As football fans and enthusiasts anticipate another competitive stage of the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) in Cote d’Ivoire, the tournament’s Technical Study Group (TSG) met with journalists at the Main Media Centre (MMC), Abidjan.<\/p>\n
Nigeria, South Africa, Cote d’Ivoire, and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) are the remaining four teams at the competition.<\/p>\n
The key statistics shared with the media include goals, age, and other statistics that matters to the tournament ahead of the last four games.<\/p>\n
Members of the tournament Technical Study Group in attendance include Sebastien Bassong (Cameroon), Abdul Faisal Chisbah (Ghana), Edgar Watson Suubi (Uganda), Clementine Toure (Cite d’Ivoire), Joseph Antoine Bell (Cameroon), Herita Ilunga (Democratic Republic of Congo), Abraham Mebratu (Ethiopia), Michael Amnenga (Kenya), and Jamal Fathi (Morocco).<\/p>\n
Key Statistics<\/strong><\/p>\n Games Played – 48<\/p>\n Goals scored – 103 (surpassing that of previous two tournaments with four games remaining)<\/p>\n Goals from open play – 72 (56 percent)<\/p>\n Goals scored from set piece – 26 (20 percent)<\/p>\n Goals scored from counter attacks – 5<\/p>\n Leagues composition<\/strong><\/p>\n French Ligue 1 – 18 players<\/p>\n English Premier League – 15 players<\/p>\n German Bundesliga and Italian Serie A – 20 players each<\/p>\n South Africa PSL – 39 players<\/p>\n Tanzania league – 19 players<\/p>\n Egyptian league – 19 players<\/p>\n Moroccan league – 4 players<\/p>\n Tunisian league – 4 players<\/p>\n Average Age – 26 to 27<\/p>\n Oldest team – Cape Verde<\/p>\n Youngest teams – Gambia (25 years)\/ Cote d’Ivoire (26 years)<\/p>\n Top scorers<\/strong><\/p>\n Emilio Nsue (Equatorial Guinea) – 5 Goals<\/p>\n Gelson Dala (Angola) – 4 Goals<\/p>\n Mosafa Mohamed (Egypt) – 4 Goals<\/p>\n Ademola Lookman (Nigeria) – 3 Goals<\/p>\n Substitutions<\/strong><\/p>\n Mali – 26<\/p>\n cote d’Ivoire – 25<\/p>\n Democratic Republic of Congo – 21<\/p>\n Morocco – 19<\/p>\n Egypt – 17<\/p>\n Cameroon – 12<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Copyright 2024 \u00a9 kick442.com.<\/strong><\/p>\n All rights reserved. This material and any other digital content on this platform may not be reproduced, published, broadcasted, written in full or parts, without a written permission from our management<\/strong><\/p>\n This site is not responsible for contents displayed by external sites<\/strong><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" As football fans and enthusiasts anticipate another competitive stage of the 2023 Africa Cup…<\/p>","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":14937,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[140,39],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15018","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-afcon","category-african-football"],"yoast_head":"\n
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