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The numbers behind AFCON 2017
Burkina Faso scored the highest number of goals, while Ivory Coast who suffered elimination in the group stage had the best average ball possession
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Wins
Twenty (20) wins were recorded in thirty-two (32) games played. Cameroon drew goalless against Senegal and subsequently won 5-4 penalties, whereas Egypt too advanced to the final after beating Burkina Faso on penalties. These two games ended in draws, following 120 minutes of football and the tie had to be broken via penalty shootout.
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Whereas seventeen (17) wins were chalked in thirty-two (32) games in 2015, after the entire tournament.
Ball possession
Best ball possession average: Cote d'Ivoire (58%)
Goals scored after the final
2017
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Sixty-six (66) goals have entered the net in thirty-two (32) games played during the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations in Gabon
which is an average of 2.06 per game.
2015
Seventy-three (73) goals in thirty-two (32) games, after the final game in Equatorial Guinea 2015. This represent an average of 2.2 per game.
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Countries with the highest goals
Best attacking teams
8 goals: Burkina Faso
7 goals: DR Congo
6 goals: Senegal, Tunisia
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5 goals: Algeria, Cameroon, Egypt
4 goals: Morocco, Zimbabwe, Ghana
2 goals: Côte d’Ivoire, Gabon, Guinea Bissau, Togo
1 goal: Mali, Uganda
Top scorer's chart
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3 goals: Junior Kabananga (DR Congo)
2 goals : Riyad Mahrez, Islam Slimani (Algeria), Pierre-Eymerick Aubameyang (Gabon), Sadio Mane (Senegal), Naïm Sliti (Tunisia), Andre Ayew (Ghana), Prejuce Nakoulma (Burkina Faso), Bance (Burkina Faso), Mohamed Salah (Egypt)
1 goal: Sofiane Hanni (Algeria), Issoufou Dayo, , Bertrand Traore (Burkina Faso), Benjamin Moukandjo, Michael Ngadeu, Sebastien Siani (Cameroon), Wilfried Bony, Geoffroy Serey Die (Côte d’Ivoire), Abdalla El Saïd, , Andre Ayew, Asamoah Gyan (Ghana), Piqueti, Juary Soares (Guinea Bissau), Yves Bissouma (Mali), Karim Alioui, Aziz Bouhaddouz, Youssef En-Nesyri, Ghanem Saïss (Morocco), Faruku Miya (Uganda), Neeskens Kebano, Paul José M’Poku, Firmin Mubele (RD Congo), Pape Kouly Diop, Kara Mbodji, Henri Saivet, Moussa Sow (Senegal), Matthieu Dossevi, Kodjo Fo-Doh Laba (Togo), Wahbi Khazri, Yassine Khenissi, Youssef Msakni (Tunisia), Kudakwashe Mahachi, Nyasha Mushekwi, Knowledge Musona, Tendai Ndoro (Zimbabwe), Jordan Ayew (Ghana), Ngadeu-Ngadjui (Cameroon), Christian Bassogog (Cameroon) Alain Traoré (Burkina Faso), Mohamed Elneny (Egypt), Julio Nkoulou (Cameroon), Vincent Aboubakar (Cameroon)
Penalties
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A total of six (7) penalties been scored. The competition is yet to witness a penalty miss.
Mushekwi (Zimbabwe) against Algeria
Sadio Mane (Senegal) against Tunisia
André Ayew (Gha) against Uganda
Pierre-Eymerick Aubameyang (Gabon) against Burkina Faso
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Naïm Sliti (Tunisia) against Algeria
Wahbi Khazri (Tunisia) against Zimbabwe
Andre Ayew (Ghana) against DR Congo
Own goals
The competition witnessed two own goals
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Aîssa Mandi (Algeria) against Tunisia
Rudinilson Silva (Guinea Bissau) against Burkina Faso
Top assists
Top assist: Mohamed Salah, Benjamin Moukandjo (2 assists)
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Yellow cards
The tournament registered eighty seven (87) cards and Cameroon were the worst culprits with nine (12).
Just a game didn't produce any booking in the group phase of the AFCON: Ivory Coast goalless draw with Togo and Ghana's 0-1 loss to Burkina Faso in the third place play-off.
Red cards
Just a player was sent off in the entire thirty-two (32) games played in the competition. Lomalisa Joyce Mutambala of DR Congo was matched off, following a second bookable offence in his side’s 1-0 win over Morocco.
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Shots
The tournament has produced 735 shots, with 253 of them being shots on target.
Offsides
188 times have players been caught in an offside positions
Most fouls committed: Cameroon (138)
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