Confirmed line-ups for Group L clash
Ghana will look to take a big step towards reaching the knockout rounds of the World Cup for the first time since 2010 as they take on Panama in Group L.
The Black Stars famously reached the quarter-finals in 2010 but have not since progressed beyond the group stage.
With the best eight third-place finishers progressing to the knockout rounds of the 48-team tournament, Ghana will see a game with Panama as a huge opportunity to put one foot in the round of 32.
101GreatGoals has the full team news from Toronto.
Ghana team news
Ghana: Ati Zigi; Senaya, Adjetey, Opoku, Mensah; Semenyo, Owusu, Yirenkyi, Nuamah; Sulemana; J. Ayew.
Ghana substitutes: Anang, Asare, Seidu, Mumin, Rahman, Oppong, Luckassen, Sibo, Boakye, Fatawu, Thomas-Asante, Baah, Williams, Adu.
Panama team news
Panama: Mosquera; Blackman, Ramos, Cordoba, Andrade; Murillo, Harvey, Martinez, Rodriguez; Barcenas, Waterman.
Panama substitutes: Mejia, Samudio, Escobar, Farina, Davis, Miller, Gutierrez, Carrasquilla, Diaz, Quintero, Godoy, Yanis, Rodriguez, Fajardo, Londono.
Where to watch Ghana v Panama: TV and online streams
Ghana versus Panama kicks off at midnight overnight Wednesday into Thursday UK time. You can watch it on ITV1. It can be streamed via the ITVX app.
Stats for Ghana v Panama
- Ghana will make their fifth World Cup appearance — all of them in the 21st century. Their best performance came in 2010, when they reached the quarter-finals in South Africa before being eliminated by Uruguay on penalties.
- Ghana have won only one of their last seven matches at the World Cup (D2 L4), it was against South Korea in the 2022 group stages.
- Ghana have conceded at least one goal in each of their last 10 World Cup matches – their last clean sheet was against Serbia in the 2010 group stages (1-0).
- Jordan Ayew was involved in 14 goals during the 2026 World Cup qualifiers (7 goals, 7 assists), the joint-most in CAF qualification alongside Algeria’s Mohammed Amoura (10 goals, 4 assists).
- Panama are playing in their second World Cup and their first since 2018 in Russia, finishing bottom of Group G, consisting of Belgium and England, who both competed in that edition’s third-place play-off, as well as Tunisia.
- During the 2018 World Cup, Panama conceded more goals than any other side (11), had the second-highest expected goals against per game (2.3) and the fourth-lowest possession percentage (36.3%).
