Match Report
14 points for Angola (1st), 3 for Ghana (4th): an 11-point gap. Ghana's recent output lagged their position: 37th on form over five rounds while 4th in the table. Per game in the league, Angola were scoring 1.17 and conceding 0.33, Ghana 0.5 and 1.17, against a competition average of 1.1 goals per team per game.
Angola had won seven straight, having scored in 7 consecutive games. Over the last five, Angola had taken 15 of 15 points to Ghana's 5.
The head-to-head ledger counts 4 games: 1 Angola win, 1 for Ghana, 2 draws, at 1 goals per meeting. Whoever hosts gains little here: home teams have taken just 25% of the wins in this fixture. The fixture trends low-scoring: over two goals in just 0% of the meetings.
With 17 matches recorded and 2.1 yellow cards per game, G. Gatogato was the man in the middle. Estádio 11 de Novembro in Luanda, capacity 50,000, hosted the game. Half-time and full-time told different stories: Ghana led 1-0 at the break, before 1 more goal closed it at 1-1.
Goal scorers
Angola: Zini (63') · Ghana: Jordan Ayew (18')