Amine Gouiri, the Olympique de Marseille forward with 7 goals in Ligue 1, has joined up with the Algeria national team with a clear objective: take six points against Togo in the CAN 2027 qualifiers.
Amine Gouiri, the Algeria international forward, joined up with the national team squad on Monday, after Olympique de Marseille’s match on Sunday. He was given a lighter workload by the coaching staff, according to Africa Top Sports.
In the CAN 2027 qualifiers, Algeria face Togo twice: on Saturday 14 November in Tizi Ouzou, then on Tuesday 17 November in Lomé, according to La Provence and Le Phocéen. Gouiri set out the priority plainly: “We have two matches against Togo and we have to take the 6 points to be well placed in the qualifying table,” he said, quoted by Africa Top Sports.
Six points above all for the national team
In the same interview, Gouiri described the recovery work under way: “We’re doing a bit of recovery. One group is already training, but we played yesterday (Sunday), so we’re recovering so we can attack the week properly.” The players who featured on Sunday are therefore recovering while the rest of the squad is already training.
The statement sets out the priority: the collective and the standings with a view to qualifying for CAN 2027. Gouiri does not put his own performance first, but the need to take the points. Head coach Brahim Hemdani thus has at his disposal a forward in fine form with his club.
Seven goals in Ligue 1 and a decisive goal against Leverkusen
With OM, coached by Bruno Genesio, Gouiri has 7 goals in Ligue 1 this season. He is second in the scoring charts, behind Lassine Sinayoko (9) and level with Estéban Lepaul, according to ligue1.com.
In all competitions, he has 8 goals and 3 assists in 14 matches since the start of the 2026-2027 campaign, according to Opta Analyst. He also scored the winning goal in OM’s 1-0 victory over Bayer Leverkusen in the 76th minute last Thursday in the Europa League, according to Footballclubdemarseille.fr.
The Spanish daily AS devoted an article to him headlined “Gouiri tumba al Leverkusen”.
A 2026 rich in goal contributions
Over the calendar year 2026, with OM and Algeria, Gouiri has 23 goals and 8 assists, making 31 goal contributions, according to Le Phocéen. Some accounts present him as the most decisive African player of the period.
The same outlet nevertheless notes that Mohamed Salah and Victor Osimhen each have 35 contributions over the same period.
The PopFoot account, cited by Yalla Shoot, ranked him on 10 November 2026 as the top African player for goal contributions, with 30 (23 goals and 7 assists), ahead of Serhou Guirassy (26) and Victor Osimhen.