No boost on African soil

Given the build-up to the World Cup coming to the African continent for the first time, you would have expected the African teams to have success. After all, France won the Cup in 1998 with a home-soil boost.

But that hasn't happened so far. The six African teams have combined for one win - by Ghana - going into Monday's play. Cameroon and Nigeria are even 0-0-2. Overall, the African teams are 1-4-7 in through two matches, and homestanding South Africa is 0-1-1.