2026 WCQ : “We have huge respect for Comoros” – Chris Hughton

Black Stars Head Coach, Chris Hughton says the results in the past against Comoros have zero significance on the game later today [November 21] at the OmniSports Stadium in Moroni in the ongoing 2026 FIFA World Cup Qualifiers.

Hughton’s assertion comes on the back of the last meeting between the two countries where Ghana got kicked out from the 2021 AFCON held in Cameroon following a 3-2 defeat to Comoros in the final group.

In his pre-match press conference, Hughton reiterated the team’s desire to win the game against Comoros and further expressed the team’s readiness to clinch all three points.

We have big respect for Comoros, they are a good team, but the results in the past have no significance.

It’s about the present, not the past.

I think as a football nation, they have come a long way, they have made very big steps and i congratulate them on that.

For now our preparations are not for the World Cup or the AFCON but it is for the game against Comoros. It is one game at a time.

The Black Stars of Ghana can go top of Group I with a win against Comoros in the second group game against the 2026 FIFA World Cup Qualifiers.

Hughton’s men head into the clash with 3 points from the first group game against Madagascar at the Baba Yara Sports Stadium.

It will be the fourth meeting between the two countries after they last met in the 2021 AFCON in Cameroon.

For the FIFA World Cup qualifiers – this will be the second time the Black Stars will face Comoros.

The first leg of the 2015 FIFA World Cup qualifiers was played at the Baba Yara Sports Stadium in Kumasi under former Coach Avram Grant.