Africa Cup of Nations Team Stats 2023

Africa Cup of Nations Team Stats Questions

Which Africa Cup of Nations team had the best goal difference in 2023?

Senegal had the best goal difference in the Africa Cup of Nations in 2023, with +7 from four games, scoring 9 and conceding 2. The Cape Verde Islands, Equatorial Guinea and Angola were next on +5.

Which Africa Cup of Nations team had the worst goal difference in 2023?

Namibia had the worst goal difference in the Africa Cup of Nations in 2023, with -6 from four games, scoring 1 and conceding 7. Guinea-Bissau and the Gambia were next on -5.

How many goals per game were there in the Africa Cup of Nations in 2023?

There were 119 goals in 52 Africa Cup of Nations games in 2023, an average of 2.3 a game, 1.1 for each side. Senegal and Equatorial Guinea averaged the most, 2.3 a game each, and Namibia, Tanzania and Tunisia the fewest, 0.3 each.

Which Africa Cup of Nations team had the best expected goal difference in 2023?

The Congo DR had the best expected goal difference in the Africa Cup of Nations in 2023, with +4.4 from seven games, creating 5.7 xG and conceding 1.2. Nigeria were next on +3.9.

Africa Cup of Nations Goals Scored

Rank	Team	Goals Scored
1	Senegal	9
2	Equatorial Guinea	9
3	Angola	9
4	Cape Verde Islands	8
5	Nigeria	8
6	Côte d'Ivoire	8
7	Egypt	7
8	South Africa	7
9	Mali	6
10	Congo DR	6

Africa Cup of Nations Expected Goals (xG)

Rank	Team	Expected Goals (xG)
1	Morocco	5.8
2	Congo DR	5.7
3	Nigeria	5.2
4	Egypt	4.9
5	Angola	4.1
6	South Africa	4.1
7	Senegal	3.9
8	Mali	3.9
9	Algeria	3.9
10	Cape Verde Islands	3.7

Africa Cup of Nations Goals Against, fewest first

Rank	Team	Goals Against
1	Senegal	2
2	Tunisia	2
3	Cape Verde Islands	3
4	Morocco	3
5	South Africa	3
6	Zambia	3
7	Equatorial Guinea	4
8	Angola	4
9	Mali	4
10	Nigeria	4

Africa Cup of Nations Expected Goals Against (xGA), fewest first

Rank	Team	Expected Goals Against (xGA)
1	Congo DR	1.2
2	Nigeria	1.3
3	Egypt	1.6
4	Senegal	1.8
5	Guinea	2.1
6	Mali	2.6
7	Morocco	2.8
8	Angola	2.8
9	Tunisia	3.0
10	Cameroon	3.2

Africa Cup of Nations Goal Difference

Rank	Team	Goal Difference
1	Senegal	+7
2	Cape Verde Islands	+5
3	Equatorial Guinea	+5
4	Angola	+5
5	South Africa	+4
6	Nigeria	+4
7	Morocco	+2
8	Mali	+2
9	Congo DR	+1
10	Egypt	0

Africa Cup of Nations Expected Goal Difference (xGD)

Rank	Team	Expected Goal Difference (xGD)
1	Congo DR	+4.4
2	Nigeria	+3.9
3	Egypt	+3.3
4	Morocco	+3.0
5	Senegal	+2.1
6	Guinea	+1.6
7	Angola	+1.3
8	Mali	+1.3
9	Cape Verde Islands	+0.2
10	South Africa	+0.2

Africa Cup of Nations Possession %

Rank	Team	Possession %
1	Algeria	68.3%
2	Cameroon	58.3%
3	Mali	58.2%
4	Côte d'Ivoire	58.1%
5	Egypt	57.3%
6	Morocco	54.5%
7	Cape Verde Islands	53.8%
8	Senegal	52.0%
9	Tunisia	51.7%
10	South Africa	51.6%

Africa Cup of Nations Clean Sheets

Rank	Team	Clean Sheets
1	South Africa	5
2	Nigeria	4
3	Cape Verde Islands	3
4	Morocco	2
5	Senegal	2
6	Angola	2
7	Mali	2
8	Congo DR	2
9	Guinea	2
10	Namibia	2

Africa Cup of Nations Fouls Committed

Rank	Team	Fouls Committed
1	Nigeria	129
2	Côte d'Ivoire	119
3	Congo DR	103
4	Mali	94
5	South Africa	94
6	Guinea	80
7	Cape Verde Islands	79
8	Angola	79
9	Senegal	71
10	Ghana	70

Africa Cup of Nations Yellow Cards

Rank	Team	Yellow Cards
1	Burkina Faso	12
2	Nigeria	12
3	Côte d'Ivoire	12
4	Senegal	9
5	Ghana	9
6	Algeria	9
7	Angola	8
8	Congo DR	8
9	Guinea	8
10	Mauritania	8