Broadcast info
Who's playing: Top spot in Group D is up for grabs as two African heavyweights tussle in a blockbuster clash featuring Ghana and Egypt this Wednesday.
What time: Wednesday, January 25th at 11:00 PST/14:00 EST/19:00 GMT/20:00 WAT
What stadium: This game will be played at Stade de Port-Gentil. Located in Port-Gentil, construction on this new stadium was completed last year and the venue seats up to 20,000 fans.
Which channel:
- In the USA: beIN SPORTS CONNECT U.S.A.
- In Ghana: SuperSport 6 Africa, Canal+ Sport 2 Afrique, SuperSport 4, SuperSport Select 2 Go, SuperSport Select 2, GTV Sports+
- In Egypt: beIN MAX 1 Arabia
- In the UK: EuroSport 1 UK
- In Canada: beIN Sports Canada, beIN SPORTS CONNECT Canada
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Match Facts & Stats
- Ghana have won four AFCON titles, whilst Egypt have won seven
- The last final the Black Stars featured in was in 2015, when they finished as runners-up to the Ivory Coast
- Meanwhile, the Pharaohs' last final appearance was in 2010, when they won their last title
- Egypt are the only team to have won three consecutive AFCON titles (2006, 2008, 2010)
- Black Stars skipper Asamoah Gyan is making his 7th AFCON tournament appearance (2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2017). No other Ghanaian player has made more appearances
- Egypt shot-stopper Essam El-Hadary is the eldest ever player to feature at an AFCON tournament (44 years, two days) when he came on as a sub against Mail
- He has also made 7 AFCON tournament appearances (1998, 2000, 2002, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2017)
- Ghana are the only team to have reached the semi-finals in each of the last five AFCON tournaments
- Egypt have gone 21 AFCON games without defeat (W16 D5), last losing in the 2004 tournament (vs. Algeria)
- The Pharaohs have only conceded one goal across their last seven matches in the African Cup of Nations
- The last meeting between Ghana and Egypt was back in the 2010 final, which Egypt won 1-0
- Ghana have only lost once in their last 12 AFCON group stage matches (W9, D2) and have got on the scoresheet at least once in their last 18 group stage games
Ghana seeking revenge for World Cup qualifying loss
Ghana
With six points, the Black Stars are currently on top of their group. They have also booked their spot in the quarter-finals, meaning that win, lose, or draw, Avram Grant's men are through to the next stage. However, Ghana, who finished as runners-up at the last edition of this tournament, have not been very impressive. They needed a spot-kick to get past Uganda, and even after going 1-0 up, did not seem interested to press ahead to try to grab a second goal.
And whilst skipper Asamoah Gyan's powerful header was enough to get the job done against Mali, again, the Black Stars appeared far from dominant and confident in that fixture. Key defender Baba Rahman will miss this game - and the rest of Ghana's tournament - after suffering a bad knee injury during their tie with Uganda.
Overall, Ghana's showings not the kind of performances fans want to see, especially after their awful display at the 2014 World Cup and struggles so far in 2018 World Cup qualifiers. In fact, at this juncture, Ghana are looking highly likely to miss out on the upcoming event in Russia, and so beating Egypt on Wednesday would be exactly the kind of psychological boost the team need ahead of taking them on in November of this year.
Egypt
Meanwhile, Egypt come into this game on four points. The Pharaohs have not been dominant so far in what has been a rather subdued campaign for Hector Cuper's side. A 0-0 draw against Mali was followed up by a scrappy 1-0 win over Uganda, but they are in good position to secure their spot in the next round. And in terms of World Cup qualifiers, Egypt are nicely poised to feature at the upcoming big event in Russia in less than two years' time.
With stars like Roma's Mohamed Salah and Arsenal's Mohamed Elneny in their ranks, many are expecting Egypt to make a splash at this tournament. The Pharaohs need just one point to secure passage to the next round, but surely will be looking for more than that as they hope to finally get their AFCON tournament really up and running.
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