Hello and welcome to our live text commentary on the African Cup of Nations Group D clash between Ghana and Botswana in Franceville, Gabon.

The two national anthems are nicely observed in Franceville and it looks a decent atmosphere. Let's hope for a spectacle of football for everyone to enjoy.

Ghana are playing in all white and Botswana are in sky blue. The kits are a touch too similar for my liking, but there you go. You might have thought Ghana could have stuck on their change kit.

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So Sunderland striker Asamoah Gyan, currently on loan at Al Ain, starts up front for Ghana despite struggling with injury of late. There were also suggestions Ghana coach Goran Stevanovic would field a weaker side in anticipation of stronger tests to come but Ghana look pretty handy to me.

TEAMS: Ghana: Kwarasey, Inkoom, Mensah, Boye, Paintsil, Muntari, Badu, Annan, J Ayew, Gyan, A Ayew. /// Botswana: Marumo, Tshepo, Letsholathebe, Thuma, Ramoshibidu, Gabonamong, Nato, Motsepe, Moatlhaping, Mongala, Jerome.

Stat from the Eurosport TV team: "Botswana Striker Jerome Ramatlhakwane scored 5 of Botswana's 7 goals in ACN2012 qualifying."

Botswana are lead by Stanley Tshosane, who is an army colonel and a part-time manager in the Botswana Premier League. Their monumental task is made all the more difficult by the broken arm suffered by star forward Joel Mogorosi and the suspension that rules out midfielder Dipsy Selolwane.

Though we have seen one shock this tournament - Senegal's defeat to Zambia - Ghana are unlikely to follow suit given they are arguably the continent's best team, demonstrated by their success in reaching the quarter-finals of the last World Cup.

On paper this match represents arguably the biggest mis-match in the tournament. Ghana are four-time winners, have appeared in the finals 17 times and in 2010 their young side were runners-up. Botswana, by contrast, are at the finals for the very first time and are ranked 95 in the world.