🌍⚽Sportsbet.io AFCON 2024 prediction pool discussion thread

[Trofo]

Egypt is playing today, does Superbru counting draw just for penalties, forgot from last Euro, this one seems to get to penalties, IMO
Mali was good at group stage, and should pass-through today

Yep, Superbru takes into account result after extra time in knockout stages. A bit strange until you get used to it. Suppose it is the same for AFCON, can't find it now, but it is stated somewhere on the site. It was like that for Champions League, EURO, COPA.... so I am 99% sure it is here as well.

[buwaytress]

will be interesting to see Morocco and Senegal, looking at form for all the rest, this could be a final

Egypt is playing today, does Superbru counting draw just for penalties, forgot from last Euro, this one seems to get to penalties, IMO
Mali was good at group stage, and should pass-through today

I think we might already be seeing the game of the tournament so far today (Ivory Coast/Egypt) but Morocco Senegal is hopefully going to be good too... as well as the winners of those later on.

Superbru counts the end of extra time so it's a draw if there are penalties, so yes, worth making some thoughts on this too if you think the teams could go into ET.

From Superbru:

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What happens if there is a penalty shootout?
Your pick will be scored at the end of regular time or the end of extra time if the match is drawn after regular time. If a match goes to penalties it will be scored as a draw.

[slaman29]

@igehhh I get that. Like I can still watch Champions League after my team gets knocked out and I can even foresee we will never make it past group stage for a few years, if even we will be in the competition. Good luck to Nigeria at World Cup!

Now my team is out, I suppose I have to support Cameroon, the home team. Since it looks like the refs are corrupt

[casperBGD]

almost four hours of football, and we are still to see a goal today at AFCON

Egypt passed to next round, and their clash with Morocco is African classic derby? IMO, Morocco would easier pass Ivory Coast, and this one with Egypt could be another goalless draw

[Igebotz]

Guinea President forgives players but asked the officials to return the remaining funds.

After they were eliminated from the competition by Gambia, the military President demanded that the players reimburse all money spent from the country's pocket and that all foreign-based players leave the country immediately. He was enraged because they had fallen to a lesser country.

He changed his mind after a quick discussion with the players at the military base, but he insists that the officials return the remaining balance to the nation, and he will continue to assist the squad for a better future.. Crazy if you ask me.

We experienced a similar incident a few years ago in Zimbabwe, where Olympic teams were imprisoned and ordered to pay back every cash earned during the games for failing to impress.

Egypt advances to the next round of the competition after an impressive displace against the elephants of Ivory Coast, it was a match made in heaven, the worse teams are performing better than the best teams in the group stages

[Harkorede]

almost four hours of football, and we are still to see a goal today at AFCON

Egypt passed to next round, and their clash with Morocco is African classic derby? IMO, Morocco would easier pass Ivory Coast, and this one with Egypt could be another goalless draw

Turned out to be another goalless draw, I had thoughts of placing both fixtures Under 1.5 goals each, now I wish I did.

I'll be ending the week as joint worse player of the round, with just 4 points in this round... What a shit round for me 

I'm surely going to put quite a bit on the line for the next round on the under bets.

[darxiaomi]

Well well no goals today.
Now the QF began. Im the only who trust Guinea over Mali but unfortunately not sum a point because they win in the penaltys(in superbru im talking).

For the QF and for what we see this its gonna be so close for all the matchs.

Morroco Egypt seem like the best match but in this competition no one knows.

[cryptofrka]

If you were a manager or a teammate, what would you do to Bailly after that penalty? Have a look if you didn't see it, it was a no-look jump attempt - in a knockout shootout.
I would have challenged him even if he scored, he missed though - and Ivory Coast lost the game.

I had a quick look at the games yesterday, the quality of football presented is really bad. I won't watch anything until the final.

[Trofo]

I had a quick look at the games yesterday, the quality of football presented is really bad. I won't watch anything until the final.

I was smarter this time around and tuned in on both matches just before penalties. There was a couple of strange decisions there, I guess players just have the need to do something to stand out. When it works, everything is peachy, when it does not, well Ivory Coast goes home.

We had one step penalty - missed, panenka - scored, all kinds of funny runs with small steps and what not with mixed results.

[buwaytress]

If you were a manager or a teammate, what would you do to Bailly after that penalty? Have a look if you didn't see it, it was a no-look jump attempt - in a knockout shootout.
I would have challenged him even if he scored, he missed though - and Ivory Coast lost the game.

I had a quick look at the games yesterday, the quality of football presented is really bad. I won't watch anything until the final.

Remember when Ballotelli tried a no look backheel when he was at City and what happened to him after that? Benched. He just needs to be benched, and that's it, nothing more. Even if he would have pulled it off, you simply don't do that at any level of football. There's actually to me not such a fine line between showmanship and foolishness as some players like to think. There's simply no argument on how that kind of attempt could ever gain anything for your team other than to show you disrespect a lesser opponent -- and he's forced his team to pay the price for that.

Anyway, I'm not going to throw more scorn on this tourney. The actions of a few always seem to take the spotlight.

I watched Egypt players as closely as possible yesterday and well... they barely deserved to go through as the underdogs. I only question that they saved their best for extra time, clearly. And still had to go to penalties.

[Igebotz]

If you were a manager or a teammate, what would you do to Bailly after that penalty? Have a look if you didn't see it, it was a no-look jump attempt - in a knockout shootout.
I would have challenged him even if he scored, he missed though - and Ivory Coast lost the game.

I knew he was going to miss it the moment he stood like he was on top of the world; I have no idea what he was thinking; this is a national award, and everyone was expecting the best, and all he did was gamble. How do you stand an inch away from the ball like that?.

I had a quick look at the games yesterday, the quality of football presented is really bad. I won't watch anything until the final.

Both games I watched yesterday were excellent; there were some dull times, but the attacking force in the Ivory Coast - Egypt game in the second half was insane. Prior to his injury, Egypt's goalkeeper made some outstanding saves to keep his team in the game.

[casperBGD]

how many goals in QF, one in total?

why the hell is Tunisia favorite over Burkina Faso, they are struggling with Covid? and haven't win over Burkina Faso ever
it seems as good value to take Burkina Faso to qualify (to win is just too much with 0:0 scores as standard in AFCON)

[Trofo]

how many goals in QF, one in total?

why the hell is Tunisia favorite over Burkina Faso, they are struggling with Covid? and haven't win over Burkina Faso ever
it seems as good value to take Burkina Faso to qualify (to win is just too much with 0:0 scores as standard in AFCON)

Only bets I am making are under goals, only bets that worked for me so far. Everything else I tried ended as failure. So I am betting on boring in AFCON and watching Handball or Futsal championships instead.

I am just sad I did not go for 0:0 draws in our pool. Always though to pick when you know that result has to last 120 minutes.

[buwaytress]

Agree with Trofo, 0-0 was at least 10/1 on both games with superboost even it was 14/1 I saw for Egypt. At least even watching in the first half I should have thought to take it. igehhh was right though, Egypt keeper kept his team in the game, there WERE quality shots coming in from outside the box but overall, those were just pot shots and as a team, neither side could fashion good chances.

Salah was probably let down a lot by poor finishing or decision making from the strike force, he may not look good playing but he generally took every ball well on that pitch.

Hate to say this guys but last night I watched Conmebol (Brazil) and just the first half alone reminded me again what fast, attacking, purposeful, determined football looked like. I think even Ecuador playing in Afcon, if they showed half of what they did last night, would win every game (although probably the ref would red card 4 or 5 of them by half time). I'm a huge Afcon supporter honestly but for some reason this edition just insisted to show us the worst that they were possible.

[casperBGD]

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Hate to say this guys but last night I watched Conmebol (Brazil) and just the first half alone reminded me again what fast, attacking, purposeful, determined football looked like. I think even Ecuador playing in Afcon, if they showed half of what they did last night, would win every game (although probably the ref would red card 4 or 5 of them by half time). I'm a huge Afcon supporter honestly but for some reason this edition just insisted to show us the worst that they were possible.

it is a bit off-topic, but yeah Ecuador showed full strength with ten men on the field
needed few good passes more from Plata to get money on Sorare as well, but he played great, and found Torres from a corner spot for a goal

and yeah, they would win this AFCON with last night play, but they will obviously have their chance to show strength in Qatar, which is a great success for Ecuador, considering South American competition

[buwaytress]

Man, I can't remember who it was who suggested Cameroon as a good pick, being the host country -- and I know it wasn't mentioned then but you do get quite a bit of refereeing sympathy for a host nation, not to mention home support, and that they've just been winning every game now going forward, (or was it just 1 draw?), I'm wondering if this was a missed opportunity.

Already 2 goals up and against Gambia, no way they miss out on the next stage.

[Trofo]

Man, I can't remember who it was who suggested Cameroon as a good pick, being the host country -- and I know it wasn't mentioned then but you do get quite a bit of refereeing sympathy for a host nation, not to mention home support, and that they've just been winning every game now going forward, (or was it just 1 draw?), I'm wondering if this was a missed opportunity.

Already 2 goals up and against Gambia, no way they miss out on the next stage.

For those like me that choose Algeria it was definitely a missed opportunity But I am learning I have their win in our pool and on multi ticket so at least I am getting something back.

I expect 0:0 in the other game to keep up with goals scored percentages..

[Harkorede]

Man, I can't remember who it was who suggested Cameroon as a good pick, being the host country -- and I know it wasn't mentioned then but you do get quite a bit of refereeing sympathy for a host nation, not to mention home support, and that they've just been winning every game now going forward, (or was it just 1 draw?), I'm wondering if this was a missed opportunity.

Already 2 goals up and against Gambia, no way they miss out on the next stage.

For those like me that choose Algeria it was definitely a missed opportunity But I am learning I have their win in our pool and on multi ticket so at least I am getting something back.

I expect 0:0 in the other game to keep up with goals scored percentages..

I knew Cameroon were going to win tonight, but didn't expect Gambia should be so submissive in all aspect of the match. They were dominated for the entirety of the game, unlike in their previous games, but I can as well say that's the effect of playing against Cameroon.


Tunisia vs Burkina Faso is up next, I think this would be a really close one, and I have a bet for Under 1.5 goals.

[casperBGD]

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I expect 0:0 in the other game to keep up with goals scored percentages..

changed 0:0 to 1:0 in last minutes, think that Burkina Faso will make it through, we will see
compared to Cameroon, where we had consensus in the pool that Cameroon is going through, here is Tunisia picked as a favorite by most people, and several draws, but almost no one believe in Burkina, not sure why?

nah, simply have a feeling that we would not see penalties today

[Harkorede]

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I expect 0:0 in the other game to keep up with goals scored percentages..

changed 0:0 to 1:0 in last minutes, think that Burkina Faso will make it through, we will see
compared to Cameroon, where we had consensus in the pool that Cameroon is going through, here is Tunisia picked as a favorite by most people, and several draws, but almost no one believe in Burkina, not sure why?

nah, simply have a feeling that we would not see penalties today

I was about to say this match is best attacking one I've seen so far in this tournament and I'm surprised it's still goalless, but on the stroke of halftime Burkina Faso took a well deserved lead with that stunning counter attack.

Burkina Faso should have scored more to be honest, and finally we'll see an attacking Tunisia side in the second half. I hope they get a potion of their own po*son.