Cameroon beat Ghana 0-1 in Casablanca and had a single shot on target in the whole match.
It was a penalty. Ngah Manga scored it in the 19th minute.
The Indomitable Lionesses have scored three goals at this Women’s Africa Cup of Nations and all three are hers: the two against Mali and this one.
The first half belonged to Cameroon, 0.83 expected goals to 0.16. The second belonged to Ghana by almost the same margin the other way, 0.84 to 0.10. The scoreline did not move in either.
Ghana thought it had moved in the 79th minute. Evelyn Badu, who had come on at half-time, put the ball in the net and a video review ruled the goal out.
It was the only time in ninety minutes that a ball ended up inside Michaely Bihina’s goal. Ghana had eleven attempts, three on target, and generated 1.00 expected goals.
Across two matches the Black Queens have accumulated 4.13 expected goals and one goal scored by a player of their own. The other one on their record was put there by a Cape Verde defender.
Cameroon defended with their bodies. They made 41 clearances, 28 of them after the interval, and committed 29 fouls to 15.
And they gave up the ball. They had 67% of possession against Mali; here they had 41%. In the second half they completed 48 of 101 passes and found a team-mate with 3 of their 34 long balls.
Bihina made three saves and prevented 1.14 goals according to the shot model. Cynthia Konlan, in the Ghana goal, did not have to make any.
Ngah Manga played 68 minutes before being substituted. Four days earlier she had gone off injured in stoppage time against Mali.
Cameroon now have eleven group-stage matches without defeat. The last side to beat them in one was Ghana, in 2014.
The Indomitable Lionesses lead Group D on six points. Ghana stay on three and wait for Mali v Cape Verde.
