Our prediction for this Africa Cup of Nations 2024 match:
Namibia
Match Time & Date:
24/01/2024
09:00 AM
Prediction: 0-1
Mali
Mali will be aiming to seal top position in Group E when they take on Namibia at Stade Laurent Pokou on Wednesday. Mali kicked off their Africa Cup of Nations campaign with a 2-0 win over South Africa, with the team sharing the spoils with Tunisia in their second group game. With no fresh injury worries to report, Eric Chelle is unlikely to make changes to the team that played out the 1-1 draw with Tunisia.
The Brave Warriors, on the other hand, experienced all sorts of problems at the back in a 4-0 loss to South Africa, which is probably the main reason why we are going to bet on the nominal visitors. Even though there are no fresh injury worries in the home team, both Ngero Katua and Bethuel Muzeu should be recalled to the starting XI. In their last meeting in a competitive match Mali defeated Namibia 2-1.
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.
