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[poldanmig]

Today's game is another game between Nigeria vs Guinea Bissau. Already guinea Bissau midfielder have promised the Super Eagles players their won't be any chance for them to win the match, but I still doubt if guinea bissau will be a able to defeat the Super Eagles based on performance since AFCON started.

The match between guinea and nigeria will be the last match in AfCon's group D phase, Nigeria is currently the winner of group D and Egypt is in the runner up position.
I think the chances of guinea qualifying are very small because they just  got 1 point, other than that if guinea managed to win against nigeria of course still have to hope if Sudan can beat Egypt, I think with Sudan performance which is quite bad in their last 2 matches, of course it will it is very difficult for Sudan to beat Egypt, besides that Guinea looks like it will be an easy opponent to nigerian in the last match

[coupable]

Guinea-Bissau    VS    Nigeria
It is easy to guess that Nigeria is the favorite in this match. Because Nigeria is the strongest team in the group D. After winning the previous two matches, they have secured the round of 16. So this match is not important for them. The Guinea-Bissau team doesn't seem weak to me. So my guess is the match is going to be a draw.

I don't understand how you see Guinea-Bissau not a weak team ; it have failed to win any of their last six games in all competitions, picking three draws and losing the other three. Maybe you think it will get stronger to avoid elimination but you might forget that Guinea-Bissau lost against Egypt which is weaker than Nigeria. I can't give an advice to bet on it for a draw by all means.
A draw is enough for Nigeria to take a place in the next round. This results Nigeria to save efforts for next matches round.

I don't also think that Sudan can beat Egypt .

[Rruchi man]

Guinea-Bissau    VS     Nigeria
It is easy to guess that Nigeria is the favorite in this match. Because Nigeria is the strongest team in the group D. After winning the previous two matches, they have secured the round of 16. So this match is not important for them.

Not so important, yet the Nigerian team is playing more like they need the win. In the first 15mins of the game, i have seen the super eagles more with the ball than Guinea Bissau. I really like the way the Nigerian team is moving the ball around. if we can secure a win and get all Nine points from this group stages, we will be ballistic in the knockout stages! Win for 9ja!

[KTChampions]

Based on what I saw, the only team that more or less plays is Cameroon, the rest give quite random results and I'm not sure of anyone.
Ghana surprised, if I remember correctly, it was one of the two favorites in the group, but in the end it only finished 4th. For betting, this tournament is simply terrible, it is impossible to come up with any adequate prediction here.

This group stage was unexpected as it is full of 1 - 0 matches, Cameroon played quite good, people have been saying Cameroon will win AFCON but let us see who will be the winner.

I checked the quotes this afternoon and Cameroon was in first place, second was Senegal and Egypt was in 5th place, although before the start of the tournament it was in first place and was ranked as a favorite. Right now I can't say the specific odds that bookmakers offer as they remove long-term quotes when games are played. I think in a few hours it will be possible to see again that Cameroon is now the favorite, and Egypt fell after showing inconclusive results.

[swogerino]

Guinea-Bissau    VS     Nigeria
It is easy to guess that Nigeria is the favorite in this match. Because Nigeria is the strongest team in the group D. After winning the previous two matches, they have secured the round of 16. So this match is not important for them.

Not so important, yet the Nigerian team is playing more like they need the win. In the first 15mins of the game, i have seen the super eagles more with the ball than Guinea Bissau. I really like the way the Nigerian team is moving the ball around. if we can secure a win and get all Nine points from this group stages, we will be ballistic in the knockout stages! Win for 9ja!

It is still 0-0 at Nigeria game while Egypt scored in the last 10 minutes of the game.I think both teams will qualify further in the tournament and both teams together with Cameroon,Senegal and Morocco are like the stronger teams remaining in the game.It will be a very interesting elimination phase where these stronger teams will face each other.I see the team playing the better football so far to be Nigeria and they have been always an important team in such event but let's see how it unfolds further.

[LittleBitFunny]

Egypt    VS    Sudan
Egypt scored 3 points in two matches. If they can draw in today's match, they will be able to ensure round 16. However, the opponent Sudan is a very weak team. My guess is that Egypt will ensure Round 16 by winning this match and Salah will score a goal today.

Your prediction may be correct. Egypt went ahead with a goal in the first half. However, Salah could not score. Mohammad Abdel monem scored from Abdallah El Said's pass. Sudan is not playing well. They can't even hold the ball on their own. Egypt will qualify for the next round with a 1-0 victory today if no accident occurs.

I can see the reluctance of both teams to attack in the match between Nigeria and Guinea. Neither team has scored a goal yet. If we continue to play like this, the match will be a goalless draw.

[Smartvirus]

I can see the reluctance of both teams to attack in the match between Nigeria and Guinea. Neither team has scored a goal yet. If we continue to play like this, the match will be a goalless draw.

It seems what you said here got to Umar Sadiq and now, Nigeria is leading by a goal to nothing. Nigeria keep making Nigerians and its fans proud in this round. From the way its looking, Nigeria would top in there group after salvaging all or some points on all there games by not loosing. I don't see Guinea equalising in this game, not by one chance.

Egypt on the other hand might be facing a difficult game against Sudan as they are yet to win a game. Though, we can be rest assured  Egypt won't waste a chance in stepping off this round so, its either a win or a draw for them.

[Slow death]

Guinea-Bissau 0 - 1 Nigeria

nigeria is winning as expected, but as they only scored 1 goal, this competition is being marked by the sad part of not having many goals

Egypt 1 - 0 Sudan

egypt is also winning as expected and unfortunately they are not managing to score more than 1 goal

[Smartvirus]

Guinea-Bissau 0 - 1 Nigeria

nigeria is winning as expected, but as they only scored 1 goal, this competition is being marked by the sad part of not having many goals

Egypt 1 - 0 Sudan

egypt is also winning as expected and unfortunately they are not managing to score more than 1 goal

Yeah! The AFCON games has been a perfect under 3.5 match. Its not even round of 16 yet and the goals aren't forth coming, what would then be the case wh3n the game surfaces the next stage (more and more under goal markets). Those taking bets on the league should look towards the goal market on this though, I feel the odds would be insignificant as, it would be reduced to make winnings lack meaning.
One thing is for sure, the Pharaohs aren't giving Sudwn much of a chance for any surprises whole ensuring that, they push harder in game play and on target shots to the post. Sudan is losing this one for sure and Nigeria would be beating Guinea to top there group.

[ingiltere]

Guinea-Bissau 0 - 1 Nigeria
nigeria is winning as expected, but as they only scored 1 goal, this competition is being marked by the sad part of not having many goals

Egypt 1 - 0 Sudan
egypt is also winning as expected and unfortunately they are not managing to score more than 1 goal

This is pretty normal as teams only need one goal to win the game and we see more cautious football in cup games. Teams have less tolerance for simple mistakes.
Nigeria was my favorite in this tournament and they started well, two wins in group stage. These are easier matches though, the real competition will start after quarter finals.
Algeria is the biggest disappointment in this tournament so far. They couldn't even beat Equatorial Guinea and lost their chance to advance to next round. I don't know why they left Ghezzal out, he was simply faultless and assist leader in Super League last season.

[Rruchi man]

It seems what you said here got to Umar Sadiq and now,

Umar Sadiq was lucky to get a goal just before he was subbed off, the goal should be enough to vindicate him for an almost disappointing performance from him. Simon is a walking tank for the Super eagles, he is a super talented and hardworking player,  he deserved to get a goal from this game, that second goal perhaps, but he will definitely be one of the tournament's most valuable players and even of more value to the Nigerian side. Three wins in three games, great result for the our coach, Austin Eguavoen and the team.

[Oshosondy]

Guinea-Bissau 0 - 1 Nigeria

nigeria is winning as expected, but as they only scored 1 goal, this competition is being marked by the sad part of not having many goals

Egypt 1 - 0 Sudan

egypt is also winning as expected and unfortunately they are not managing to score more than 1 goal

It ended 2 - 0 for Nigeria, W. Troost-Ekong scored the second goal. Egypt ended 1 - 0.



We hope for best as the match continues. Cameroon and Nigeria did good.

[gabbie2010]

Guinea-Bissau 0 - 1 Nigeria

nigeria is winning as expected, but as they only scored 1 goal, this competition is being marked by the sad part of not having many goals

Egypt 1 - 0 Sudan

egypt is also winning as expected and unfortunately they are not managing to score more than 1 goal

It ended 2 - 0 for Nigeria, W. Troost-Ekong scored the second goal. Egypt ended 1 - 0.



We hope for best as the match continues. Cameroon and Nigeria did good.

A well deserve win for Nigerian team took control of the game from the start to finish against Guinea-Bissua, Moses Simon came on to put up a very good performance by creating the second goal for their captain Ekong to score thus earned 9 points after today's match the first team so far in the competition to win all their 3 matches in a row, I believe this team will go far in this tournament, Egypt also qualified as the runner up in that group, I hope both teams are ready for the round 16 knockout stages.

[Woodie]

Guinea-Bissau    VS    Nigeria
It is easy to guess that Nigeria is the favorite in this match. Because Nigeria is the strongest team in the group D. After winning the previous two matches, they have secured the round of 16. So this match is not important for them. The Guinea-Bissau team doesn't seem weak to me. So my guess is the match is going to be a draw.

Guinea-Bissau is certainly not a push over and seeing that Nigeria has already qualified then this is a good time to try and rest most of its senior players which means a weaker team might be fielded which will give these guys a winning chance.

Egypt    VS    Sudan
Egypt scored 3 points in two matches. If they can draw in today's match, they will be able to ensure round 16. However, the opponent Sudan is a very weak team. My guess is that Egypt will ensure Round 16 by winning this match and Salah will score a goal today.

Easy opponents for sure and they should win comfortably...

[snipie]

A well deserve win for Nigerian team took control of the game from the start to finish against Guinea-Bissua,
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Egypt also qualified as the runner up in that group, I hope both teams are ready for the round 16 knockout stages.

So far we can tell that the first team in group A, C and D might have a good chance to play finals comparing to Egypt, Senegal and the others.
Waiting for the remaining games to see which teams will advance and in which rank but seeing Algeria getting knocked will be a surprise, they will play tomorrow vs Ivory Coast which will try to remain first to avoid tier 1 teams tho!

[blackened515]

Guinea-Bissau 0 - 1 Nigeria

nigeria is winning as expected, but as they only scored 1 goal, this competition is being marked by the sad part of not having many goals

Egypt 1 - 0 Sudan

egypt is also winning as expected and unfortunately they are not managing to score more than 1 goal

It ended 2 - 0 for Nigeria, W. Troost-Ekong scored the second goal. Egypt ended 1 - 0.



We hope for best as the match continues. Cameroon and Nigeria did good.

Nigeria haven't lost any of that matches so far, and are currently unbeaten. They won Guinea-Bissau with clean sheet despite playing away. Guinea-Bissau tried in resisting Nigeria in the first half, but Sadiq and Trophy-Ekong scored a goal each in the second half, while their host had just 2 shot on target, and couldn't secure any goal. We indeed knew Nigeria was going to win because is obvious that Guinea-Bissau have difficulties in winning their matches.
Egypt ended against Sudan match with a goal. Although, I expected Egypt to score more goals.

[CryptopreneurBrainboss]

Nigeria haven't lost any of that matches so far, and are currently unbeaten.

If I'm not mistaking, we're the only team that have won our 3 group stages comfortably and has 9 point. We're also one of the team (if not the best) playing a beautiful and interesting football. So far we have scored an average of two goals making it a total of 6 goals and they're coming from different individuals and not having just one man to depend on. When I think about it, I'm glad our top strikers didn't make it to the tournament.

Eight changes was made to the starting team and yet we came out with the same results. Nobody should play down on the teams Nigerian has played so far. Don't forget there's no same team when it comes to AFCON, you can see the likes of Algeria getting defeated by a team you'll cal small and other underdogs are getting results. Well today is the last day of the group stages, can't wait for the knock out stage to start already.

[Rockstarguy]

Honestly,  nigeria is the best team since have been watch this AFCON , what interest me about the game is that they play so professional and it has been working for them. What makes feel excited about the match was my prediction that finally ended  with 2-0 and nigeria is now the winner of the group with 9 points.

[coco23]

Honestly,  nigeria is the best team since have been watch this AFCON , what interest me about the game is that they play so professional and it has been working for them. What makes feel excited about the match was my prediction that finally ended  with 2-0 and nigeria is now the winner of the group with 9 points.

Yea congrats to Nigeria, however they will have to prove that they are worthy in the final round (where few mistakes can ruin the best run)

Egypt won, but so far is a disappointment for me. I hope they can get better in the next games.

Today we'll see the last games of the group stage:
Group E
Ivory Coast vs Algeria
Sierra Leone vs Equatorial Guinea
For me the most exciting group, mainly because Algeria pretty much messed up so far. Algeria needs a win, so for them it is already an end game. However Ivory Coast is also the strongest opponent in the group, so this task won't be east. Ivory Coast is already qualified though, they might not give 100%
The second game is also interesting. At least one of those two weaker teams will make it to the next round for sure! Sierra Leone is a slight outsider here with 1 point less. They need a win to qualify to the next round. Guinea is safely through with a draw.

Group F
Gambia vs Tunisia
Mali vs Mauretania
Tunisia needs at least a draw and 1 point to make it to the next round. Gambia and Mali are already qualified. Mauretania has practically no chance anymore (unless the win like 4-0)

[laurenB7742]

Honestly,  nigeria is the best team since have been watch this AFCON , what interest me about the game is that they play so professional and it has been working for them. What makes feel excited about the match was my prediction that finally ended  with 2-0 and nigeria is now the winner of the group with 9 points.

You are right. Nigeria has won all their group stage matches. There is no other team that has qualified for the next round by winning all the matches on the group stage. In addition, Nigeria has scored 6 goals in 3 matches and conceded only 1 goal. They are undoubtedly one of the strongest teams in the Africa Cup of Nations. Nigeria has a chance to win the title if they can maintain this continuity. Although the African teams are not very strong. They are very weak compared to the European teams.