Mali vs Ghana LIVE: Score, Goals and Latest Updates From WAFCON 2026 Group D Clash
Mali 0-0 Ghana: VAR denies Ghana a penalty
33 min: A quick throw-in allows Kusi to find Doris Boaduwaa, who is nudged off the ball inside the box. The referee points to the spot and awards Ghana a penalty.
34 min: Wait! VAR intervenes after replays suggest Boaduwaa was in an offside position. Following the review, the referee overturns the penalty decision.
36 min: Mali win a free-kick, with Saratou opting to go directly for goal. Cynthia Konlan is alert and makes a comfortable save.
37 min: The Lady Eagles appear to have settled after soaking up Ghana’s earlier pressure. However, the Black Queens disrupt their momentum, with Alice Kusi winning a free-kick in Ghana’s half.
38 min: Play is briefly stopped after Boaduwaa races into the box from the right and attempts to deliver a cross. Her effort strikes Malian defender Orokia Sissoko in the head, sending her to the ground.
40 min: Sissoko gets back to her feet and continues. Ghana then come close as Kusi’s cross causes confusion in the Malian box. The substitute goalkeeper fails to deal with it, allowing the ball to fall to Boaduwaa, but the angle is too tight for her acrobatic effort, which is partially cleared. Ghana recycle possession before Mali finally clear their lines.
Mali 0-0 Ghana: Keenly contested with nothing to separate the two sides
24 min: Portia Boakye launches another long ball, but it sails out of play with no Ghanaian player able to get on the end of it.
25 min: The Black Queens produce some neat, intricate passing to unlock Mali’s defence and earn a throw-in. Kusi takes it quickly and gets into the box before delivering a cross, but Mali clear their lines and the referee awards the Lady Eagles a free-kick.
26 min: Mali finally escape Ghana’s sustained pressure and win a free-kick just beyond the halfway line.
27 min: Ghana defend the set piece well and win a goal kick. The Queens try to build from the back but give the ball away cheaply, allowing Mali to launch an attack that ends in a corner.
28 min: Ghana survives a huge scare. Mali’s corner is whipped into a dangerous area and sparks chaos inside the box, but the referee eventually blows for a free-kick to Ghana.
30 min: Ghana wins a free-kick around the centre circle. Yeboah receives the ball from the restart and sends a lofted pass forward, but Mali deal with the threat. The Lady Eagles then win the ball back, although Saratou Traore appears to foul her opponent in the challenge.
Mali 0-0 Ghana: Mali forced into early substitution
12 min: Ghana win a corner as the Black Queens continue to push forward.
13 min: Alice Kusi delivers a dangerous corner, and Mali struggle to clear their lines. The rebound falls to Chantelle Boye-Hlorkah, but her low effort is blocked by a wall of defenders inside the box. Malian goalkeeper Fatoumata Karentao eventually gathers the ball but appears to be in discomfort after colliding with Boye-Hlorkah.
15 min: Karentao remains down and appears to be struggling to continue. After receiving treatment and having her knee strapped, however, the goalkeeper looks ready to carry on.
18 min: Ghana continue to make inroads, with Boye-Hlorkah rising to meet a cross, but her header is comfortably saved by Karentao.
19 min: The Black Queens turn up the pressure. Alice Kusi sends Evelyn Badu through, but a Malian defender blocks her cross. Ghana quickly recycle possession, and Boye-Hlorkah plays a clever through ball for Badu, but Karentao races off her line to collect.
20 min: Karentao goes down again, and this time she cannot continue. The Malian goalkeeper leaves the pitch after making several important interventions, with Aissatou Liberge coming on as her replacement.
Mali 0-0 Ghana: Evenly balanced affair so far
1 min: Mali get us underway at the Moulay Rachid Stadium in Casablanca. Ghana quickly win possession through Grace Asantewaa, but the Queens give it away before regaining control.
2 min: Ghana swiftly turn defence into attack, with Alice Kusi racing down the flank to deliver a first-time cross. Doris Boaduwaa gets on the end of it, but the Malian goalkeeper makes a comfortable save.
3 min: Ghana look a little shaky as an unforced error gifts Mali a corner. The South African referee takes a moment to organise the players inside the box before the set piece.
4 min: The Black Queens patiently build from the back, but Asantewaa is caught in possession. Saratou tries her luck from distance, but the effort lacks direction.
5 min: Mali are winning most of the 50-50 duels so far. Ghana earn a throw-in, but Comfort Yeboah's delivery sails harmlessly away.
6 min: Boye-Hlorkah wins Ghana a corner after her effort takes a deflection off a Malian defender. The set piece is cleared, and Ghana waste the chance to recycle possession as a hopeful long ball finds no teammate.
7 min: Ghana win an attacking throw-in, but the opportunity comes to nothing after Evelyn Badu goes down following a challenge from Mali's Saratou.
8 min: Mali restart play and win a free-kick after Alice Kusi uses too much force in her attempt to regain possession. The South African referee immediately points for the foul.
9 min: The Lady Eagles take the free-kick short, trying to catch Ghana out with a clever pass into the left channel. However, the ball runs beyond the intended Malian attacker and goes out of play.
10 min: Ghana look comfortable but are taking risks with their passing at the back. They eventually work their way forward, but the resulting shot from near the box is straight at the Malian goalkeeper.
