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[Maestro75]

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some Nigerian players play very well and more because they want Be seen by some teams in Europe

This is the reason why the Nigeria coach or coaches managing players for Africa have to concentrate on local players in the local league and get them picked for their national teams. Some people have argued that the foreign based players who have already been to Europe and are in various clubs will not be that committed to the country like hungry local players will be. But the Nigeria coach Egueavon has not followed that method. He has maintained the method the sacked coach, Gernot Rohr who relied on foreign based players more to execute his matches.

[Slow death]

Senegal - Egypt

this is a game in which egypt will win and as expected from africa games we will not have many goals

Nigeria - Ghana

It's a very difficult game to predict the result, but I think Nigeria can win the game

Morocco - DR Congo

Morocco will win the game

Algeria - Cameroon

with the change of coach by Cameroon we can expect Cameroon to lose the game

Tunisia - Mali

another very unpredictable game

[Gosgosking]

From the game nigeria played last with Ghana one of the thing I think Nigeria last most is a good midfielders that was why their performance was not good enough, Nigeria were  not strong in their defense and attack.  The Nigeria go keeper tried for stoping every ball that was was coming to the net.

[coco23]

Here are the latest odds:
Senegal - Egypt 1.88/2.95/4.8
Odds for qualification are Senegal 2.7 / Egypt 1.4
Senegal is clearly favored by the bookmakers for this game, but Egypt has the win of the first leg in their pocket. Senegal will have to play offensive and score goals themselves. This will be an interesting game.

Nigeria - Ghana 2.1/2.8/4.2
Odds for qualification are Nigeria 1.72 / Ghana 2.0
Difficult to predict, it depends how Nigeria finds into the game

Morocco - DR Congo 1.57/3.7/6.25
Odds for qualification are Morocco 1.2 / Congo 4.0
Off all games this has the clearest odds in favor of Morocco. Anything else than a win of Morocco and their qualification would be a surprise.

Algeria - Cameroon 2.0/3.0/4.2
Odds for qualification are Algeria 1.18 / Cameroon 4.25
I didn't expect Cameroon to lose the first leg. They need a miracle to turn this around. Algeria disappointed at the Africa Cup, but it seems they'll make their way to the World Cup.

Tunisia - Mali 2.55/2.8/3.1
Odds for qualification are Tunisia 1.25 / Mali 3.55
The most open game (considering the odds). Tunisia with the advantage of the win in the first leg should be able to go through and qualify though.

If I had to pick bets, I would go for Morocco wins @1.57. Most others games look very close and unpredictable. In general I think we can expect a few more goals than in the first leg, but goal numbers have been traditionally very low in the African games anyway.

[Ratash]

Here are the latest odds:
Senegal - Egypt 1.88/2.95/4.8
Odds for qualification are Senegal 2.7 / Egypt 1.4
Senegal is clearly favored by the bookmakers for this game, but Egypt has the win of the first leg in their pocket. Senegal will have to play offensive and score goals themselves. This will be an interesting game.

Nigeria - Ghana 2.1/2.8/4.2
Odds for qualification are Nigeria 1.72 / Ghana 2.0
Difficult to predict, it depends how Nigeria finds into the game

Morocco - DR Congo 1.57/3.7/6.25
Odds for qualification are Morocco 1.2 / Congo 4.0
Off all games this has the clearest odds in favor of Morocco. Anything else than a win of Morocco and their qualification would be a surprise.

Algeria - Cameroon 2.0/3.0/4.2
Odds for qualification are Algeria 1.18 / Cameroon 4.25
I didn't expect Cameroon to lose the first leg. They need a miracle to turn this around. Algeria disappointed at the Africa Cup, but it seems they'll make their way to the World Cup.

Tunisia - Mali 2.55/2.8/3.1
Odds for qualification are Tunisia 1.25 / Mali 3.55
The most open game (considering the odds). Tunisia with the advantage of the win in the first leg should be able to go through and qualify though.

If I had to pick bets, I would go for Morocco wins @1.57. Most others games look very close and unpredictable. In general I think we can expect a few more goals than in the first leg, but goal numbers have been traditionally very low in the African games anyway.

I would go with morroco to win too since after seeing the first games they are the safest to bet on plus i think there is a clear difference in these teams level the other games are tricky but i think senegal have the highest chance of all the teams that lost in the first half to get to the world cup they are really good and i think they will win too.

[CryptopreneurBrainboss]

Senegal - Egypt
this is a game in which egypt will win and as expected from africa games we will not have many goals

I still don't understand why Senegal is finding it hard to score against Egypt, isn't it this same Egypt, Nigeria was able to score more than ones against. If senagal wants to show the world they truely are the best in Africa then they have to somehow perform a comeback and secured the ticket to Qatar.
 

Nigeria - Ghana
It's a very difficult game to predict the result, but I think Nigeria can win the game

Ghana pressured Nigerian at their home but couldn't score, I doubt they'll be dominating the game as they did when playing on Nigeria soul, Nigeria had some chances they didn't utilized that would had given them an advantage going into this game especially in the second half of the games. An example was the last minute dribble by a Nigerian player that should have lead to a goal but poor choice to cross the ball instead of passing to the closest team player cost us a win.

[Issa56]

Football is not what you wished for. No play from Ndidi, I expected him to control the midfield well, but he struggled. As luck would have it, Ndidi was unavailable, otherwise they would have seen what the Egyptians saw at the AFCON. This year, Ghana's greatest achievement has been drawing super eagles. Let's wait until Tuesday before we start throwing stones. We should wait for the returning match in Ghana, when there will be a quality pitch instead of the fall and rise pitch.

Well, it was an interesting match but I expected more from super eagles. Not just Ndidi they all didn't play as expected but I know it will be different in the 2nd leg. Ghana did well and they should have been victorious, they were prepared and wanted to go for the win but they were unlucky. I don't think the pitch was a problem Nigeria lack togetherness, teamwork, creativity and And it's something they have to work on in the  2nd leg

[Rabi3]

Here are the latest odds:
Senegal - Egypt 1.88/2.95/4.8
Odds for qualification are Senegal 2.7 / Egypt 1.4
Senegal is clearly favored by the bookmakers for this game, but Egypt has the win of the first leg in their pocket. Senegal will have to play offensive and score goals themselves. This will be an interesting game.

Nigeria - Ghana 2.1/2.8/4.2
Odds for qualification are Nigeria 1.72 / Ghana 2.0
Difficult to predict, it depends how Nigeria finds into the game

Morocco - DR Congo 1.57/3.7/6.25
Odds for qualification are Morocco 1.2 / Congo 4.0
Off all games this has the clearest odds in favor of Morocco. Anything else than a win of Morocco and their qualification would be a surprise.

Algeria - Cameroon 2.0/3.0/4.2
Odds for qualification are Algeria 1.18 / Cameroon 4.25
I didn't expect Cameroon to lose the first leg. They need a miracle to turn this around. Algeria disappointed at the Africa Cup, but it seems they'll make their way to the World Cup.

Tunisia - Mali 2.55/2.8/3.1
Odds for qualification are Tunisia 1.25 / Mali 3.55
The most open game (considering the odds). Tunisia with the advantage of the win in the first leg should be able to go through and qualify though.

If I had to pick bets, I would go for Morocco wins @1.57. Most others games look very close and unpredictable. In general I think we can expect a few more goals than in the first leg, but goal numbers have been traditionally very low in the African games anyway.

I agree with Morocco to win as I believe they are better than dr Congo, and I am also expecting the champions of Africa to turn the tables arpund and qualify against Egypt, it's another final and this time it's for the world cup qualification, even if Senegal won't qualify I am expecting them to at least score, they have to try in their home country, they definitely won't let go that easy.

[coco23]

I agree with Morocco to win as I believe they are better than dr Congo, and I am also expecting the champions of Africa to turn the tables arpund and qualify against Egypt, it's another final and this time it's for the world cup qualification, even if Senegal won't qualify I am expecting them to at least score, they have to try in their home country, they definitely won't let go that easy.

Yea, Senegal scoring sounds reasonable. In a "normal" game I would say there will be easily 2 or even 3 goals, but as the African games are mostly with very few goals, often 0 or 1, I don't feel so confident here. Less than 2 goals pays 2.05 for Senegal vs Egypt, same or similar for most other games. Could it be a good strategy to put "2 or more goals" for all 5 African games? Odds are between 1.6 and 1.8, so one would need at least 3 out of 5 to make a profit here. My hope is that at some point in the 2nd leg games the team that is about to be eliminated has to open up, leading to more goals 

[bering]

Tomorrow match Senegal was very strong at home against Egypt who have good defense i think this is interesting match because win 1-0 is not enough for Egypt to secured their position went to world cup and in my view since in the beginning of first half Senegal will playing attacking to pushing early goals but Egypt will focus to their defense and playing rely on counter attack and so far Egypt good for that strategy especially they have very fast players such as Moh Salah

[Masplanc]

Here are the latest odds:
Senegal - Egypt 1.88/2.95/4.8
Odds for qualification are Senegal 2.7 / Egypt 1.4
Senegal is clearly favored by the bookmakers for this game, but Egypt has the win of the first leg in their pocket. Senegal will have to play offensive and score goals themselves. This will be an interesting game.

Nigeria - Ghana 2.1/2.8/4.2
Odds for qualification are Nigeria 1.72 / Ghana 2.0
Difficult to predict, it depends how Nigeria finds into the game

Morocco - DR Congo 1.57/3.7/6.25
Odds for qualification are Morocco 1.2 / Congo 4.0
Off all games this has the clearest odds in favor of Morocco. Anything else than a win of Morocco and their qualification would be a surprise.

Algeria - Cameroon 2.0/3.0/4.2
Odds for qualification are Algeria 1.18 / Cameroon 4.25
I didn't expect Cameroon to lose the first leg. They need a miracle to turn this around. Algeria disappointed at the Africa Cup, but it seems they'll make their way to the World Cup.

Tunisia - Mali 2.55/2.8/3.1
Odds for qualification are Tunisia 1.25 / Mali 3.55
The most open game (considering the odds). Tunisia with the advantage of the win in the first leg should be able to go through and qualify though.

If I had to pick bets, I would go for Morocco wins @1.57. Most others games look very close and unpredictable. In general I think we can expect a few more goals than in the first leg, but goal numbers have been traditionally very low in the African games anyway.

This time nigeria will end up defeating Ghana. In the last match the reason why nigeria didn't win the game it because they were not having enough fans to ginger them to perform very well . But this time around they will definitely get victory.

[Sebas.tian]

Senegal - Egypt

this is a game in which egypt will win and as expected from africa games we will not have many goals

Nigeria - Ghana

It's a very difficult game to predict the result, but I think Nigeria can win the game

Morocco - DR Congo

Morocco will win the game

Algeria - Cameroon

with the change of coach by Cameroon we can expect Cameroon to lose the game

Tunisia - Mali

another very unpredictable game

Senegal will defeat Egypt 2:1 to let them know that,they  won the last match by mistakes which they will not allow such mistakes to happen again. In their last match the players later changed the game with Egypt at 75 minutes to make sure the game end up draw but Egypt players never allow them to draw the match which later ended up in the favour of Egypt.

Algeria vs Cameroon  will be a strong battle for both teams but Cameroon will not allow Algeria to win the match because their new coach is fully ready to achieve the victory from the game.

Nigeria vs Ghana,  i believe Nigeria will use home advantage to win the match because their coach will do everything possible to prove to their citizens that he is well prepared to help the team to achieve victory.

[Ebede]

Algeria - Cameroon

with the change of coach by Cameroon we can expect Cameroon to lose the game

Coach does not go to the pitch and play ball, coaches always give instructions in football, so since the players haven't been changed or swap to another, i don't think Algeria can win Cameroon, from Africa world cup, is very okay that Cameroon performance was absolutely okay, so it is same players who is going to face Algeria, even though their is no coach they will win or they draw the match

[Gosgosking]

Algeria - Cameroon

with the change of coach by Cameroon we can expect Cameroon to lose the game

Coach does not go to the pitch and play ball, coaches always give instructions in football, so since the players haven't been changed or swap to another, i don't think Algeria can win Cameroon, from Africa world cup, is very okay that Cameroon performance was absolutely okay, so it is same players who is going to face Algeria, even though their is no coach they will win or they draw the match

Coach don't Really change performance totally,  the kind of players playing the game will determine if the game will be won or not. I doubt if Algeria will be able to defeat Cameroon.  Cameroon have good and tough players than Algeria. I rate Cameroon as one of the good teams in africa. Cameroon has been consistent in good performance.

[uchegod-21]

Nigeria vs Ghana

During the first leg at Kumasi, I really expected Nigeria to win despite that they were the visiting side. But I was disappointed when they played draw and the match was dominated by the black stars despite that Nigeria came with a complete and good team. The only missing player was Ndidi.
The returning match at Abuja, I am very afraid because it is the same thing and even I heard that another midfielder is injured. I don't have believe in Nigeria team because they disappointed me. Nigeria has better players than Ghana for this match but I don't know what is happening.

[Ebede]

Nigeria vs Ghana

During the first leg at Kumasi, I really expected Nigeria to win despite that they were the visiting side. But I was disappointed when they played draw and the match was dominated by the black stars despite that Nigeria came with a complete and good team. The only missing player was Ndidi.
The returning match at Abuja, I am very afraid because it is the same thing and even I heard that another midfielder is injured. I don't have believe in Nigeria team because they disappointed me. Nigeria has better players than Ghana for this match but I don't know what is happening.

The match between Nigeria and Ghana in kumasi, is very clear that Ghana was at advantages to win the match, even though that the match was tough that day they possession was higher than Nigeria, but i have confidence that Nigerian will win them if the match come up again

[snipie]

Senegal - Egypt

this is a game in which egypt will win and as expected from africa games we will not have many goals

Nigeria - Ghana

It's a very difficult game to predict the result, but I think Nigeria can win the game

Morocco - DR Congo

Morocco will win the game

Algeria - Cameroon

with the change of coach by Cameroon we can expect Cameroon to lose the game

Tunisia - Mali

another very unpredictable game

Actually there isn't a single game that could be predicted here lol. Morocco seems to be the favourite imo especially that they are playing home. Egypt, Algeria, Tunisia have 1 goal advantage, I expect their games to be annoying with much defensive play.
Nigeria - Ghana is a very difficult game as you pointed, I expect Nigeria to qualify too but I won't be surprised of the outcome of any of these matches for real.

[Sirait]

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Egypt will definitely win again in this LEG 2, this match brings together teammates at Liverpool (mane and salah). another match, Nigeria must win because if they lose, their hopes will disappear. in the first leg, ghana performed well but we don't know the result in this 2nd leg, even though Nigeria is the host in this 2nd leg.

[Ebede]

Actually there isn't a single game that could be predicted here lol. Morocco seems to be the favourite imo especially that they are playing home. Egypt, Algeria, Tunisia have 1 goal advantage, I expect their games to be annoying with much defensive play.
Nigeria - Ghana is a very difficult game as you pointed, I expect Nigeria to qualify too but I won't be surprised of the outcome of any of these matches for real.

I expected Nigeria to defeat Ghana too, but the problem is that Ghana oppressed Nigeria in kumasi were they played their first leg, so for Ghana not win at their home it will be very difficult for them to win Nigeria at their home, but their is no assurance that Nigerian will win Ghana because of their previous performance

[S A KHAIR]

Nigeria vs Ghana

During the first leg at Kumasi, I really expected Nigeria to win despite that they were the visiting side. But I was disappointed when they played draw and the match was dominated by the black stars despite that Nigeria came with a complete and good team. The only missing player was Ndidi.
The returning match at Abuja, I am very afraid because it is the same thing and even I heard that another midfielder is injured. I don't have believe in Nigeria team because they disappointed me. Nigeria has better players than Ghana for this match but I don't know what is happening.

I have to say the first leg was not really interesting in my opinion. I actually don't mind a match ending in a draw but I at least want to see some goals in that match. attempts were made but both teams were unsuccessful. The second leg is going to be really important for both teams as that is going to be the decider.

Tomorrow match Senegal was very strong at home against Egypt who have good defence i think this is interesting match because win 1-0 is not enough for Egypt to secured their position went to world cup and in my view since in the beginning of first half Senegal will playing attacking to pushing early goals but Egypt will focus to their defence and playing rely on counter attack and so far Egypt good for that strategy especially they have very fast players such as Moh Salah

I still think that Egypt is going to come out as the winners because they are obviously the better team in this match for me.
I really hope that they make the strategies around Muhammad Salah because he is the best player in the squad. and if he gets going, Senegal will not be able to do much to stop him.