Our prediction for this Africa Cup of Nations 2024 match:
Congo
Match Time & Date:
18/06/2023
11:00 AM
Prediction: 1-1
Mali
Congo and Mali face each other at Stade Alphonse Massemba-Debat in the Group G derby. Congo aim to build on a hard-fought 1-0 win over South Sudan and seeing that third-place Gambia are breathing down their neck, Sunday’s qualifier is of big importance for the home team. Former Espanyol attacker Thievy Bifouma is still part of the team and he is likely to prove a handful for the opposition back-line. Parma midfielder Gabriel Charpentier is pushing for a start after scoring a late equalizer against South Sudan.
Les Aigles, on the other hand, are leading the chase for automatic qualification, but the game against Congo will be anything but a walk in the park for the away side. Taking everything into account, the share of spoils is on the cards. One of the men to watch in the away team will be Adama Traore, who has netted 11 goals for Ferencvaros in the 2022/2023 campaign.
Highlighted Team (Mali):
Mali are an African football team that have never participated at the World Cup finals. Les Aigles (the Eagles), though, did well to make it to the 1972 African Cup of Nations final, with the team facing Congo in the title game.
Mali suffered a 3-2 loss to Pierre Lechantre’s men back then, but that is regarded as the team’s biggest success. The Malian national football team play their home games in yellow shirts and yellow shorts, while the colour of the team’s away kit is white. Stade du 26 Mars is regarded as the home stadium of Mali and the capacity of the venue is 60,000. Les Aigles won the Amilcar Cabral Cup on three occasions (1989, 1997 and 2007) and they made it to the final of the tournament four times.
Frederic Kanoute is the most notable footballer who played for the Malian national team and the former Sevilla and Tottenham attacker scored 23 goals in 39 appearances for the Eagles.
