Africa Cup of Nations News: Mali vs Tunisia Confirmed Line-ups

By Peter Guest, FootballPredictions.NET, 18:30 03/01/2026

It’s almost time for the Mali vs Tunisia Africa Cup of Nations match which is rapidly nearing kick-off, and the teams are in.

Here is the starting eleven for Mali which has been officially confirmed as:

Mali

Djigui Diarra #16
Goalkeeper
Height: 1.85m
Weight: 75kg
Age: 30
Nationality: Mali
Place of birth: Bamako, Mali
Amadou Dante #3
Defender
Height: 1.78m
Weight: 77kg
Age: 25
Nationality: Mali
Place of birth: Mali
Ousmane Camara #4
Defender
Height: 1.98m
Weight: 92kg
Age: 22
Nationality: Mali
Place of birth: Paris, France
Abdoulaye Diaby #15
Defender
Height: 1.95m
Weight: 80kg
Age: 25
Nationality: Mali
Place of birth: Mali
Woyo Coulibaly #25
Defender
Height: 1.85m
Weight: 79kg
Age: 26
Nationality: Mali
Place of birth: Gonesse, France
Aliou Dieng #23
Midfielder
Height: 1.81m
Weight: 76kg
Age: 28
Nationality: Mali
Place of birth: Bamako, Mali
Yves Bissouma #10
Midfielder
Height: 1.82m
Weight: 80kg
Age: 29
Nationality: Mali
Place of birth: Issia, Ivory Coast
Mahamadou Doumbia #8
Midfielder
Height: 1.86m
Weight: 67kg
Age: 21
Nationality: Mali
Place of birth: Mali
Lassana Coulibaly #11
Midfielder
Height: 1.83m
Weight: 77kg
Age: 29
Nationality: Mali
Place of birth: Bamako, Mali
Mamadou Sangaré #8
Midfielder
Height: 1.78m
Weight: 72kg
Age: 23
Nationality: Mali
Place of birth: Bamako, Mali
Lassine Sinayoko #10
Forward
Height: 1.86m
Weight: 81kg
Age: 26
Nationality: Mali
Place of birth: Bamako, Mali
Substitutes: Samassa, M (G), Diawara, I (G), Gassama, N (D), Fofana, M (D), Traoré, H (D), Doucouré, F (D), Camara, M (M), Sissoko, I (M), Doumbia, K (M), Nene, D (F), Diakité, G (F), Touré, E (F), Doumbia, M (F), Camara, M (F).

The starting line-up for Tunisia has also been confirmed as follows:

Tunisia

Aymen Dahmen #16
Goalkeeper
Height: 1.88m
Weight: 79kg
Age: 28
Nationality: Tunisia
Place of birth: Sfax, Tunisia
Ali Abdi #2
Defender
Height: 1.83m
Weight: 73kg
Age: 32
Nationality: Tunisia
Place of birth: Sfax, Tunisia
Dylan Bronn #15
Defender
Height: 1.85m
Weight: 76kg
Age: 30
Nationality: Tunisia
Place of birth: Cannes, France
Montassar Talbi #3
Defender
Height: 1.89m
Weight: 81kg
Age: 27
Nationality: Tunisia
Place of birth: Paris, France
Yan Valery #20
Defender
Height: 1.8m
Weight: 85kg
Age: 26
Nationality: Tunisia
Place of birth: Champigny-sur-Marne, France
Hadj Mahmoud #29
Midfielder
Height: 1.79m
Weight: 78kg
Age: 25
Nationality: Tunisia
Place of birth: Tunisia
Ferjani Sassi #13
Midfielder
Height: 1.86m
Weight: 80kg
Age: 33
Nationality: Tunisia
Place of birth: Aryanah, Tunisia
Ellyes Skhiri #17
Midfielder
Height: 1.85m
Weight: 74kg
Age: 30
Nationality: Tunisia
Place of birth: Lunel, France
Hannibal Mejbri #28
Midfielder
Height: 1.82m
Weight: 70kg
Age: 22
Nationality: Tunisia
Place of birth: Ivry-sur-Seine, France
Ismaël Gharbi #11
Midfielder
Height: 1.73m
Weight: 63kg
Age: 21
Nationality: Tunisia
Place of birth: Paris, France
Hazem Mastouri #7
Forward
Height: 1.91m
Weight: 84kg
Age: 28
Nationality: Tunisia
Place of birth: Tunis, Tunisia
Substitutes: Ben Saïd, B (G), Farhati, N (G), Maâloul, A (D), Ben Ouanes, M (D), Meriah, Y (D), Arous, A (D), Ghandri, N (D), Ben Ali, M (D), Ben Romdhane, M (M), Saad, E (F), Tounekti, S (F), Achouri, E (F), Sliti, N (F), Jaziri, S (F), Chaouat, F (F).

See the link below for our full match preview and statistics.

Mali
Tunisia
1 - 1
👉 Draw
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