Tunisia had the ball for 62.9% of the night in Sfax and still lost 2-0 at home to Libya on Friday. The Africa Cup of Nations qualifying defeat leaves the Carthage Eagles winless and bottom of Group H with two points at the halfway stage, and it puts a record run of 17 consecutive AFCON appearances in danger.

Possession without a shot that mattered

The BBC's match data shows how one-sided the territory was and how little came of it. Tunisia took 13 shots to Libya's 10 and won 10 corners to Libya's two, but only two of those shots were on target. Libya put four on target and scored with two of them.

The first came on the stroke of halftime. Ali Maaloul was penalized for a shirt pull on Muad Eisay, and Ali Youssef converted the penalty in the 44th minute. Tunisia had a goal ruled out for a marginal offside early in the second half, and three minutes later Hamdou El Houni's low shot made it 2-0 in the 62nd minute.

A group that has gone the wrong way

Tunisia opened the campaign with a 1-1 draw against Uganda and a 2-2 draw with Botswana. After three games they have scored three and conceded five. Libya, who last played at an AFCON in 2012, moved to second on four points, level with leaders Uganda, who have a game in hand.

The slide started before qualifying. Tunisia were the only one of Africa's 10 World Cup teams to go out in the group stage this summer, and they fired coach Sabri Lamouchi after their opening defeat, Reuters reported. Coach Mouin Chaabani's short spell in charge is now under pressure too.

What else happened Friday

The rest of the night was kinder to the continent's heavyweights. Egypt beat Malawi 5-0 in Cairo in Ali Maher's first game as coach, with Mohamed Salah scoring twice late on, and Morocco beat Niger 5-1. Nigeria, who had started the campaign poorly, beat Tanzania 3-1, while Kenya, coached by former South Africa striker Benni McCarthy, scored a last-minute equalizer to end South Africa's perfect start in a 2-2 draw.

Tunisia have three games left to fix it. The fourth round of qualifiers is played Monday and Tuesday, and anything less than a win would leave a team that has not missed an AFCON since 1992 needing results elsewhere.