Published: Tuesday, 23 January 2024
Following the action-packed Matchday Two of the TotalEnergies CAF Africa Cup of Nations Côte d’Ivoire 2023, CAFOnline.com brings the key highlights:
- South Africa inflicted the heaviest score of the tournament so far after winning 4-0 over Namibia in Group E.
- Senegal and Cape Verde are the two countries to have validated their ticket for the round of 16 after the second day.
- The Equatorial Guinean striker, Emilio Nsue Lopez became the first Nzalang player to score a hat-trick in the competition.
- Guinea-Bissau has still not won a match in the TotalEnergies CAF AFCON 11 fixtures.
- With his double against Burkina Faso, Algerias Baghdad Bounedjah is joint top goalscorer with Emilio Nsue (3 goals each). 7 players have 2 goals.
- Senegal has the best attack of the tournament after two days. The Teranga Lions registered 6 goals against 1 conceded.
- The worst defense record is that of Guinea-Bissau (6 goals conceded). Mozambique follows with 5 goals conceded.
- Against Cape Verde, Mozambique played its 13thTotalEnergies CAF AFCON match without winning a single one.
- Algeria played its fifth TotalEnergies CAF AFCON without a victory since its success in the final of the 2019 edition against Senegal (1-0).
- The most prolific match so far in the competition was between Equatorial Guinea – Guinea-Bissau (4-2). A total of 6 goals. Cape Verde – Mozambique and Mauritania Angola counted 5 goals.
