Democratic Republic of Congo take on four-time champions, Ghana at the TotalEnergies CAF Under-20 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON), Egypt 2025 when they meet in their Group C opener at the Suez Stadium on Friday (kick-off 21:00 local time / 18:00 GMT).
It will be a first meeting between the side at the finals in this age-group, but DR Congo have played West African teams four times. Three of those games have been against Nigeria the other was versus Mali. DR Congo’s record against West African teams reads P4 D2 L2.
All seven of Ghana’s previous games at the finals against Central African teams have come against Cameroon. They have won two, in the 1993 and 2009 finals. Their only loss was in the group stages against Cameroon in 1993 (D4).