LIVE: Guinea 2 - 0 Uganda Cranes

FULL TIME: Guinea 2 - 0 Cranes, Ghana 3 - 1 Togo.

Guinea and Ghana through to the 2015 AFCON finals in Equatorial Guinea

8 : 22   GOAL Ghana 3 - 1 Togo

GOAL: Guinea 2 - 0 Cranes

Booking

8: 18 Andy Mwesigwa gets a red card. Penalty for Guinea

8: 15  Cranes survive another goal. Guinea hit the post

8: 12   Ghana 2 - 1 Togo

8: 02   Second Half begins Guinea 1 - 0 Cranes

 Throw in for Guinea

HALF TIME

7: 50

First Half ends, Guinea 1, Uganda Cranes 1.

Ghana 2 - 0 Togo

7: 34 THE OTHER GROUP E GAME GHANA 2 - 0 TOGO

7 : 28 GOAL:

Guinea 1 Cranes 0. Goal from a freekick on the edge of the box

7: 20

Guinea has dominated possession in  first 20 minutes. The other Group E game between Ghana and Togo is still goal less

7: 12

The stadium is largely empty

7: 03 pm

First Half begins

7 : 02 - Kick off

Lineups are announced and players are warming up.

Ebola

Ibrahima Traore has had to beg his German club Borussia Monchengladbach to let him play for Guinea in their final Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against Cranes. The club's doctor had concerns that he could contract the deadly Ebola virus.

Cranes Africa Cup of Nations record

1957 to 1959 – Did not enter

1962 – Fourth place

1963 – Withdrew

1965 – Did not qualify

1968 – Round 1

1970 to 1972 – Did not qualify

1974 – Round 1

1976 – Round 1

1978 – Second place

1980 to 1982 – Withdrew

1984 to 1988 – Did not qualify

1990 – Withdrew

1992 to 2013 – Did not qualify

Left back Godfrey Walusimbi recalled

Uganda Cranes head coach, Milutin Sedrojevic has recalled left back , Godfrey Walusimbi and Geofrey Baba Kizito to the starting line up against Guinea at the Mohammed V stadium in Casablanca city,Morocco.

Walusimbi, who plays professional football in Gor Mahia F.C in Kenya did not play any part in the last Cranes’ game against Ghana in Kampala because of accumulated yellow cards.

Meanwhile, Geofrey ‘Baba’ Kizito, who came off the bench against Ghana starts in a five man mid field of Tonny Mawejje, Farouk Miya, Brian Majwega, Kizito Luwagga and Baba himself.

University of Pretoria striker, Geofrey Massa starts as a alone striker.

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Uganda Cranes players pray after the technical meeting in Casablanca. PHOTO: FUFA

Starting XI for Uganda Cranes vs Guinea:

Denis Onyango (GK), Isaac Isinde, Godfrey Walusimbi, Savio Kabugo, Andy Mwesigwa (Capt), Geoffrey Kizito, Kizito Luwaga, Tonny Mawejje, GeoffreyMassa,Farouk Miya, Brian Majwega

Subs:

Robert Odongkara (G.K), Michael Sserumaga, Daniel Sserunkuma, Aucho Khalid, Martin Kiiza, Robert Ssentongo, Habibu Kavuma

• The other Group E Game is between Ghana  and Togo

• Today in Casablanca, the Cranes have yet another glorious chance of making good their previous failures. A draw is all that Cranes need to guarantee a place in the finals due in Equatorial Guinea next year.

•  Welcome to our live coverage of the AFCON qualifier between Guinea and Uganda Cranes at 7 pm.