Our prediction for this Africa Cup of Nations 2024 match:
Zimbabwe
Match Time & Date:
18/01/2022
08:00 AM
Prediction: 0-1
Guinea
Stade Ahmadou Ahidjo will host Tuesday’s AFCON 2021 game between Zimbabwe and Guinea. The Warriors aim to make amends for back-to-back defeats to Senegal and Malawi, but seeing that they missed out on a place in the last 16, home win should not be considered. To make things even worse for the nominal hosts, both Hadebe and Madzongwe are banned for the last group game.
Guinea, on the other hand, produced a fine display in a goalless draw with Senegal. Since a win over Zimbabwe will see the National Elephants book their place in the Africa Cup of Nations playoffs, we are tempted to put our money on Kaba Diawara’s troops. As always, a man to watch in the away side will be Liverpool ace Naby Keita, who is likely to prove a handful for the opposition back-line.
Highlighted Player (Marvelous Nakamba):
Born on January 19, 1994 in Hwange, Marvelous Nakamba is a Zimbabwe international who plays for Club Brugge in the Belgian Jupiler League. Nakamba started his youth career at Highlanders and he made his senior debut with Bantu Rovers.
The Zimbabwe footballer played for Nancy before joining Vitesse in 2014. After scoring two goals in 67 appearances for the Dutch outfit in the league the central midfielder signed a four-year deal with Club Brugge in June, 2017 for a fee of £4 million. Nakamba made his Club Brugge debut in the league in July, 2017 in a 4-0 win over Sporting Lokeren.
Speaking of his international career, Marvelous Nakamba represented Zimbabwe in the under-20 level and he made his debut with the main squad in June, 2015 against Malawi. His main position is central midfield, but he is used as a defensive midfielder as well. Nakamba’s preferred foot is left.
Highlighted Team (Guinea):
Nicknamed the National Elephants, Guinea national team are affiliated to the Guinea Football Federation. Guinea qualified for their 12th Africa Cup of Nations and they will face the likes of Nigeria, Madagascar and Burundi in the group stages of the tournament in Egypt.
The National Elephants have yet to win the Africa Cup of Nations, but they were on the verge of going all the way at the tournament in Ethiopia back in 1976. Guinea finished the final round in second place in the standings, only one point behind champions Morocco.
The National Elephants wear red socks, yellow shorts and green socks when welcoming their rivals, whilst their away colours are yellow and red. Guinea suffered a 2-1 loss to Togo in their first international game (May, 1962). The African side recorded their biggest win against Mauritania (14-0) on May, 1972), whilst a 6-0 loss to Zaire (July, 1972) is considered the biggest defeat in the history of the national team.
