Hello and welcome to our LIVE coverage of the African Cup of Nations clash between Morocco and Ivory Coast from Cairo. These two giants of African football go head to head in Group D, with the winners guaranteed a place in the knockout stages after 1-0 wins in their first games.

Real intensity to this now after the opener. The Elephants have responded well.

CHAAAAANCE! Almost an immediate equaliser for Ivory Coast! Morocco 'keeper Bono hurtles from his line, dives at the feet of Gradel, can only block so far as Pepe, who drills into the side netting, with defenders scrambling to get back on the line.

All about the build-up play from former Watford defender Nordin Amrabat, who jinked past several challenges before slotting in En-Nesyri, with the striker finishing well into the bottom corner.

GOOOOOOOAAAALLLLLLL!!!!! Morrocco 1-0 Ivory Coast. Lovely finish from En-Nesyri as he gives the Atlas Lions the lead.

As close as we have come so far. Kodja remains very much the target for Ivory Coast.

Nice pace to this game now, with both sides committing plenty forward in attack.

WIDE! Great effort from Youssef En-Nesyri at the near post, but the ball whistles just past the post and gets caught in the side netting. Half the ground thought it was in!

Jean Michaël Seri gives Fulham fans a reminder of how he flopped this season as he whips a free-kick into the middle and it fails to beat the first man.

Nicolas Pépé with a lovely ball in for Ivory Coast, but it evades everyone and goes out of play.

Very ambitious effort from Hakin Ziyach (as he is called when representing his country, over Ziyech), as he curls a free-kick well over the top.

Ivory Coast goalkeeper Sylvain Gbohouo races from his line to clear, and gets so much on it he almost catches his counterpart out down the other end!

Achraf Hakimi twists and turns as he tries to make space for the shot, but he eventually runs the ball behind for a goal kick.

Won't sleep tonight now...

Saiss is the target down the other end, but he is penalised for a push.

Morrocco are struggling to get a foothold in this. Their sluggishness luckily went unpunished.

OFF THE LINE! Almost the perfect start for Ivory Coast as Jonathan Kodja gets up highest, heads for goal, it beats the goalkeeper, but Wolves' Romain Saïss gets back to flick the head over the top off the line!

KICK OFF! Here we go! Remember, the winner is guaranteed a place in the knockout rounds...

Before we get under way, here are highlights of today's early kick off, as Mali and Tunisia shared the spoils...

Anthems time! A boisterous crowd are in attendance this evening...

A FAMILIAR FACE: Herve Renard, Morocco's former Ivory Coast coach, is bidding to win the tournament with a third different side, having won in 2012 with Zambia and 2015 with the Ivorians. Whatsmore, Renard's Morocco knocked the Ivory Coast out in the 2017 group stages - and then denied them a World Cup place a few months later with a 2-0 win in Abidjan.

Watch the match LIVE here!