15. 71′Pape GUEYE (Senegal) scores!!
  16. 75′AMIR ALAMMARI (Iraq) is booked by the referee.
  17. 81′Assane DIAO (in) comes off the bench to replace Ismaila SARR (out) (Senegal)
  18. 81′Pape GUEYE (Senegal) is booked by the referee.
  19. 82′Iliman NDIAYE (Senegal) scores!!
  20. 90′MERCHAS DOSKI (Iraq) is booked by the referee.

The morning-after column · AI-written from the match data

Senegal demolishes Iraq in 11-on-10 rout

Senegal's high press suffocated Iraq from the opening minute, and when Rebin Sulaka received his marching orders at 13 minutes, the contest was finished before it began. Pape Gueye, rated 9.9, orchestrated a masterclass in modern football: relentless pressing (9.4 high-press phases to Iraq's 1.5), ball recovery in 9 seconds compared to Iraq's 18, forced turnovers that left the opposition gasping. Iraq retreated into capitulation, managing just 31 per cent possession and a single shot on target. Senegal barely needed to break a sweat.

The numbers obliterated any pretence of competition: 2.7 expected goals to Iraq's 0.21, 27 shots to 6, 11 on target to 1. Ismaila Sarr (8.7) and Iliman Ndiaye (8.5) operated like foxes in a henhouse once the numerical disadvantage took hold. Even Senegal's finishing stuttered—a 0.36 xG chance missed at 51 minutes, another saved at 79—yet the gulf was so vast that clinical execution became almost irrelevant. Iraq's midfield and defence offered nothing; their players spent the entire afternoon retrieving the ball from uncomfortable positions.

Senegal's 2.7 expected goals to Iraq's 0.21, combined with Pape Gueye's 9.9 rating, painted a match never in doubt after the 13th-minute red card.

13′

Rebin Sulaka sent off for Iraq; the match ceased to be a contest.

What Senegal needed

Suffocating press and ball recovery won it; missed chances could have cost them against stronger opponents.

  • 9.4 high-press phases exploited Iraq's inability to build play; maintain that intensity in knockout stages.
  • 9.0-second ball recovery time forced 38 turnovers; this speed is a competitive weapon.
  • Two big chances went begging (0.36 and 0.24 xG); efficiency matters more when opponents tighten.

What Iraq needed

The red card was decisive, but Iraq created virtually nothing before or after it.

  • 0.21 xG indicates zero attacking threat; tactical setup was too passive from kick-off.
  • 18.1-second ball recovery time shows constant chase; compression required to stem the press.
  • Sulaka's dismissal (13') ended the match, but 6 shots in 90 minutes is unacceptable.