Ghana will be hoping to pull away at the top of Group E of the 2024 African Cup of Nations qualifiers when they host Angola on Match Day 3. The two nations are tied on four points after their opening two games, but with a better goal difference, Ghana are top. Ghana will step out for the first time since their early elimination from the FIFA World Cup in November. They have two losses in their last three matches but Ghana have registered three wins in five matches. Coming into this game, they have a good run in AFCON qualifiers – in their last 10 matches in the competition they have lost just once, and won seven times. Ghana have registered six clean sheets in their last 10 AFCON qualifying matches and they come into this game with six straight wins at home in the competition.
Angola will also be looking to beat Ghana and leap to the top of this group. They are unbeaten in their last eight matches but have not won any of the last three. They haven't played at the same level as Ghana and most of their matches in recent times have been in competitions restricted to home based players. Still, they take into this game a run of three matches unbeaten in AFCON qualifying games. Angola have however managed just one clean sheet in their last five matches in the competition. Their run away from home in this competition is poor; they have no win in four and failed to score in two of those four away matches in the competition.
Ghana will go into this game with the upper hand and they will be favored by the fact they are playing at home. The hosts have done well in the AFCON qualifying matches played at home, going unbeaten in 16. They face a side that has struggled away from home, winning just one of 14. Based on such numbers, our prediction for Ghana v Angola is for Ghana to win both halves.