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Vital statistics of the 2017 AFCON after quarter finals

Four nations that have reached the semi-finals of the 2017 AFCON are Ghana, Cameroon, Burkina Faso and Egypt, with all the semi-finalists coming from groups A and D.

The four nations that have reached the semis of the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations have won 15 titles among them.

Egypt-7

Ghana-4

Cameroon-4

Burkina Faso-0

Wins

Seventeen (17) wins have been recorded in twenty-eight (28) games played after the after the quarter-finals. Cameroon drew goalless against Senegal and subsequently won 5-4 penalties.

Whereas fifteen (15) wins were chalked in twenty-eight (28) games in 2015, after the quarter-finals.

READ MORE: Ghana vs DR Congo

Goals scored after the quarter finals

2017

Fifty-eight (58) goals have entered the net in twenty-eight (28) games, after the quarter-finals,

which is an average of 2.07 per game.

2015

Sixty-six (66) goals in twenty-eight (28) games, after the quarter-finals. This represent an average of 2.3 per game.

Egypt are the only side yet to concede a goal after four games played

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Countries with the highest goals

Three countries scored the highest number of goals in the group stage of the 2017 AFCON: DR Congo, Senegal, Tunisia. They scored six(6) goals apiece in the three games played

Best attacking teams

7 goals: DR Congo

6 goals:  Senegal, Tunisia, Burkinafaso

5 goals: Algeria

4 goals: Morocco, Zimbabwe, Ghana

3 goals: Cameroon

2 goals: Côte d’Ivoire, Egypt, Gabon, Guinea Bissau, Togo

1 goal: Mali, Uganda

Top scorer's chart

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)

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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, Mohamed Salah (Egypt), 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), Bance (Burkina Faso), Jordan Ayew (Ghana)

Penalties

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

Naïm Sliti (Tunisia) against Algeria

Wahbi Khazri (Tunisia) against Zimbabwe

Andre Ayew (Ghana) against DR Congo

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Own goal

The competition witnessed two own goals in the group stage.

Aîssa Mandi (Algeria) against Tunisia

Rudinilson Silva (Guinea Bissau) against Burkina Faso

Yellow cards recorded

The tournament registered seventy-eight (78) cards and Cameroon are the worst culprits with eight (8).

Just a game didn't produce any booking in the group phase of the AFCON: Ivory Coast goalless draw with Togo

Red cards

Just a player has been sent off after twenty-eight games played in the first round. Lomalisa Joyce Mutambala of DR Congo was matched off, following a second bookable offence in his side’s 1-0 win over Morocco.

Shots

The tournament has produced 637 shots, with 223 of them being shots on target.

Offsides

180 times have players been caught in an offside positions

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