Wins

Fourteen (14) wins have been recorded in twenty four (24) games played after the group games.

Whereas eleven (11) wins were chalked in twenty four (24) games in 2015, after the group games.

Goals scored after the group games

2017

Fifty two (52) goals have entered the net, after the twenty four (24) group games, which is an average of 2.1 per game.

2015

Fifty (50) goals in twenty four (24) games, after the group stage.This represent an average of 2.08 per game6 goals .

Group with highest goals

Group B which had Senegal, Zimbabwe, Algeria and Tunisia recorded the highest goals. A total of 21 goals were scored.

Group with the fewest goals

Group D which paired Ghana, Uganda, Egypt and Mali  produced six (6) goals which is the fewest goals scored in the group stage.

Group A: 11 goals

Group B: 21 goals

Group C: 14 goals

Group D:   6 goals

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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

6 goals: DR Congo, Senegal, Tunisia

5 goals: Algeria

4 goals: Burkina Faso, Morocco, Zimbabwe

3 goals: Cameroon

2 goals: Côte d’Ivoire, Egypt, Gabon, Ghana, 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)

1 goal: Sofiane Hanni (Algeria), Issoufou Dayo, Prejuce Nakoulma, 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)

Penalties

A total of six (6) 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

Own goal

The competition witnessed two own goals in the group stage.

Aîssa Mandi (Algeria) against Tunisia

Rudinilson Silva (Guinea Bissau) against Burkina Faso

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Best defence

Egypt are the only nation that didn't concede a goal in the group stage, while Ghana have the second best defence, having conceded one goal

0 goal: Egypt

1 goal: Ghana

2 goals: Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Gabon, Mali, Morocco, Senegal

3 goals: Côte d’Ivoire, Uganda, DR Congo

5 goals: Guinea Bissau, Tunisia

6 goals: Algeria, Togo

8 goals: Zimbabwe

Yellow cards recorded

The tournament registered fifty nine (59) cards and Cameroon are the worst culprits with five (5).

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 four 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.

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Shots

The tournament has produced 522 shots, with 187 of them being shots on target.

Offsides

141 times have players been caught in an offside positions