No draws in Nations Cup first round
The Africa Nations Cup round 1 produced 15 goals with home teams scoring 9 and the away teams scoring 6.
7 goals were scored in the first half whilst 8 were scored after half-time.
The first round of the tournament produced no draws and also no winning margin of more than two goals.
Here is a table showing the margin margins after eight matches:
Goal Margin | Frequency | Percentage(%) |
---|---|---|
0 | 0 | 0 |
1 | 7 | 87.5 |
2 | 1 | 12.5 |
In Group D, for example, both matches were won 1-nil with Ghana and Mali taking the honours.
Both hosts went off to a winning start with Equatorial Guinea seeing off Libya and Gabon dismissing Niger 2-nil.
Here is the tournament stats summary after one round of matches:
Number | % | |
---|---|---|
Matches played | 8 | |
Home wins | 5 | 62.5 |
Away wins | 3 | 37.5 |
Drawn | 0 | 0.0 |
Goalless draws | 0 | 0.0 |
Goals | 15 | |
Goals/game | 1.9 | |
First half goals | 7 | 46.7 |
Second half goals | 8 | 53.3 |
Home team goals | 9 | 60.0 |
Away team goals | 6 | 40.0 |

