MATCH STATS: Ghana face Cameroon in TotalEnergies CAF WAFCON Morocco 2026 Group D
Ghana and Cameroon, both winners on matchday one, meet in their second Group D fixture at the Moulay Rachid Stadium in Casablanca on Sunday, 2 August, with kick-off at 18h00 local time (17h00 GMT
Match Facts
• Ghana and Cameroon will meet for the 10th time at the WAFCON.
• Ghana hold the upper hand in their previous nine meetings, with five wins to Cameroon’s three and one draw.
• All nine of their previous WAFCON meetings have produced goals.
• They first met in the group stage in 1998, when Ghana won 3-1.
• Ghana won their first three WAFCON meetings, also recording victories in 2000 and 2002.
• Cameroon defeated Ghana for the first time in the 2004 semi-finals, winning 1-0 after extra time. Françoise Bella scored the silver goal in the 95th minute.
• Ghana again defeated Cameroon in 2006, winning their group-stage encounter 2-1, before Cameroon claimed a 2-1 victory in 2010.
• They met in the group stage in 2014 and the semi-finals in 2016, with both games ending 1-0. Ghana won the first and Cameroon the second.
• This is their first WAFCON meeting since 2018, when their final group game ended 1-1. Hosts Ghana went ahead through Portia Boakye in the 31st minute before Christine Manie equalised from the penalty spot in the 41st.
• The draw eliminated Ghana, while Cameroon finished top of Group A ahead of runners-up Mali.
• Of their previous eight meetings that produced a winner, six were decided by a single goal. Only Ghana’s 3-1 and 2-0 group-stage victories in 1998 and 2000 respectively had larger winning margins.
• All three of Cameroon’s WAFCON victories over Ghana have been by a single goal, while Ghana have won three of their five victories by the same margin.
• The highest-scoring match between the teams produced five goals as Ghana edged Cameroon 3-2 after extra time in the 2002 semi-finals.
• Adjoa Bayor scored a golden goal in the 120th minute to send Ghana into the final.
• This will be their seventh group-stage meeting. Ghana won four of the previous six, in 1998, 2000, 2006 and 2014. Cameroon won in 2010, while their 2018 meeting ended in a draw.
• When drawn in the same group, both teams progressed to the knockout stage in 1998 and 2006, while Ghana advanced ahead of Cameroon in 2000.
• On the last three occasions they were paired in the same group, only Cameroon progressed, doing so in 2010, 2014 and 2018.
• Ghana have kept two clean sheets in this fixture, in their 2-0 victory in 2000 and 1-0 win in 2014.
• Cameroon have also kept two clean sheets, in their 1-0 victories in 2004 and 2016.
• This is the 10th edition at which the teams will meet, following previous encounters in 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2016 and 2018.
• Ghana qualified for the first seven editions before missing the 2012 tournament after losing to Cameroon on penalties in the qualifiers. Both legs ended 1-1 before Cameroon won the shoot-out 10-9.
• When both teams have qualified for the finals, they have failed to meet only once, in 2008.
Ghana – Key Statistics
• Ghana began their campaign with a 2-0 victory over tournament debutants Cabo Verde.
• It was their ninth game against tournament debutants and their eighth victory.
• Ghana have won their last five matches against tournament debutants.
• They began a WAFCON campaign with a victory for the eighth time and the first since 2018, having lost their opening match at the 2024 edition.
• Ghana have previously begun a tournament with successive victories four times, in 1998, 2002, 2004 and 2006. On each occasion, they won all three group games.
• On the last three occasions they won their opening match, in 2010, 2016 and 2018, they failed to win their second game, recording one draw and two defeats.
• In 2010, Ghana followed an opening victory over Algeria with defeats to Cameroon and Equatorial Guinea.
• In 2016, they opened with a win over Kenya before drawing with Nigeria and defeating Mali.
• As hosts in 2018, they began with a victory over Algeria before losing to Mali and drawing with Cameroon.
• Their clean sheet against Cabo Verde was their first in six group matches, having conceded in each of their previous five.
• Ghana’s record in their second group game reads P11 W6 D3 L2.
• They won their second group match at six successive tournaments between 1998 and 2008.
• Ghana have not won their second group game in their last five tournament appearances, recording three draws and two defeats.
• Their last victory in a second group game was a 3-2 win over Tunisia in 2008.
• Doris Boaduwaa scored her first WAFCON goal in the victory over Cabo Verde.
• Ghana attempted 26 shots against Cabo Verde, with six on target.
• Boaduwaa attempted nine shots, including four on target, the most by any player in the match.
• Josephine Kyerewaa Bonsu won 11 of the 13 duels she contested, the joint-most by any player in the game.
Cameroon – Key Statistics
• Cameroon began their campaign with a 2-1 victory over Mali.
• They faced Mali for the sixth time at the WAFCON and recorded their fifth victory, with the other game ending in a draw.
• Cameroon have now won their opening match at the finals for the sixth time.
• They have previously begun a tournament with successive victories three times, in 2014, 2016 and 2018.
• On the last three occasions they won their opening match, they also won their second fixture.
• Cameroon lost their second group game after winning their opening match in 1998 and 2000, with both defeats coming against Ghana.
• Their overall record in second group games reads P12 W7 D3 L2.
• Their only defeats in their second group game were a 3-1 loss to Ghana in 1998 and a 2-0 defeat to the same opponents in 2000.
• When winning their opening game, Cameroon have failed to progress from their group only once, in 2000.
• They are unbeaten in their second group game since losing to Ghana in 2000, recording seven wins and three draws.
• Cameroon won their second group match at six successive tournaments between 2008 and 2018 before drawing with Togo in 2022.
• They are unbeaten in their last 10 group-stage matches, having last lost to Ghana in their final group game in 2014. Their record in that run is seven wins and three draws.
• This is Cameroon’s longest unbeaten run in the WAFCON group stage.
• Their defeat to Ghana in 2014 is their only loss in their last 15 group games, with 10 wins and four draws in the other matches.
• Marie Ngah Manga scored twice in the victory over Mali, becoming the first Cameroonian to score two goals in a WAFCON game since Thérèse Abena did so in the 4-2 third-place play-off victory over Mali in 2018.
• Ngah attempted three shots against Mali, all of which were on target, and scored twice.
• She recorded a shot-conversion rate of 67%.
• Cameroon completed 288 passes against Mali at an accuracy rate of 74%.