The final of the delayed 2021 (AFCON) will take place on Sunday, 6 February between Africa’s top-ranked country, Senegal, and seven-time champions, Egypt.
Below, FIVE Africa Cup of Nations finals facts ahead of the title decider in Yaounde:
1. There have been 31 finals, including one replay, with 65 goals scored at an average of 2.09 per match. Ethiopia beat Egypt 4-2 after extra time in the title decider with the most goals while six ended goalless.
2. A 1-0 scoreline is the most common with eight finals decided by a solitary goal, most recently in 2019 when Algeria edged Senegal in Cairo. There have been six 0-0 draws and the third most frequent scoreline was 2-0, which occurred four times.
4. Mohamed al Attar holds the individual record for goals in a final, scoring all four when Egypt beat Sudan 4-0 in 1957. Congolese Ndaye Mulamba (twice), Ghanaians Edward Acquah, Opoku Afriyie and Frank Odei, Nigerians Emmanuel Amunike and Segun Odegbami and South African Mark Williams scored two each.
5. Odegbami and Algerian Baghdad Bounedjah share the record for the fastest goal by netting in the second minute. The latest goal came from Zambian Brighton Sinyangwe in the 120th minute of the 1974 final against Zaire (now the Democratic Republic of Congo).
