Ghana national football team: results and stats
4 investigationsLatest Ghana national team football matches: every report comes with full stats, xG analysis and the Crime Index of the result.
Current squad — Ghana national team
Goalkeepers
- 1L. Zigi
- 12J. Anang
- 16B. Asare
Defenders
- 2A. Seidu
- 4J. Adjetey
- 6A. Mumin
- 14G. Mensah
- 17A. Baba
- 18J. Opoku
- 21K. Peprah Oppong
- 23D. Luckassen
- 26M. Senaya
Midfielders
- 3Caleb Marfo Yirenkyi
- 5T. Partey
- 7A. Fatawu
- 8K. Sibo
- 11A. Semenyo
- 15E. Owusu
- 19I. Williams
- 20A. Boakye
- 22K. Sulemana
- 24E. Nuamah
- 25P. Adu
Attackers
- 9J. Ayew
- 10B. Thomas-Asante
- 13C. Bonsu Baah
Ghana Squad: Latest Match
Ghana — Panama · 4-4-1-1- 1L. Ati ZigiG
- 26M. SenayaD
- 4J. AdjeteyD
- 18J. OpokuD
- 14G. MensahD
- 24E. NuamahM
- 3C. YirenkyiM
- 15E. OwusuM
- 11A. SemenyoM
- 22K. SulemanaF
- 9J. AyewF
Ghana vs Panama 1:0 — Yirenkyi's 90th-Minute Goal Won a Tight Match
Ghana beat Panama 1-0 thanks to a goal deep into stoppage time.
England vs Ghana 0:0 — 19 Shots, Not a Single Goal
England and Ghana played out a 0-0 draw in the Round of 32, even though the hosts were overwhelming favorites on both possession (79% to 21%) and xG (1.36 to 0.17).
Colombia — Ghana 1:0: One Goal, Full Control
The goalkeeper at one end had 7 saves to make; the goalkeeper at the other had none. That is the quickest way into this match, and maybe the cleanest. A casual viewer might shrug at 1 : 0 and file it under narrow escape, tense finish, one of those nights when a favorite leaves a little change on the table. But this was not that kind of evening. This was control with a stubborn scoreline attached: Colombia produced 2.18 xG to Ghana’s 0.26, spent long stretches in possession, and asked far more demanding questions all night. The funny part is that Jhon Arias had already put his name in the book before he put it on the scoreboard.
Croatia — Ghana 2:1: Three Goals Nobody Constructed
Some matches drift so far from their own numbers that the model raises an alarm. Croatia beat Ghana 2:1 with xG 0.46 against 0.73 — the winner created less than the loser, and the anomaly index shot up to 85%.
Frequently Asked Questions
Who is the head coach of the Ghana national team?
Per the most recently analyzed match (Ghana — Panama) — Carlos Queiroz.
How many players are in the Ghana national team's current squad?
26 players: goalkeepers — 3, defenders — 9, midfielders — 11, attackers — 3.
How often do Ghana's match results diverge from the xG-expected outcome?
Bravsen has analyzed 4 matches — average Crime Index 50, with 1 scoring 60+ (the threshold for an anomalous gap between the result and the xG model).
A 1-2 road loss to Croatia carries a Crime Index of 85% — one of the highest figures among any national team at the tournament on this site. It's Ghana's single most anomalous covered match out of 4 reviewed: by chance quality, the team appears to have deserved at least a draw in that game.
The average also sits well above typical
Across the 4 reviewed matches, Ghana averages 50% — above what's typical for club or national team football on this site: even setting the Croatia loss aside, Ghana already looks more volatile than a typical side at the tournament.
Finishing lines up almost exactly with the model
Across the 4 matches with calculated xG, Ghana generated 2.47 expected goals and scored 2 — a negligible shortfall, statistically insignificant at this sample size. That means the team's Crime Index volatility isn't explained by a chronic attacking shortfall — more by individual matches where the final score diverged sharply from the run of play, exactly as happened against Croatia.