2023 AFCON stats: Top goal scorers, most assists, clean sheets & more

2023 AFCON stats: Top goal scorers, most assists, clean sheets & more
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With the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations coming to an end on Sunday, here are the 2023 AFCON stats comprising of consized information about the most important numbers of the tournament which took place in Ivory Coast.

The Elephants of Ivory Coast against all odds pulled themselves through to the finals where they defeated the Super Eagles of Nigeria 2-1 to clinch their third AFCON trophy and first on home soil.

2023 AFCON stats

Number of Matches Played: 52
Number of Goals Scored: 119
Top Scorer: Emilio Nsue – 5 goals (Equatorial Guinea)
Most Assists: Sadio Mane – 3 (Senegal)
Most Clean Sheets: Ronwen Williams – 5 (South Africa)
Biggest Win: South Africa 4-0 Namibia (21/01/2024)
Number of Yellow Cards: 157
Number of Red Cards: 13

2023 AFCON stats – top goal scorers table

This section will summarize the top five scorers of the ongoing 2023 Africa Cup of Nations.

Player Goals Country
Emilio Nsue 5 Equatorial Guinea
Gelson Dala 4 Angola
Mostafa Mohamed 4 Egypt
Lassine Sinayoko 3 Mali
Ademola Lookman 3 Nigeria

2023 AFCON stats – most assists table

This section will summarize the top five assist makers of the ongoing 2023 Africa Cup of Nations.

Player Assists Country
Sadio Mane 3 Senegal
Georges-Kevin N'Koudou 3 Cameroon
Fredy 3 Angola
Jose Machin 3 Equatorial Guinea
Ismaila Sarr 2 Senegal

2023 AFCON stats – most clean sheets table

This section will summarize the top five goalkeepers with the most clean sheets in the ongoing 2023 Africa Cup of Nations.

Goalkeeper Clean sheets Country
Ronwen Williams 5 South Africa
Stanley Nwabali 4 Nigeria
Edouard Mendy 2 Senegal
Djigui Diarra 2 Mali
Ibrahim Kone 2 Guinea

 

This article was most recently revised and updated 11 months ago

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