Player Ratings : Ghana 3-1 Sao Tome – Opoku and Rahman net debut goals as Ghana wraps up AFCON 2021 qualifications

Black Stars defeated Sao Tome and Principe to finished top of Group C in their 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying campaign.

Goals from Nicholas Opoku, Jordan Ayew and  Baba Rahman were enough to give Ghana an empathic win on the day.

A howler from Razak Abalora led to a goal from Carvalho. Ghana finished the campaign with 13 points and their opponents had zero points.

FootballMadeInGhana.com rated the performance of the Black Stars players.

RAZAK ABALORA 4/10

Saved few balls which came to him. Had a lot of command for his players. Had few successive passes, but committed a blunder which saw him a conceding a goal.

BENSON ANNAN 5/10

Benson Annan had a good game especially in his defensive duties. Also made few runs to help in the attack with a good recovery too.

BABA RAHMAN 6/10

The Left back had one his best games today. The rate at which he surges forward was good. Created few chances, scored a goal and wasn’t bad in his defensive work too.

GANIYU ISMAIL 5/10

The Central back was good despite being calm today. Defended few balls as well and made some few tackles.

NICHOLAS OPOKU 6/10

The Central back tackled very well. The defender was everywhere in the 18 yard box. Attacked on few occasions. Scored the opener and also help the midfield to be compacted.

MUBARAK WAKASO 6/10

The Midfielder did his defensive duties well. His foes were NOT getting the chance to create any space. Also made some successful passes too. At times, he does come back to help the defense too.

THOMAS PARTEY 6/10

Partey surged forward to help the attack. Gave some long as well as some incisive passes. He helped the midfield very well especially in surging forward with the ball.

OSMAN BUKARI 5/10

The Winger did a good work on the flanks. His attacking duties was just super. He was the reason why Baba Rahman had a calm work at the back, because he has been going back to help Baba on the lateral until his substitutions.

MOHAMMED KUDUS 8/10

Mohammed Kudus was super today. In terms of surging forward with the ball, he gave decent passes to his attackers. His innovative skills saw him to have been creating spaces even where was NO space. He assisted twice today.

ANDRE AYEW 7/10

André Ayew was everywhere on the pitch today. On the flanks, he surged forward and made crosses and also comes back to help his lateral counterpart. On the central pitch, he drew back to help in defending, and also attack so well. He created few chances too.

JORDAN AYEW 6/10

Jordan drew back to help to the midfield for the balls and took them to his foes. On few occasions, he contributed to the team’s effort. Wasn’t a striker who’ll be waiting for the balls always. He drew back to help the central midfielder on many occasions. Helped his side to get a penalty and scored from the resultant penalty.

SUBSTITUTES

GLADSON AWAKO 4/10

The Midfielder helped to lubricate the midfield. Gave some decent passes too. Helped his side to contain their foes in the midfield.

KWAME POKU 3/10

The midfielder didn’t cause much havoc to his opponents. He was calm thereby making the job quiet easy for the defenders. Also missed a one-on-one chance too.

IMORO IBRAHIM 4/10

The Lateral defender defended well, but was bit slow in his attacking duties. He didn’t commit any blunder. Gave decent passes to help his side in their build up.

JUSTICE BLAY 4/10

The Defensive midfielder didn’t live up to expectation today. He did run to chase few balls, but his opponents took advantage of the midfield when he was substituted into the game. Nonetheless, he was drawing back to help his side in their defensive duties.