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11/17/2020
PREVIEW: THE SECRETARY BIRD OF SUDAN VS GHANA BLACKS STARS
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* By: Isaac Amponsah (Dr Ike) and Bright Yeboah Taylor (byt)

Predictions:
Both team to score
Away win
Correct score Sudan 1-2 Ghana

* HEAD-TO-HEAD 
All-time meetings - 12
Sudan wins            - 2
Goals scored        -  4
Ghana wins           - 9
Goals scored        - 22
Drawn games       - 1

Head-to-Head in Sudan
All-time meetings - 5
Sudan wins           - 2
Goals scored        -  3
Ghana wins           - 3
Goals scored        - 7
Drawn game         - 0

FACTS AND FIGURES

* Ghana started playing the Nations Cup qualifies in 1961 for the Ethiopia 1962 Cup of Nations.

* The first country to play Ghana was Nigeria 
8th April, 1961 at Lagos
Nigeria 0-0 Ghana 

* 30th April, 1961 at Accra 
Ghana 2-2 Nigeria 
scorers for Ghana: Edward Acquah and Aggrey Fynn
scorers for Nigeria: Dejofayemi and Elkanah Onyeali.

NOTE: Nigeria won on lots.
The drawing of lots took place in London on 27th September, 1961 so Nigeria qualified ahead of Ghana.

* Edward Acquah was the FIRST PLAYER to score a goal for Ghana in a Nations Cup qualifiers. 

* Since then, Ghana have appeared on 23 times only on qualifiers of the Nations Cup since 1961

NOTE: Ghana have qualified automatically as a host for Four times, (1963, 1978, 2000 & 2008) and as a Defending Champions or as a title holders on Four occasions ( 1965,  1968, 1980 and 1984). And Ghana have been in the Nations Cup Tournament on 22 Occasions since 1963 and have won the title on four (4) times (1963, 1965, 1978, and 1982).

THE MATCH DATE (17TH NOVEMBER) 

SUDAN
* 17th November, 1967
(Olympics game Qualifier) 
Sudan 2-1 Nigeria
NB: Sudan won on extra-time.

* 17th November, 1996
(Cecafa Tournament) 
Sudan 1-1 Uganda

NB: Sudan are yet to LOSE a game on the match date
W1    D1    GF3     GA2

GHANA
* 17th November, 2010
(Friendly game)
Saudi Arabia 0-0 Ghana

NB: Ghana are yet to SCORE/CONCEDE/WIN/LOSE a game on the match date.

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