Meanwhile, Uganda will have to wait a little longer for their first goal and points in their first appearance at the Cup of Nations since 1978.

Mali and record seven-time champions Egypt meet later on Tuesday, at 8pm local time (1900 GMT).

Eight of Ghana’s line-up started the final in Equatorial Guinea in 2015, the only exceptions being Thomas Partey, Jordan Ayew and Leicester City’s Daniel Amartey.

Ghana had struggled in recent matches against Milutin Sredojevic’s side, failing to win any of three encounters spread over the qualifiers for the 2015 Cup of Nations and the 2018 World Cup.

This article was sourced from 90minutes Sports Magazine.