Angola vs Zimbabwe prediction: AFRICA: Africa Cup of Nations betting tips on match 2025-12-25 12:30.
[p]Two sides looking for their first points in the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) group stage at the second time of asking meet in Marrakech, with Angola favourites to beat a brave Zimbabwe side. [/p]
[p]Match News and Current Form[/p]
[p]An unbeaten qualifying campaign (W4, D2) was possibly a false dawn for Angola, as they fell to a 2-1 defeat against South Africa in the opening fixture of their tenth appearance at the finals. Reaching the quarter-finals in three of their previous six appearances, Angola will hope to bounce back and reignite their hopes of qualifying for the knockout stages, with this game carrying even more importance as they’ll take on seven-time winners Egypt on matchday three. Just three wins across their last nine outings highlights how vulnerable the Red Devils could be here (D2, L4), although they’ve avoided defeat in their second group game in seven of their last eight AFCON appearances (W3, D4).[/p]
[p]Zimbabwe’s opening game at their sixth AFCON finals was full of promise as the outsiders led for a large portion of their game against Egypt, before ultimately falling to a stoppage-time winner. Brave performances alone won’t necessarily secure a first progression from the group stage for the Warriors, although they did manage at least one win in three of their prior five involvements before dropping out at this stage every time. Just two wins across the last 18 games (D6, L10), one of which came in a friendly, hardly inspires confidence of the AFCON minnows achieving that here. [/p]
[p]Head-to-Head History[/p]
[p]This will be the 20th meeting between these nations, and the first at an AFCON finals, with the previous 19 meetings evenly split at eight wins apiece (D3).[/p]
[p]Hot Stats and Streaks[/p]
[p]Five of Angola’s last seven matches saw both teams score and over 2.5 total goals. [/p]
[p]Each of Angola’s last four AFCON group stage games produced goals in both halves. [/p]
[p]Zimbabwe conceded the opening goal in five of their six games before their group opener against Egypt.[/p]
[p]Zimbabwe have just one clean sheet across their last 11 matches. [/p]
[p]Key Players to Watch and Missing Players[/p]
[p]Fredy continued his fine form by assisting Angola’s only goal in the opening game, meaning he has five goal contributions across his last four games for club and country (G2, A3). Zimbabwe’s Prince Dube’s memorable opener against Egypt was his fourth goal across his last five games for club and country and his third scoring appearance in succession. [/p]
[p]Both sides appear to head into this at full strength.[/p]
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[p]Betting Analysis[/p]
[p]We’re going for goals in this game with a both teams to score selection as Angola and Zimbabwe desperately attempt to secure their first points. [/p]
[p][i]Author: Matthew Billon[/i][/p]