Goodness me, Ghana keeper Razak Braimah almost makes an awful error here. The ball comes back to him and under no pressure he takes a horribly heavy touch that almost allows Yacine Brahimi to nip in and score. Heart-in-mouth moment for the Ghana stopper.

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Joe, the Pundit: Ghana to bounce back from disappointing start and be champions, stunning the Elephants in the process. Senegal were lucky in the first game.

Algeria have a free-kick 25 yards for a fairly innocuous-looking aerial challenge. It's drilled well wide by left-back Faouzi Ghoulam.

Algeria's Ishak Belfodil spreads the ball wide to bring right-back Aissa Mandi into play. Mandi played pretty well in the first game, despite conceding a penalty, but his attempted through-ball is poor on this occasion.

BBC Sport's Matthew Kenyon in Mongomo

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"The stadium is still not full. Those checks outside - Ebola and security - do slow things down. Haven't heard any suggestion of trouble here though..."

Ghana goalkeeper Razak Braimah says a little prayer, and we're under way. Algeria in green, Ghana in white.

BBC Sport's Matthew Kenyon in Mongomo

"Huge cheer as Asamoah Gyan's name is read out by the PA announcer here in Mongomo. The Ghana fans are thrilled that their key man has returned to health - and the locals are delighted that one of the tournament's top stars is going to be on show. Same response for the return of Madjid Bougherra in the Algeria line up.

"But the biggest cheer of the day goes to Joaquin Esono Eyang, the fourth official - the first ref from Equatorial Guinea to take part in the Nations Cup."

Asamoah Gyan's return is one of two changes for Ghana - the other one sees Parma's Afriyie Acquah come in for Mohamed Rabiu in midfield. Former Rangers man Madjid Bougherra returns for Algeria and captains the side. Striker Islam Slimani, who scored against South Africa, is benched, and Ishak Belfodil comes in.

Determined expressions on the faces of the Ghanaians as they stand for their national anthem. They know defeat here could spell the end of their Afcon campaign. Some rather impressive/questionable tattoos adorning the arms of the Algerian team. We're almost ready to go in Mongomo...

Ghana: Razak, Amartey, Mensah, Afful, Baba, Afriyie, Atsu, Agyemang-Badu, Andre Ayew, Jordan Ayew, Gyan. Subs: Sowah, Appiah, Gyimah, Awal, Wakaso, Rabiu, Asante, Otoo, Accam, Boye, Acheampong, Dauda.

Algeria: M'Bolhi, Mandi, Bougherra, Medjani, Ghoulam, Taider, Lacen, Bentaleb, Feghouli, Belfodil, Brahimi. Subs: Doukha, Cadamuro, Halliche, Mesbah, Mahrez, Slimani, Soudani, Kadir, Djabou, Kashi, Zeffane, Zemmamouche.

Referee: Koman Coulibaly (Mali)

Festus Abrah-Yeboah: This match promises to be mouth-watery. It is like a final for Ghana and Algeria would love to win to progress.

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As if that pressure wasn't enough to handle, Ghana boss Avram Grant has had to contend with another headache in Equatorial Guinea: the daily commute.

The former Chelsea coach has complained that his team have had to train at Oyala instead of Mongomo, where they face Algeria today and also South Africa next week.

"We had to drive one hour while Algeria could train near the hotel," a disgruntled Grant told reporters.

But that wasn't the end of Ghana's problems: the team bus also leaves a lot to be desired.

"You need to see our bus," Grant said. "It is a bus which behaves like a ship. We are the only team that receives this bus, the other teams have a good bus."

Alex Burrows: Getting ready to watch the game with our academy boys at the charity I work for in Ghana - all about Gyan!

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Ghana, meanwhile, were on the receiving end of a late fightback in their tournament opener. The Black Stars led Senegal 1-0 but a last-second Moussa Sow winner condemned them to a 2-1 defeat.

Avram Grant's side are one of the continent's traditional heavyweights and boast the likes of Marseille's Andre Ayew, Celtic's Wakaso Mubarak and Everton's Chelsea loanee Christian Atsu in an impressive midfield that combines youth and experience. And as we mentioned, they are boosted today by the return of star striker Asamoah Gyan from a bout of malaria.

But question marks linger over their defence and if they lose to Algeria today, Ghana could be the first side eliminated from this year's Africa Cup of Nations.

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Our first game today sees Algeria take on Ghana. Algeria are the highest-ranked team in the tournament and one of the red-hot favourites for the overall title.

The Fennecs were probably the most impressive African team at the 2014 World Cup, beating Russia and South Korea to advance to the knockout stages before giving Germany a heck of a game in the last 16.

However, Algeria weren't entirely convincing in their first match - they trailed 1-0 to South Africa before mounting a late comeback to sneak a 3-1 win.

Today's four teams - Ghana, Algeria, South Africa and Senegal - are all potential winners of this year's tournament.

Who do you fancy to lift the trophy? No player has scored more than one yet but who do you think will be top scorer?

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But let's be optimistic. Today we revisit Group C, and that means another chance for some of the tournament's brightest attacking talents to impress, and more importantly, to get on the scoresheet?

One man who could certainly bag a few is Algeria's nifty attacker Yacine Brahimi. The Porto man, who represented France as a youngster, caught the eye at the World Cup and has already bagged a Champions League hat-trick, external this season.

Or what about Senegal's Sadio Mane? He's been in a rich vein of goalscoring form for Ronald Koeman's Southampton recently.

And then there's the wild card: Ghana's Asamoah Gyan. He's been laid low with malaria, external but returns to action today. He didn't set the world alight at Sunderland but 45 goals in 86 international appearances testifies to his undoubted class.

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Day seven of the Africa Cup of Nations is upon us, and that means we're officially halfway through the group stages.

It's been an entertaining tournament so far, but let's be honest, there's still the unmistakable sense of a competition that hasn't quite got out of second gear. The touchpaper is yet to be lit, the scruff of this tournament's neck remains ungrabbed.

Perhaps that's partly because of the fact that we haven't yet seen a goalscorer stamp their authority on this competition and announce themselves as a major global talent in the way that Samuel Eto'o did at Afcon 2006, or James Rodriguez did at the 2014 World Cup.

With 12 matches played, no-one has yet managed to score more than one goal. The race for the golden boot, external is still on the starting line. Will we see a striker fire this tournament into life today?