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[Slow death]

But Senegal was able to win this match from a penalty in the 96th minute and a tragic moment for Zimbabwe players and they just had to hold for 1 more minute to get a draw.

So sorry for the Zimbabwean team, i didn't expect so much from them, they were so close to getting a point at least from this game. On the other hand, is this the Senegalese team that some voted to win this year's AFCON? because i doubt that they will be able to do well against a better team if they rely on penalties to win games. The tournament is just starting, lucky win for them.... However of they decide not to improve and utilize more of their opportunities in front of goal, i don't see the Senegalese team getting to the finals of this competition.

 

Does anyone really believe that senegal has any chance of being champion? not even the Cameroon doesn't have a chance, in my opinion, Egypt may have a chance, there's also ghana, there's also Algeria that played well in the qualifying phase, but there are also other random teams like cabo verde or nigeria

Zimbabwe had luck the entire match and they were defending pretty well against a really poor team today of Senegal. But Senegal was able to win this match from a penalty in the 96th minute and a tragic moment for Zimbabwe players and they just had to hold for 1 more minute to get a draw.

we will see many cases like this throughout all the games, unfortunately the quality of the teams is not good and consequently the games will not have many goals either.

[gabbie2010]

The next match Morocco vs Ghana will be a tough match, it's a battle between a North African against a West African country, both country equally match each other in terms of quality players, the North African countries are synonymous with playing like European countries, always play with high tempo and pacy and attacking style of play, however I trust the Ghanaians they will play with calmness  and match the Morrocans with strength and deploy physical prowess I curtailing their attacks.

[coco23]

The next match Morocco vs Ghana will be a tough match, it's a battle between a North African against a West African country, both country equally match each other in terms of quality players, the North African countries are synonymous with playing like European countries, always play with high tempo and pacy and attacking style of play, however I trust the Ghanaians they will play with calmness  and match the Morrocans with strength and deploy physical prowess I curtailing their attacks.

Morocco Ghana 0-0 at halftime. It is the game without many goals as expected. Morocco is slightly ahead, but both teams still can score a lucky goal which might decide the game!

Guinea is ahead 1-0 at halftime against Malawi. No big surprise here, I guess they will take the win home and maybe score a 2nd goal in the process...

[Boristhecat]

So sorry for the Zimbabwean team, i didn't expect so much from them, they were so close to getting a point at least from this game. On the other hand, is this the Senegalese team that some voted to win this year's AFCON? because i doubt that they will be able to do well against a better team if they rely on penalties to win games. The tournament is just starting, lucky win for them.... However of they decide not to improve and utilize more of their opportunities in front of goal, i don't see the Senegalese team getting to the finals of this competition.

This is the group stage and everyone knows which two teams will advance to the next stage, so the games are really relaxed because of that confidence. I think Senegal will improve in every match and by the stage of the playoffs it will show a much better game than it is now.
Besides, what's the point of discussing its prospects if we haven't seen the games of competitors yet? It is quite possible that they will also show an uncertain game.

[gabbie2010]

The next match Morocco vs Ghana will be a tough match, it's a battle between a North African against a West African country, both country equally match each other in terms of quality players, the North African countries are synonymous with playing like European countries, always play with high tempo and pacy and attacking style of play, however I trust the Ghanaians they will play with calmness  and match the Morrocans with strength and deploy physical prowess I curtailing their attacks.

Morocco Ghana 0-0 at halftime. It is the game without many goals as expected. Morocco is slightly ahead, but both teams still can score a lucky goal which might decide the game!

Guinea is ahead 1-0 at halftime against Malawi. No big surprise here, I guess they will take the win home and maybe score a 2nd goal in the process...

Senegal 1 - 0 Zimbabwe
Guinea   1 - 0 Malawi
Morroco 1 - 0 Ghana
So far in today's matches was a lone goal galore and narrow wins an indication of tight defence in all the teams that played today while the winning teams took there chances, I hope the last match between Comoros vs Gabon will not follow the trend because the two teams are not that formidable, it's likely that both sides will score many goals but quite difficult to predict the actual winner between the two countries.

[Ratash]

The next match Morocco vs Ghana will be a tough match, it's a battle between a North African against a West African country, both country equally match each other in terms of quality players, the North African countries are synonymous with playing like European countries, always play with high tempo and pacy and attacking style of play, however I trust the Ghanaians they will play with calmness  and match the Morrocans with strength and deploy physical prowess I curtailing their attacks.

Morocco Ghana 0-0 at halftime. It is the game without many goals as expected. Morocco is slightly ahead, but both teams still can score a lucky goal which might decide the game!

Guinea is ahead 1-0 at halftime against Malawi. No big surprise here, I guess they will take the win home and maybe score a 2nd goal in the process...

Senegal 1 - 0 Zimbabwe
Guinea   1 - 0 Malawi
Morroco 1 - 0 Ghana
So far in today's matches was a lone goal galore and narrow wins an indication of tight defence in all the teams that played today while the winning teams took there chances, I hope the last match between Comoros vs Gabon will not follow the trend because the two teams are not that formidable, it's likely that both sides will score many goals but quite difficult to predict the actual winner between the two countries.

Tomorrow games seem to be really exciting first algeria is heavily favourite not only to win the game but to win the cup i think they will easily win tomorrow against sierra leone they dont have much to offer in term of quality players i think we can even see a large score and there is the most exciting game between nigeria and egypt i think both teams are equaliy strong even though i think nigeria is more dangerous since most of their players play in good european team they just need to pay attention to salah and elneny from the egyption side.

[buwaytress]

Got all the right results betting and prediction-wise, but I should have listened to instincts and not glory-betting. 1-0 wins all around, typical of the qualifier stages really if I remember, low-scoring, no BTTS and under 2.5s the way to go, and we're actually still in group stage where we should be seeing teams taking more risks.

Hope Algeria break that mould, because they're the heavy favourites tomorrow.

[uchegod-21]

I surprised to see that Napoli has announced that Osimen is well now and no longer has Covid-19 and is fit to return to Italy.
This is coming two days for Nigeria to play in AFCON. The politics is so so real.

[D-law]

Morocco did win with 2.50 odds, they have a good records with clean sheets.
All games was a total of under 2.5..... Senegal was a bit poor in terms of creativity.

[Woodie]

Senegal was lucky to get a win yesterday through a controversial penalty which i feel Zimbabwe was hard done by after putting in a lot of work to try get a point from the game but in the end were not rewarded because of bad refereeing. But such is part of the game and this mearnt Senegal got a perfect start thanks to Mane converting a spot kick.

[coco23]

Today we have:
Algeria - Sierra Leone (Algeria is heavily favored, this looks like a 3-0, could be finally a game with some goals  )
Nigeria - Egypt (very balanced top game, could as well be a game in the final round, I think the teams will be careful not to lose, I would guess a draw like 1-1 or not more than 1 goal difference)
Sudan - Guinea (Guinea slightly favored by the bookmakers, I don't know much about the teams here)

[KTChampions]

Senegal 1 - 0 Zimbabwe
Guinea   1 - 0 Malawi
Morroco 1 - 0 Ghana
So far in today's matches was a lone goal galore and narrow wins an indication of tight defence in all the teams that played today while the winning teams took there chances, I hope the last match between Comoros vs Gabon will not follow the trend because the two teams are not that formidable, it's likely that both sides will score many goals but quite difficult to predict the actual winner between the two countries.

Comoros - Gabon 0:1
Ethiopia - Cape Verde 0:1

In total, 5 out of 6 matches ended 1-0. Interesting statistics and it is difficult for me to explain such a weak performance of the teams. It seems that the weather conditions are good and nothing prevents the teams from showing a good game. Given the fact that there are clear outsiders in the groups, I expected to see the results of matches with 4-5 goals scored.

[Oshosondy]

I seriously was expecting Senegal to be in front in terms of goals by now with the likes of Mane in play, Zimbabwe seem to be holding them down properly, the Zimbabwean team simply need to be more bold and take the defence of the Senegalese side head on, take chances, their safe hand Mendy is not in play, goals should be able to come. In front of goal, Senegal has not really impressed, they have wasted too many opportunities, if they don't win they will definitely regret.

Penalty was played at 90+7 minutes, if not because of that, I believe a lot of people would have lost their bet because we all predicted Senegal to win Zimbabwe easily but which was not.

From yesterday's fixtures, we saw enough goals, i hope today's fixtures are not short of excitement and expectations.

African inter countries do not score much goals as usual, but it was really surprising that all the goals in the four matches were all 1-0, no 2 scored.

[coco23]

Algeria - Sierra Leone (Algeria is heavily favored, this looks like a 3-0, could be finally a game with some goals  )

omg, what an utter disappointment, it ended 0-0. Algeria was seen as one of the top favorites to win the tournament, yet somehow they managed to lose points against Sierra Leone. I suppose they still will make it to the next round without much trouble but this result did come as a big surprise for me 

[Rruchi man]

Today we have:
Nigeria - Egypt (very balanced top game, could as well be a game in the final round, I think the teams will be careful not to lose, I would guess a draw like 1-1 or not more than 1 goal difference)

Been waiting for this fixture since, to see how Nigeria will contain Egypt, and so far i can say that i'm not disappointed with Nigeria, the team seem to be having the advantage against Egypt, Great strike from Senior man Kelechi! Good we have a goal before the half time. I still see Nigeria as favourite for this competition. If we win this game, i can imagine the momentum against other teams, this game is important for the confidence of the team, dominating a strong team like Egypt in their first fixture in this group game is good for this competition.

[Oshosondy]

omg, what an utter disappointment, it ended 0-0. Algeria was seen as one of the top favorites to win the tournament, yet somehow they managed to lose points against Sierra Leone. I suppose they still will make it to the next round without much trouble but this result did come as a big surprise for me 

Just as underdog can win a match, this is not surprising me, but I though Algeria would be the one to win but it ended draw. It has been long since Sierra Leone has appeared here, probably they have more potential to play.

Nigeria - Egypt (very balanced top game, could as well be a game in the final round, I think the teams will be careful not to lose, I would guess a draw like 1-1 or not more than 1 goal difference)

Nigeria won the match few seconds ago. K. Iheanacho scored, assisted by Joe Aribo.

[CryptopreneurBrainboss]

Nigeria won the match few seconds ago. K. Iheanacho scored, assisted by Joe Aribo.

That wasn't a satisfying win and I was surprised since the coach and players were celebrating it like it was a final (actually the match was as boring as a final). Kelechi Iheanacho was missing chances and it was so annoying. His first touches were bad expect for that particular one which he got the goal with, that was phenomenal (the touch and final).

Praising to Moses Simon, he was giving us some Neymar vibes with his skills, he was very present in the first half as it was his play that lead to the goal. Mo Salah on the other hand had a very quiet game. Egypt didn't plan this game well entirely because they were poor but kudus to the boys for the win, on to the next game.

[MAAManda]

Congratulations to nigeria, the victory was not a surprise though  I see nigeria and Egypt as a strong team and I know it will be a struggle that may end up with a draw or a goal difference of 1. It was a great performance from nigeria

Nigeria played very progressively although they did not dominate possession on the pitch, they recorded 15 shots and 5 shots on goal. This defeat against Nigeria should be a trigger for Egypt to play with a lot of attacking. In the next match they will face Guinea-Bissau and Sudan in the third match, I have high hopes to see Egypt play to the final.

[gabbie2010]

Congratulations to nigeria, the victory was not a surprise though  I see nigeria and Egypt as a strong team and I know it will be a struggle that may end up with a draw or a goal difference of 1. It was a great performance from nigeria

Nigeria played very progressively although they did not dominate possession on the pitch, they recorded 15 shots and 5 shots on goal. This defeat against Nigeria should be a trigger for Egypt to play with a lot of attacking. In the next match they will face Guinea-Bissau and Sudan in the third match, I have high hopes to see Egypt play to the final.

Nigeria played well in the first half and deserve to score that goal and could have score more goals even in the second half,  M.Sallah was well marked by the Nigerian defender he was kept quite almost throughout the match except in some few occasion, though not an aggressive threat, I think we should watch out for this Nigerian team they will go far in this competition based on today's performance and provided that they are consistent with there performance.

[Boristhecat]

Got all the right results betting and prediction-wise, but I should have listened to instincts and not glory-betting. 1-0 wins all around, typical of the qualifier stages really if I remember, low-scoring, no BTTS and under 2.5s the way to go, and we're actually still in group stage where we should be seeing teams taking more risks.

Hope Algeria break that mould, because they're the heavy favourites tomorrow.

Surprisingly, Algeria drew, and even without goals scored. Hardly anyone could have expected such a result. In general, the beginning of the tournament is rather depressing - only 9 goals were scored in eight games. It can be assumed that this is some kind of pattern. I wonder if in the remaining matches to place bets everywhere on BTTS No, will it be profitable in the end? It seems that yes.