Ghana will look to take a giant step in the direction of reaching the knockout rounds of the World Cup for the primary time since 2010 as they tackle Panama in Group L.
The Black Stars famously reached the quarter-finals in 2010 however haven’t since progressed past the group stage.
With the very best eight third-place finishers progressing to the knockout rounds of the 48-team match, Ghana will see a recreation with Panama as an enormous alternative to place one foot within the spherical of 32.
101GreatGoals has the total staff information from Toronto.
Ghana staff information
Ghana: Ati Zigi; Senaya, Adjetey, Opoku, Mensah; Semenyo, Owusu, Yirenkyi, Nuamah; Sulemana; J. Ayew.
Ghana substitutes: Anang, Asare, Seidu, Mumin, Rahman, Oppong, Luckassen, Sibo, Boakye, Fatawu, Thomas-Asante, Baah, Williams, Adu.
Panama staff information
Panama: Mosquera; Blackman, Ramos, Cordoba, Andrade; Murillo, Harvey, Martinez, Rodriguez; Barcenas, Waterman.
Panama substitutes: Mejia, Samudio, Escobar, Farina, Davis, Miller, Gutierrez, Carrasquilla, Diaz, Quintero, Godoy, Yanis, Rodriguez, Fajardo, Londono.
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’ll be able to watch it on ITV1. It may be streamed through 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 one in every 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 at the least one aim 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 targets through the 2026 World Cup qualifiers (7 targets, 7 assists), the joint-most in CAF qualification alongside Algeria’s Mohammed Amoura (10 targets, 4 assists).
- Panama are taking part in 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.
- In the course of the 2018 World Cup, Panama conceded extra targets than every other aspect (11), had the second-highest anticipated targets in opposition to per recreation (2.3) and the fourth-lowest possession share (36.3%).
