However, Algeria escaped from Zimbabwe attack as they drew their first game. The Desert warrior went ahead in the 12th minute of the game, but conceded 4 minutes later.
Zimbabwe added another one on the half hour mark to put the Algerians on back put for about 52 minutes, before Riyad Mahrez scored his 2nd goal of the night to level things and share one point each.
Meanwhile, Tunisia suffered a 2-0 defeat at the hands of Terenga lion of Senegal. This is their first ever defeat against West Africa side in over 40 years.
Both teams have met at the 2013 edition of AFCON hosted by South Africa, which was narrowly won by the Tunisian side with a lone goal to win the tie against their North Africa counterpart after 38 years.
Moreover, in the last 10 competitive games overall, Algeria have lost just once, compared to Tunisia 2 defeats.
Check out the full squad of both teams below:
ALGERIA Squad:
GOALKEEPERS – Raïs Ouhab M’bolhi (Antalyaspor -Turkey), Malik Asselah (JS Kabylie), Chemseddine Rahmani (MO Béjaïa)
DEFENDERS – Mokhtar Belkhiter (Club Africain -Tunisia), Mohamed Rabie Meftah (USM Alger), Aïssa Mandi (Real Bétis – Spain), Hicham Belkaroui (Espérance de Tunis -Tunisia), Liassine Cadamuro (Servette Genève -Switzerland), Mohamed Benyahia (USM Alger), Ramy Bensebaïni (Stade Rennais -France), Faouzi Ghoulam (SSC Napoli – Italy), Djamel Eddine Mesbah (FC Crotone -Italy)
MIDFIELDERS – Adlène Guedioura (Watford FC – England), Saphir Taïder (Bologna FC -Italy), Nabil Bentaleb (Schalke 04 – Germany), Mehdi Abeid (Dijon FCO -France), Yassine Brahimi (FC Porto -Portugal), Rachid Ghezzal (Olympique Lyonnais -France)
ATTACKERS – Islam Slimani (Leicester City FC – England), Riyad Mahrez (Leicester City FC – England), Hillal El Arabi Soudani (Dinamo Zagreb -Croatia), Baghdad Bounedjah (Al Sadd -Qatar), Sofiane Hanni (RSC Anderlecht – Belgium)
TUNISIA Squad:
GOALKEEPERS – Aymen Mathlouthi (Etoile du Sahel), Moez Ben Cherifia (Esperance), Rami Jridi (CS Sfaxien)
DEFENDERS – Ali Maaloul (Al Ahly, Egypt) Aymen Abdennour (Valencia, Spain), Siyam Ben Youssef (Caen, France), Hamza Mathlouthi (CS Sfaxien), Mohamed Ali Yacoubi (Rizespor, Turkey), Chamseddine Dhaouadi (Esperance), Slimane Kchok (CA Bizertin), Zied Boughattas, Hamdi Nagguez and Zied Boughatass (Etoile du Sahel)
MIDFIELDERS – Ferjani Sassi (Esperance), Larry Azouni (Nîmes, France), Naim Sliti (Lille, France), Wahbi Khazri (Sunderland, England), Mohamed Amine Ben Amor and Hamza Lahmar (Etoile), Ahmed Khalil (Club Africain), Youssef Msakni (Lekhwiya, Qatar)
FORWARDS – Ahmed Akaïchi (Ittihad, Saudi Arabia), Taha Yassine Khenissi (Esperance), Saber Khelifa (Club Africain)
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