Cameroon captain, Vincent Aboubakar, is currently leading the race for the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations’ Golden Boot.
Aboubakar currently has four goals from two fixtures played so far, netting a brace in both matches against Burkina Faso and Ethiopia to seal the hosts’ spot in the last-16 with a game to spare.
His team-mate, Karl Toko Ekambi, and Malawi’s Gabadinho Mhango are his closest challengers with two goals each.
The likes of Senegal talisman Sadio Mane, Liverpool team-mate Salah and Ghana veteran Andre Ayew are also off the mark, with a slew of Nigeria players also netting – Kelechi Iheanacho’s goal downed Egypt before Samuel Chukwueze, Taiwo Awoniyi and Moses Simon all netted against Sudan.
AFCON 2021 top scorers after Match Day 2:
4 goals: Vincent Aboubakar (Cameroon).
2 goals: Karl Toko Ekambi (Cameroon), Gabadinho Mhango (Malawi), Ibrahima Kone (Mali).
1 goal: Mohamed Salah (Egypt), Taiwo Awoniyi (Nigeria), Sadio Mane (Senegal), Moses Simon (Nigeria), Samuel Chukwueze (Nigeria), Andre Ayew (Ghana), Max Gradel (Ivory Coast), Sofiane Boufal (Morocco), Selim Amallah (Morocco), Zakaria Aboukhlal (Morocco).
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