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<li>This will be the first encounter between C&ocirc;te d&rsquo;Ivoire and Guinea-Bissau at the CAF Africa Cup of Nations.</li>
<li>C&ocirc;te d&rsquo;Ivoire are taking part in their 25^th CAF Africa Cup of Nations; only Egypt have made more appearances in the continent&rsquo;s premier competition (26). They will be attempting to win the trophy for the third time, after 1992 and 2015.</li>
<li>C&ocirc;te d&rsquo;Ivoire are hosting the CAF Africa Cup of Nations for the second time, 40 years after it was initially held in the country, in 1984. Cameroon won the title whilst C&ocirc;te d&rsquo;Ivoire were knocked out in the group stages.</li>
<li>The hosts/co-hosts of the CAF Africa Cup of Nations have systematically reached the knockout stages of the tournament in all bar one of the last 14 editions &ndash; the exception was Gabon in 2017. However, no host has won the AFCON since Egypt in 2006.</li>
<li>C&ocirc;te d&rsquo;Ivoire are unbeaten in their last 12 opening matches at the CAF Africa Cup of Nations (W7 D5) &ndash; the last time they lost their first match in an edition of the tournament was in 1996 (0-2 v Ghana). Their opening match will be their 100^th in the AFCON, becoming the third team to reach that tally after Egypt and Ghana.</li>
<li>This is Guinea-Bissau&rsquo;s fourth Africa Cup of Nations appearance after making their debut in the competition only six years ago in 2017 &ndash; they have finished bottom of their group in each of their three previous participations, with a total of three draws and six defeats.&nbsp;</li>
<li>Only Benin (14) and Mozambique (12) have played more matches than Guinea-Bissau (9) at the CAF Africa Cup of Nations without ever winning one.</li>
<li>Guinea-Bissau have failed to score in their last seven matches at the CAF Africa Cup of Nations, a record for any team in the history of the competition. In total, it&rsquo;s been over 11 hours since they last found the net (707 minutes), a goal by Piqueti against Cameroon on 18 January 2017.&nbsp;</li>
<li>If Max Gradel plays, this will be his seventh CAF Africa Cup of Nations, equaling Boubacar Barry, Siaka Ti&eacute;n&eacute; and Kolo Tour&eacute; as the Ivorians with most AFCON appearances. He was part of the winning squad in 2015.</li>
<li>The duo of Zinho Gano and Jorginho scored 55% of Guinea-Bissau&rsquo;s goals in the qualifiers for the 2023 CAF Africa Cup of Nations (3 goals each, out of a total of 11 team goals).</li>
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