Equatorial Guinea vs Algeria prediction: AFRICA: Africa Cup of Nations betting tips on match 2025-12-30 16:00.
[p]It’s bottom versus top in Group E at the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) as the already-eliminated Equatorial Guinea meet Algeria, who are guaranteed a place in the last 16 with a match to spare. [/p]
[p]Match News and Current Form[/p]
[p]After progressing to the knockout phase at the last two AFCONs, Equatorial Guinea have suffered their first-ever group-stage elimination at the tournament following defeats by a one-goal margin against Burkina Faso and Sudan. Late goals have been the issue for Juan Michá’s side, who conceded twice in second-half stoppage time in their opener before their defence was breached for the only time in the 74th minute on Sunday. Those defeats mean that National Thunder have lost three games in a row – scoring just once in the process – from mid-November onwards and have won only two of their last 11 encounters (D3, L6).[/p]
[p]Algeria made it two wins from two at this AFCON without conceding and extended their unbeaten run inside 90 minutes to 18 games with a 1-0 victory over Burkina Faso on Sunday at the Moulay El Hassan Stadium. Returning to the same venue on Wednesday, the 2019 AFCON champions have put their group-stage eliminations at the 2021 and 2023 tournaments well and truly behind them and have already equalled their total of goals scored in both of those campaigns combined in their last two matches. Irrespective of the result in this fixture, Vladimir Petković’s men will finish top of Group E, which means a last-16 clash back in Rabat next Tuesday.[/p]
[p]Head-to-Head History[/p]
[p]After winning the first H2H in 2022, Equatorial Guinea have failed to score in the last two (D1, L1), with all three meetings between the sides being goalless at half-time.[/p]
[p]Hot Stats and Streaks[/p]
[p]Both of Equatorial Guinea’s 2025 AFCON games have been 0-0 at the break.[/p]
[p]Equatorial Guinea have scored 2+ goals only twice in their last 15 completed matches.[/p]
[p]Algeria have not conceded the opening goal in any of their last eight games.[/p]
[p]Algeria have received fewer cards than their opponents in each of their last three matches.[/p]
[p]Key Players to Watch and Missing Players[/p]
[p]Josete Miranda has scored or been booked in each of his last three games for Equatorial Guinea, while Riyad Mahrez has found the net four times in his last three international appearances, including scoring a first-half goal in both of Algeria’s 2025 AFCON encounters so far. [/p]
[p]Santiago Eneme and Pedro Obiang are doubtful here for Equatorial Guinea after going off injured against Sudan, as are Jaouen Hadjam and Samir Chergui, who were both forced off in Algeria’s win over Burkina Faso.[/p]
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[p]Betting Analysis[/p]
[p]Due to his explosive start to the tournament (G3), we recommend backing Mahrez to open the scoring here.[/p]
[p][i]Author: Tom Penn[/i][/p]