TotalEnergies CAF AFCON Cote d’Ivoire 2023: Matchday Two round-up

Following the action-packed Matchday Two of the TotalEnergies CAF Africa Cup of Nations Côte d'Ivoire 2023, CAFOnline.com brings the key highlights:

1. South Africa inflicted the heaviest score of the tournament so far after winning 4-0 over Namibia in Group E.

2. Senegal and Cape Verde are the two countries to have validated their ticket for the round of 16 after the second day.

3. The Equatorial Guinean striker, Emilio Nsue Lopez became the first Nzalang player to score a hat-trick in the competition.

4. Guinea-Bissau has still not won a match in the TotalEnergies CAF AFCON 11 fixtures.

5. With his double against Burkina Faso, Algerias Baghdad Bounedjah is joint top goalscorer with Emilio Nsue (3 goals each). 7 players have 2 goals.

6. Senegal has the best attack of the tournament after two days. The Teranga Lions registered 6 goals against 1 conceded.

7. The worst defense record is that of Guinea-Bissau (6 goals conceded). Mozambique follows with 5 goals conceded.

8. Against Cape Verde, Mozambique played its 13^th TotalEnergies CAF AFCON match without winning a single one.

9. Algeria played its fifth TotalEnergies CAF AFCON without a victory since its success in the final of the 2019 edition against Senegal (1-0).

10. The most prolific match so far in the competition was between Equatorial Guinea – Guinea-Bissau (4-2). A total of 6 goals. Cape Verde – Mozambique and Mauritania Angola counted 5 goals.