Gabon hope to be able to count on captain Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang on Tuesday when they play their last group game at the Africa Cup of Nations.

The Arsenal striker was excluded from Friday's 1-1 draw against Ghana in Yaounde.

Aubameyang missed Gabon's opening game against the Comoros Islands on Monday after testing positive for covid on arrival in Cameroon for the tournament and being placed in quarantine along with teammate Mario Lemina.

Both rejoined the squad after almost a week isolating, and trained on the eve of their second Group C encounter against Ghana.

But the Confederation of African Football ordered Gabon not to use them in that match after detecting cardiac lesions.

Gabon coach Patrice Neveu said, "There are four days before the next match and I hope to have them back because we really need them. Fortunately, CAF allowed us to take a squad of 28 to the tournament because otherwise I would have been unable to cope. This virus is tenacious. I myself had it but it was gone in two days."