Ghana are stuck in a group of 4 teams, 6 matchdays, home and away, alongside Gambia, Ivory Coast, and Somalia, and the table makes for hard reading right now. Ivory Coast lead on 6 points, goal difference +4. Gambia sit second, also on 6 points, goal difference +3. Somalia are third on 0 points, goal difference -3, and the Black Stars sit fourth, also on 0 points, goal difference -4. Ghana’s record in the group stands at 0W 0D 2L in 2 of 6 matchdays, 0 points, and it’s Carlos Manuel Brito Leal de Queiroz who has to find a way out of it.
Somalia arrive off a run of their own, Ocean Stars’ record standing at 0W 0D 2L since Friday 25 September 2026. That’s 2 losses in a row, most recent first.
Somalia are the home side on paper, chale, but kickoff is at the Accra Sports Stadium, Accra, Monday 16 November 2026, 15:00 Accra time, so the Black Stars get a home-soil feel even though this one still counts as an away fixture for Ghana in the group. 4 of the 6 matchdays are still to play for Ghana, this one included, 3 after it. A win takes Ghana to 3 points with Somalia on 0. A draw leaves both level, Ghana on 1 and Somalia on 1. A defeat sends Somalia 3 points clear of Ghana, still on 0. None of those three outcomes puts the Black Stars top of the group, and none of it settles anything by goal difference or head to head, not yet.