Ghana will face the United States on American soil for the first time as they meet in a friendly at GEODIS Park in Nashville on Tuesday night.
Over the weekend, the USA suffered a 3-1 loss to Germany, while the Black Stars endured a 2-0 defeat against Mexico.
Match preview:
The USA had a prime opportunity to secure a victory against one of the most successful footballing nations but missed their chance against Germany. This was the second time this year that the Americans lost a fixture in which they scored first (2-1 loss to Serbia). It was the first defeat under Gregg Berhalter’s current stint as national team manager.
The US national team has scored in their last 13 matches played in the United States and netted three or more times in six of those encounters. Before the 2014 World Cup group stage, the Ghanaians had a perfect record of 4-0 against the US but have lost the last two meetings against them.
Ghana began the international window with a disappointing performance against Mexico, failing to register a single shot on target. Their defeat versus Mexico was the first time they lost since Chris Hughton became the new manager in February 2023.
The Black Stars have come back to claim a win or draw in their two previous matches in which they had conceded first and won their last four contests after scoring in the opening half.
USA friendly form: LDDWWL
USA form (all competitions): WWLWWL
Ghana friendly form: WLWWWL
Ghana form (all competitions): WDDWWL
Team News:
Gio Reyna, Matt Turner, Folarin Balogun, and Tim Ream featured for the US against Germany. Cameron Carter-Vickers made his first senior team appearance since the World Cup, while Lennard Maloney is the only player chosen for this international window without an international cap. Christian Pulisic has 41 goal contributions on the international stage, the fifth-most in US history.
Five Ghana players who were in the opening lineup versus Liberia remained in the starting 11 on Saturday. Stephan Ambrosius made his first career start with the Black Stars, Thomas Partey featured for the first time with the national team since June, and Jordan Ayew came on as a substitute. Ayew can surpass Sulley Muntari and Wilberforce Mfum for seventh in all-time goals with the national team with his next one.
Possible starting lineups:
USA: Turner; Jones, Richards, Robinson, Dest; McKennie, Musah, De la Torre; Pepi, Balogun, Pulisic
Ghana: Ati-Zigi; Schindler, Nicholas, Seidu, Mensah; Samed, Partey; Owusu, Kudus, Paintsil; J. Ayew
Kickoff:
The game will start on Tuesday at 8:30 PM ET in the USA, which corresponds to Wednesday at 12:30 AM in Ghana.
