Ghana and Panama know a win right here would take them near qualifying for the knockout phases of the World Cup.
The expanded format means there are extra spots up for grabs within the final 32 and three factors may very well be sufficient to advance.
Ghana cruised to a first-place end in Group I of the CAF preliminaries however have discovered the going harder since, failing to win any of their final six pleasant video games.
Panama are thirty fourth on this planet rankings, 39 locations increased than Ghana and have been additionally spectacular in qualifying, topping Group A within the CONCACAF part.
That is their second World Cup look and they’re going to hope to do higher than of their first once they misplaced all three video games in Russia in 2018.
The place to look at Ghana v Panama: TV and on-line streams
Ghana versus Panama kicks off at midnight in a single day Wednesday into Thursday UK time. You may watch it on ITV1. It may be streamed by way of the ITVX app.
Stats for Ghana v Panama
- Ghana will make their fifth World Cup look — all of them within the twenty first century. Their finest efficiency got here in 2010, once they reached the quarter-finals in South Africa earlier than being eradicated by Uruguay on penalties.
- Ghana have received solely certainly one of their final seven matches on the World Cup (D2 L4), it was in opposition to South Korea within the 2022 group phases.
- Ghana have conceded a minimum of one purpose in every of their final 10 World Cup matches – their final clear sheet was in opposition to Serbia within the 2010 group phases (1-0).
- Jordan Ayew was concerned in 14 objectives in the course of the 2026 World Cup qualifiers (7 objectives, 7 assists), the joint-most in CAF qualification alongside Algeria’s Mohammed Amoura (10 objectives, 4 assists).
- Panama are enjoying of their second World Cup and their first since 2018 in Russia, ending backside of Group G, consisting of Belgium and England, who each competed in that version’s third-place play-off, in addition to Tunisia.
- Throughout the 2018 World Cup, Panama conceded extra objectives than every other facet (11), had the second-highest anticipated objectives in opposition to per recreation (2.3) and the fourth-lowest possession proportion (36.3%).
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