2022 World Cup/Group H: head-to-head, Portugal - Ghana, Thursday 24/11/2022 (kick-off at 17:00 CET)

With a squad valued at €937m according to the website Transfermarkt (as of 23/11/2022), Portugal's players are worth 4.3 times those of Ghana (€217m), as the two nations prepare to face each other on Thursday 24/11/2022, in the first match of Group H of the 2022 World Cup at Stadium 974 (Ras Abu Aboud Stadium) in Doha, Qatar (kick-off at 17:00 CET).

On social media (Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, Twitter, as of 01/11/2022), the Portuguese national team is the 7^th most followed of the 32 teams participating in the competition with 15.7 million followers. This is nearly 23 times more than their rivals Ghana, who are not on TikTok and have a combined 690,000 followers across the other three platforms.

Ninth in the FIFA rankings, the Seleção, whose best result was a third place finish in 1966, are 52 places ahead of the Black Stars, 61^st, whose best World Cup performance took them to the quarter-finals in 2010.

The dominance of the Portuguese team is also reflected in the value of its equipment supplier contract with Nike, estimated at €10m per year, compared to a €0.9m deal between Ghana…