CAF World Cup Qualifiers Team Stats 2026

Who led the way on goals, xG, clean sheets and much more.

Updated 16 November 2025, after the last game

CAF World Cup Qualifiers Team Stats Questions

Which CAF World Cup Qualifiers team had the best goal difference in 2026?

Côte d'Ivoire had the best goal difference in the CAF World Cup Qualifiers in 2026, with +25 from ten games, scoring 25 and conceding 0. Tunisia were next on +22.

Which CAF World Cup Qualifiers team had the worst goal difference in 2026?

The Seychelles had the worst goal difference in the CAF World Cup Qualifiers in 2026, with -51 from ten games, scoring 2 and conceding 53. Djibouti were next on -28.

How many goals per game were there in the CAF World Cup Qualifiers in 2026?

There were 662 goals in 263 CAF World Cup Qualifiers games in 2026, an average of 2.5 a game, 1.3 for each side. Morocco averaged the most, 2.8 a game, and the Seychelles the fewest, 0.2.

Which CAF World Cup Qualifiers team had the best expected goal difference in 2026?

Côte d'Ivoire had the best expected goal difference in the CAF World Cup Qualifiers in 2026, with +12.0 from ten games, creating 17.7 xG and conceding 5.7. Morocco were next on +9.9.

CAF World Cup Qualifiers Goals Scored

Rank	Team	Goals Scored
1	Gambia	27
2	Côte d'Ivoire	25
3	Algeria	24
4	Ghana	23
5	Gabon	23
6	Burkina Faso	23
7	Morocco	22
8	Tunisia	22
9	Senegal	22
10	Egypt	20

CAF World Cup Qualifiers Expected Goals (xG)

Rank	Team	Expected Goals (xG)
1	Côte d'Ivoire	17.7
2	Tunisia	16.3
3	Cameroon	16.3
4	Senegal	16.1
5	Burkina Faso	15.5
6	Egypt	15.4
7	Nigeria	15.1
8	Ghana	14.8
9	Morocco	14.6
10	Gambia	14.1

CAF World Cup Qualifiers Goals Against, fewest first

Rank	Team	Goals Against
1	Tunisia	0
2	Côte d'Ivoire	0
3	Eritrea	0
4	Egypt	2
5	Morocco	2
6	Senegal	3
7	Ghana	6
8	South Africa	6
9	Cameroon	6
10	Sudan	6

CAF World Cup Qualifiers Expected Goals Against (xGA), fewest first

Rank	Team	Expected Goals Against (xGA)
1	Morocco	4.7
2	Equatorial Guinea	5.2
3	Côte d'Ivoire	5.7
4	Mali	6.4
5	Egypt	7.0
6	South Africa	7.1
7	Uganda	7.5
8	Nigeria	7.6
9	Angola	7.9
10	Tanzania	8.3

CAF World Cup Qualifiers Goal Difference

Rank	Team	Goal Difference
1	Côte d'Ivoire	+25
2	Tunisia	+22
3	Morocco	+20
4	Senegal	+19
5	Egypt	+18
6	Ghana	+17
7	Algeria	+16
8	Burkina Faso	+15
9	South Africa	+11
10	Cameroon	+11

CAF World Cup Qualifiers Expected Goal Difference (xGD)

Rank	Team	Expected Goal Difference (xGD)
1	Côte d'Ivoire	+12.0
2	Morocco	+9.9
3	Egypt	+8.4
4	Mali	+7.7
5	Nigeria	+7.5
6	Tunisia	+7.0
7	Senegal	+6.9
8	Cameroon	+6.7
9	South Africa	+6.4
10	Ghana	+5.5

CAF World Cup Qualifiers Possession %

Rank	Team	Possession %
1	Morocco	66.9%
2	South Africa	62.8%
3	Cameroon	61.4%
4	Algeria	60.8%
5	Angola	60.4%
6	Gabon	57.3%
7	Senegal	56.4%
8	Egypt	56.3%
9	Tunisia	55.8%
10	Nigeria	55.3%

CAF World Cup Qualifiers Clean Sheets

Rank	Team	Clean Sheets
1	Tunisia	10
2	Côte d'Ivoire	10
3	Egypt	8
4	Senegal	8
5	Cape Verde Islands	7
6	Congo DR	7
7	Morocco	6
8	Ghana	6
9	Uganda	6
10	South Africa	5

CAF World Cup Qualifiers Fouls Committed

Rank	Team	Fouls Committed
1	Cameroon	177
2	Congo DR	172
3	Tunisia	161
4	Burkina Faso	149
5	Nigeria	144
6	Uganda	142
7	Botswana	139
8	Guinea	138
9	Benin	136
10	Egypt	135

CAF World Cup Qualifiers Yellow Cards

Rank	Team	Yellow Cards
1	Central African Republic	25
2	Seychelles	25
3	Libya	23
4	Madagascar	22
5	Uganda	21
6	Benin	21
7	Niger	20
8	Namibia	20
9	Zimbabwe	20
10	Tunisia	19