Ghana, DR Congo and Senegal are the three nations that won their opening group games in the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON). The 2015 African Footballer of the Year, Pierre Emerick Aubameyang scored the first goal of the tournament.

Opening game

Like last edition AFCON in Equatorial Guinea the host nation were held to a draw in their opening group game

2015

Equatorial Guinea 1-1 Congo

2017

Gabon 1-1 Guinea Bissau

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Wins

Three wins have been recorded in eight games played in the first round

Again, three wins were chalked in eight games in 2015, which is the same as the 2017 AFCON in Gabon.

Goals scored in first

Twelve goals have entered the net thus far in the tournament which is not impressive

2015

19 goals in eight games

2017

12 goals in eight games

Fouls

275 fouls have been committed in the tournament so far, with Morocco being the worst offender-27. But it was the Ivory Coast goalless against Togo that registered the highest fouls-46

Yellow cards recorded

The tournament has witnessed twenty yellow cards and Cameroon are the worst culprits with four cautions in their game against Burkina Faso.

Only one game has ended without any player receiving caution-the Ivory Coast goalless draw as much as it failed to produce a goal also came to an end without a booking.

2015

20 yellow cards in eight games

2017

20 yellow cards in eight games

Red cards

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

2015

One red card in eight games: Kouassi Gervinho was culprit when Guinea held Ivory Coast to a 1-1 draw.

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Shots

The tournament has produced 186 shots, with 65 of them being shots on target and  Tunisia have attempted the highest shots, 23, but couldn’t score any.

Offsides

34 times have players been caught in an offside positions