Curaçao 0–2 Ivory Coast

Matchday 15 · Group E · 2026-06-25

Curaçao

xG 1.77

HT 0–10 – 2

Ivory Coast

xG 2.06

Ivory Coast Nicolas Pépé 7′, Nicolas Pépé 64′

Lincoln Financial Field · 68,324 attendance

The story

The favourite delivered: Ivory Coast (60% pre-match) beat Curaçao 2–0.

Expected goals race

Curaçao Ivory Coast ● goal

Cumulative expected goals, minute by minute. ESPN's free feed has no xG, so each shot's xG is estimated with a naive distance-and-angle logistic model fitted on shot coordinates from the play-by-play.

Shot map

Curaçao (attacking →) Ivory Coast (attacking ←) size = xG · star = goal

Curaçao · match stats · Ivory Coast

36.7 Possession 63.3

11 Shots 7

2 On Target 3

4 Corners 6

11 Fouls 6

2 Offsides 1

1 Saves 2

2 Yellows 1

0 Reds 0

What the model expected

Pre-match Elo: Curaçao 1639, Ivory Coast 1797. The model priced this Curaçao 18% / draw 22% / Ivory Coast 60%, most likely score 0–1. The model called it. The result moves 22 Elo points from Curaçao to Ivory Coast — that flows straight into the next round of tournament simulations.

Timeline

7' GOALGoal! Curaçao 0, Côte d'Ivoire 1. Nicolas Pépé (Côte d'Ivoire) left footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Yan Diomande.

35' YELLOWNicolas Pépé (Côte d'Ivoire) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

45' SUBSubstitution, Côte d'Ivoire. Christ Inao Oulaï replaces Amad Diallo.

61' SUBSubstitution, Curaçao. Jeremy Antonisse replaces Livano Comenencia.

64' GOALGoal! Curaçao 0, Côte d'Ivoire 2. Nicolas Pépé (Côte d'Ivoire) left footed shot from the right side of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Ibrahim Sangaré.

67' SUBSubstitution, Côte d'Ivoire. Oumar Diakité replaces Ange-Yoan Bonny.

67' SUBSubstitution, Côte d'Ivoire. Elye Wahi replaces Nicolas Pépé.

67' SUBSubstitution, Côte d'Ivoire. Bazoumana Touré replaces Yan Diomande.

75' YELLOWJuninho Bacuna (Curaçao) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

77' SUBSubstitution, Curaçao. Gervane Kastaneer replaces Juriën Gaari.

77' SUBSubstitution, Curaçao. Tyrese Noslin replaces Deveron Fonville.

77' SUBSubstitution, Côte d'Ivoire. Jean Michaël Seri replaces Franck Kessie.

83' YELLOWGervane Kastaneer (Curaçao) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

90' SUBSubstitution, Curaçao. Shurandy Sambo replaces Joshua Brenet.

90' SUBSubstitution, Curaçao. Brandley Kuwas replaces Jürgen Locadia.

Lineups

Curaçao

5-4-1

1Eloy Room G
18Armando Obispo CD
24Deveron Fonville CD-L
3Juriën Gaari CD-R
5Sherel Floranus LB
20Joshua Brenet RB
10Leandro Bacuna CM-L
8Livano Comenencia CM-R
7Juninho Bacuna LM
21Tahith Chong RM
9Jürgen Locadia F

Subs: Jeremy Antonisse, Gervane Kastaneer, Tyrese Noslin, Shurandy Sambo, Brandley Kuwas

Ivory Coast

4-2-3-1

1Yahia Fofana G
2Ousmane Diomande CD-L
7Odilon Kossounou CD-R
13Christopher Operi LB
17Guela Doué RB
19Nicolas Pépé AM
8Franck Kessié LM
18Ibrahim Sangaré RM
9Ange-Yoan Bonny F
11Yan Diomande AM-L
15Amad Diallo AM-R

Subs: Christ Inao Oulaï, Oumar Diakité, Elye Wahi, Bazoumana Touré, Jean Michaël Seri

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