The Gambia made an astonishing start to the match and opened the scores through striker Adama Sidibeh in the 2nd minute of the match.
Abdoulie Manneh extended The Gambia's lead in the 24th minute of the match thus the first half ended 2-0 in favour of the Scorpions.
Upon resumption of the match, The Gambia maintained their supremacy over Seychelles and created goal scoring opportunities.
Striker Adama Sidibeh scored the third goal for The Gambia in the 46th minute of the match to complete his brace.
Substitute Musa Barrow netted the fourth and fifth goal for the Scorpions in the 47th and 52nd minutes of the match respectively to complete his brace.
Abdoulie Manneh scored the sixth and seventh goal for The Gambia in the 67th and 76th minutes of the match respectively to complete his hat trick.
Gambia snatched 13 points in Group F of the 2026 World Cup qualifiers.
The Scorpions won four matches, drew one and lost five.
The Gambia lost to Burundi 3-2 in their opening match of the 2026 World Cup qualifier match played in September 2023.
The Scorpions slipped to Ivory Coast 2-0 in their second group match in September 2023.
The Gambia smashed Seychelles 5-1 in their third group match played in October 2023 before losing to Gabon 3-2 in their fourth group match played in the same month.
The Scorpions drew 3-3 with Kenya in their fifth group clash played in March 2024.
The Gambia lost to Ivory Coast 1-0 in their sixth group match played in March 2024 before thrashing Kenya 3-1 in their seventh group match played in September 2025.
The Scorpions thumped Burundi 2-0 in their eighth group match played in the same month.
The Gambia slipped to Gabon 4-3 in their ninth group played in October 2025.
It could be recalled that The Gambia hammered Lesotho 6-0 in their 2004 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier match played at the Independence Stadium in Bakau on 13th October 2002.
Johnathan McKinstry’s charges could finish the campaign as the highest scoring country in the African qualifiers with 27 goals. The second highest is Burkina Faso with 23 goals having also ended their qualifiers.
Ivory Coast, who have 22 goals will wrap up its qualifiers with a home game against Kenya.
Meanwhile, the 2026 Africa World Cup qualifiers started in September 2023.
Nine (9) African countries are expected to participate in the 2026 World.
USA, Canada and Mexico are set to co-host the global biggest football fiesta.
The 2026 World Cup will begin in June and finish in July 2026.
