Ivory Coast vs Cameroon prediction: AFRICA: Africa Cup of Nations betting tips on match 2025-12-27 20:00.
[p]Ivory Coast vs Cameroon pits two matchday one winners against each other, with the potential victor here almost certain to advance to the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) knockouts.[/p]
[p]Match News and Current Form[/p]
[p]Three-time AFCON champions Ivory Coast certainly didn’t make light work of Mozambique on matchday one, but the three points from their 1-0 victory were the ultimate prize. A much sterner test awaits here against a Cameroon side who sit 45 places higher than Mozambique in FIFA’s rankings, and their preparation could hardly have gone much better, as Ivory Coast have now won six of their last eight matches (D1, L1). Winning three in a row for the first time in 2025 with victory here would more than likely be enough to punch their ticket to the knockout stages, as the defending champions look to become the first side since Egypt in 2010 to retain their crown, but a failure to win on matchday two on their last five AFCON appearances (D3, L2) muddies the waters a little here.[/p]
[p]Cameroon successfully navigated their way through some off-field drama to open their AFCON campaign with a 1-0 win against Gabon. They’re now in a strong position to successfully negotiate the group stage for a fifth successive AFCON tournament, and the five-time winners of this competition will now have their sights set on tipping the balance on their recent five-game run (W2, D1, L2). Those two defeats account for the only losses they’ve suffered since June 2024 (W10, D6), which does perhaps hint that their off-field managerial and presidential issues are taking their toll, and after failing to qualify for the 2026 World Cup, there’s added pressure on them to deliver in this tournament. [/p]
[p]Head-to-Head History[/p]
[p]Ivory Coast have won three of the last four H2Hs (L1), but six of the ten meetings in either AFCON qualifying or the main tournament have been won by Cameroon (W3, D1).[/p]
[p]Hot Stats and Streaks[/p]
[p]None of Ivory Coast’s last 13 internationals stretching back to December 2024 saw both teams score.[/p]
[p]Ivory Coast opened the scoring in the opening ten minutes in four of their last five wins.[/p]
[p]None of Cameroon’s last six internationals saw both teams score. [/p]
[p]Each of Cameroon’s last five games featured under 2.5 goals.[/p]
[p]Key Players to Watch and Missing Players[/p]
[p]Amad Diallo scored just his third Ivory Coast goal against Mozambique, with 16 of his last 17 goals for club or country arriving after the break. Cameroon’s Karl Etta Eyong netted his first-ever international goal against Gabon – six of his last seven strikes for club or country came before the hour mark. [/p]
[p]Both sides appear to have come through their opening game with a clean bill of health.[/p]
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[p]Betting Analysis[/p]
[p]Neither side tend to be involved in games with goals at both ends, so backing against both teams to score looks the smart route to take.[/p]
[p][i]Author: Chris Wilson[/i][/p]