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AFCON 2015: Head to head statistics: Congo vs DR Congo

By Allsports.com.gh
Cup of Nations AFCON 2015: Head to head statistics: Congo vs DR Congo
JAN 31, 2015 LISTEN

Head to head
These sides have played thirty five (35) times, with DR Congo winning 15, losing 10 and drawing 10 against Congo

-The African neighbours have met three times in Afcon DR Congo winning 3-0 in 1968 and 2-0 in 1972 before Congo turned the tables in 1974 with a 2-1 victory

Performance in the Africa Cup of Nations
Congo
- This will be only the second time Congo Brazzaville have featured in an Afcon quarter-final after losing 2-1 to Ghana in Senegal 23 years ago

-The Red Devils were the champions of the continental showpiece in 1972

DR Congo
-They won the AFCON in 1968 and 1974
-DR Congo have reached the Afcon quarter-finals five times and their lone success came 17 years ago when they shocked Cameroon 1-0 in Burkina Faso

Current form
Congo
-They gained the highest points at the group stage among all the 16 nations , 7.

-FIFA rankings suggest a close encounter with DR Congo (13-57) just two places ahead of Congo (15-61) in Africa and four ahead in the world.

-Congo hope coach Claude LeRoy's two stints as DR Congo coach will give them some inside knowledge and an advantage.

-LeRoy is in confident mood: "Our potential, talent, vigour make us a good bet for the semi-finals."

DR Congo
-FIFA rankings suggest a close encounter with DR Congo (13-57) just two places ahead of Congo (15-61) in Africa and four ahead in the world.

- Group B runners-up DR Congo this week became only the third country after Guinea (2015) and Mali (1972) to reach the knockout stage without winning

-Coach Florent Ibenge, who is also in charge of AS Vita Club - the big club in Kinshasa - added: "We are the same country separated by a river. We know our brothers, we are the same people, the same lives.

"We qualified with a lot of difficulties as we as were the 16th team to get here. Everybody thought we would be eliminated but we are still here.

- DR Congo will be without injured skipper Youssouf Mulumbu, who also missed the final group game against Tunisia with a hamstring injury.

"They have a good team with a good and experienced coach. We just hope we don't go behind and have to chase the game as we did against Tunisia."

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