Black Stars coach Charles Kwablan Akonnor says his side have enough players available for the clash against South Africa on Monday in the 2022 FIFA World Cup Qualifiers.

The senior national team are without seven players for the daunting encounter at the FNB stadium in Johannesburg.

England-based quintet in Crystal Palace duo Jordan Ayew and Jeffrey Schlupp, Reading duo of Andrew Yiadom and Baba Abdul Rahman as well as Leicester City's Daniel Amartey had to be exempted from the duel due to Covid-19 restrictions.

The other two are Daniel-Kofi Kyereh and Kamaldeen Sulemana, who have both been recalled by their respective clubs.

"Don’t forget we invited 32 players because we were aware of the situation, so we are prepared," Ghana coach Akonnor said in the pre-match press conference.

"We knew that the England-based players might not come here with us because of the COVID-19 situation and so we were prepared and we knew exactly what will happen so it’s not going to be an excuse,".

All sevevn were involved in the game against Ethiopia with forward Daniel-Kofi Kyereh the only player coming on as a substitute.

Ghana play as visitors to South Africa on matchday two of the qualifiers at 16:00 GMT.