In coming up against Ghana, this will be only the second time that Wales have faced an African opponent, previously losing 4-0 to Tunisia in a June 1998 friendly in Tunis.

Wales are unbeaten in their last six games when facing an opponent for the first time (W4 D2); the last side to beat them on the first attempt was North Macedonia in September 2013 (1-2 in a 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifier).

Ghana have lost each of their last five internationals, and have only won one of their last 13 against European nations, beating Switzerland 2-0 in November 2022 (D4 L8). 

Wales have only won one of their last 11 friendlies (D6 L4) and are winless in all three under Craig Bellamy so far (D1 L2) – the last Wales manager to not win any of his first four friendlies in charge was Bobby Gould in 1997 (D2 L2).

Despite Ghana being the ninth different nation Carlos Queiroz has taken charge of, he has only faced Wales once previously, winning 2-0 with Iran at the 2022 FIFA World Cup (2-0).

Wales won four of their first five home games under Craig Bellamy (D1), but have since won just one of five on home turf, drawing the last two (L2); the Dragons last drew three consecutive matches at home in 1927.

Dan James has scored in his last two starts for Wales, the only time he has done so for his national team –since his debut in November 2018, the Leeds winger (10 & 10) is one of just two players to reach double figures for both goals and assists for the Dragons, along with Harry Wilson (15 & 11).

Ghana’s Antoine Semenyo has scored just once across his last 27 international appearances, going eight games without a goal since netting versus Chad in March 2025.