Egypt defeated Burkina Faso 4-3 on penalties to book their ticket to the finals of the 2017 AFCON, while Cameroon hammered Ghana 2-0 in the second semi-finals game to set a date with the Pharaohs in a repeat of the 2008 final.
Wins
Eighteen (18) wins have been recorded in twenty-eight (30) games played after the after the semi-finals. 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.
Whereas seventeen (17) wins were chalked in twenty-eight (30) games in 2015, after the semi-finals.
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AFCON 2017 doom for Ghana
Goals scored after the semi-finals
2017
Sixty-two (62) goals have entered the net in twenty-eight (30) games, after the quarter-finals,
which is an average of 2.06 per game.
2015
Seventy-three (73) goals in twenty-eight (30) games, after the semi-finals. This represent an average of 2.4 per game.
Egypt conceded their first goal in the 2017 AFCON courtesy of Banceâs goal in their 1-1 draw with Burkina Faso in the semis.
Countries with the highest goals
Best attacking teams
7 goals: DR Congo
6 goals:Â Senegal, Tunisia, Burkinafaso
5 goals: Algeria, Cameroon
4 goals: Morocco, Zimbabwe, Ghana, Egypt
2 goals: CĂŽte dâIvoire, Gabon, Guinea Bissau, Togo
1 goal: Mali, Uganda
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Top scorer's chart
3 goals: Junior Kabananga (DR Congo)
2 goals : Riyad Mahrez, Islam Slimani (Algeria), Pierre-Eymerick Aubameyang (Gabon), Sadio Mane (Senegal), NaĂŻm 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 (CĂŽte dâIvoire), Abdalla El SaĂŻd, , Andre Ayew, Asamoah Gyan (Ghana), Piqueti, Juary Soares (Guinea Bissau), Yves Bissouma (Mali), Karim Alioui, Aziz Bouhaddouz, Youssef En-Nesyri, Ghanem SaĂŻss (Morocco), Faruku Miya (Uganda), Neeskens Kebano, Paul JosĂ© MâPoku, 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)
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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
NaĂŻm Sliti (Tunisia) against Algeria
Wahbi Khazri (Tunisia) against Zimbabwe
Andre Ayew (Ghana) against DR Congo
Own goal
The competition has witnessed two own goals thus far
AĂźssa Mandi (Algeria) against Tunisia
Rudinilson Silva (Guinea Bissau) against Burkina Faso
cards recorded
Yellow cards
The tournament has registered eighty-three (83) cards and Cameroon are the worst culprits with nine (9).
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 sideâs 1-0 win over Morocco.
Shots
The tournament has produced 689 shots, with 242 of them being shots on target.
Offsides
185 times have players been caught in an offside positions