Goals, cards, substitutions, and other recorded match events.
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The Egypt vs Benin timeline covers Africa Cup of Nations, Round of 16 on 5 Jan 2026 and tracks 22 recorded match events from the game. The scoreline is Egypt 3-1 Benin, so the event list can be read alongside the final result. The timeline includes 4 goals, 8 cards, and 10 substitutions, which helps show whether the game was shaped by goals, cards, substitutions or a mix of all three.
The event mix shows 4 goals, 8 cards, and 10 substitutions. That makes the timeline useful for seeing when the match opened up, when discipline became part of the story and how both benches changed the game through substitutions.
The first major moments listed here include 13' - Egypt, Rami Rabia - Yellow Card, 27' - Benin, Junior Olaitan - Yellow Card, 29' - Egypt, Marwan Attia - Yellow Card, 32' - Benin, Aiyegun Tosin - Substitution 1, and 45+1' - Egypt, M. Hamdi - Substitution 1. Reading those events in order gives a quick route through the match story before opening the full timeline for every recorded action.
