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Late Koumas Equaliser Denies Ghana in Cardiff Friendly

Lewis Koumas' stoppage-time header handed Wales a 1-1 draw with Ghana as the visitors completed their final World Cup warm-up.

Overview

  • Wales drew 1-1 with Ghana on Tuesday after Caleb Yirenkyi put Ghana ahead in the 66th minute and Lewis Koumas headed a stoppage-time equaliser.
  • Statistically Wales controlled large phases of the game with 18 shots and a 1.86 expected-goals figure compared with Ghana's 11 shots and 1.3 xG, but the hosts only found the net in added time.
  • Ghana finished their last warm-up before travelling to North America without Mohammed Kudus through injury and under new coach Carlos Queiroz, who will now finalise his World Cup squad.
  • The match was reported as the first senior meeting between the two nations and was described as the first time a senior African men's team played on Welsh soil, though crowd levels were low at about one-third of the 33,000 capacity.
  • Wales will use the draw as momentum for a friendly with Romania and Nations League preparation while Ghana take a confidence-boosting away result into Group L, where they face Panama, England and Croatia.