Gabon and Ghana take on each other in a very important second round clash in Group C of the 2022 African Cup of Nations at the Ahmadou Ahidjo Stadium on Friday.
Gabon has avoided defeat in their last four AFCON matches, winning their opening group game against Comoros 1-0. They haven’t been able to stop scoring goals, netting every time they’ve gone out to play in their last 6 matches. They have claimed a sum of 7 during that period and have conceded a total of 6.
The Panthers will be boosted by the return of at least one of their two top stars as they seek the result that could send them through to the last-16 against Ghana on Friday.
Ghana have been much more successful historically and they do have more quality in their ranks all around nowadays as they have shown their strength during the African World Cup Qualifications as they won their respective group ahead of South Africa, Ethiopia, and Zimbabwe with four wins in six matches.
Ghana has allowed only three goals in the process. They did very well defensively on Monday in the AFCON opener against Morocco as well, meaning keeping a clean sheet against Gabon should not represent too big of a challenge.
Gabon vs Ghana head to head
This will be the 4th meeting between these 2 sides since 2008. Gabon has 2 wins while Ghana has only 1 win.
- Ghana 2-1 Gabon 15/11/11
- Ghana 2-0 Gabon 22/06/08
- Gabon 2-0 Ghana 14/06/08
Home
- Comoros 0-1 Gabon
- Egypt 2-1 Gabon
- Gabon 1-0 Libya
- Gabon 2-0 Angola
- Angola 3-1 Gabon
Away
- Morocco 1-0 Ghana
- Algeria 3-0 Ghana
- Ghana 1-0 South Africa
- Ethiopia 1-1 Ghana
- Zimbabwe 0-1 Ghana
Gabon team news
Gabon has no injury or suspension concerns at their camp
Ghana team news
Ghana boasts a clean bill of health heading into the game.
Prediction and odds
We expect the Black Stars to throw the kitchen sink at Les Panthers and come out with all three points to keep their AFCON campaign alive and kicking.
- Ghana win
- Goals under 2.5
- Both teams to score (no)
