Match Report
Ghana went into the game 22nd in the table on 8 points; Senegal sat 20th on 6 — a 2-point gap. Senegal ranked just 193rd in the league on five-round form despite their 20th table position. Against a league average of 1.26 goals per team per game, Ghana ran at 1.14 scored and 1.57 conceded, Senegal at 3 and 1.
Senegal arrived on a run of three straight wins, having scored in 8 consecutive games. Recent form was uneven: 7/15 points for Ghana, 13/15 for Senegal.
The match was played at Stade Océane in Le Havre (capacity 25,181). On the scoreboard, it was 0-0 at the break; 3 second-half goals set the final 1-2.