Equatorial Guinea vs Sudan prediction: AFRICA: Africa Cup of Nations betting tips on match 2025-12-27 15:00.
[p]Equatorial Guinea and Sudan clash on matchday two in Group E, with both nations desperate to keep their Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) progression hopes alive after defeats in their opening games.[/p]
[p]Match News and Current Form[/p]
[p]Equatorial Guinea haven’t failed to make it through the group stage in any of their four previous AFCON appearances, but they face an uphill task to keep that record intact following a gut-wrenching 2-1 defeat to Burkina Faso. Conceding twice after the 90th minute to throw away an advantage earned with ten men, that was the first time they’d ever lost an AFCON game in which they were leading. With their preparations for this winter’s tournament having been marred by the temporary dismissal of manager Juan Michá, the Red Devils have now won just one of their last six games (D1, L4).[/p]
[p]Sudan have made it through an AFCON group just once since their sole triumph in the tournament back in 1970, and losing their opening game of the 2025 edition 3-0 to Algeria offered little hope of bucking that trend this time around. A first-half red card didn’t help their cause against Algeria, and that defeat was the joint-heaviest suffered by any nation in the competition on matchday one, but it perhaps wasn’t a huge surprise for James Kwesi Appiah’s side, who have now won just one of their last 15 games in 90 minutes (D7, L7).[/p]
[p]Head-to-Head History[/p]
[p]This pair haven’t met since 2019, but Equatorial Guinea won both of their previous H2Hs and were leading by a single goal at half-time in each of those.[/p]
[p]Hot Stats and Streaks[/p]
[p]Six of Equatorial Guinea’s last eight wins have been accompanied by a clean sheet.[/p]
[p]Equatorial Guinea’s last six competitive games all produced 6+ total corners.[/p]
[p]Sudan have failed to score in nine of their last 11 games.[/p]
[p]A red card has been shown in four of Sudan’s last five games.[/p]
[p]Key Players to Watch and Missing Players[/p]
[p]All six of Pablo Ganet’s goals for Equatorial Guinea have arrived after the 80th minute, and they remain unbeaten when he has netted (W5, D1). Sudan’s Mohamed Eisa is a man in form having registered eight goal involvements in his last five games at club level for Uthai Thani prior to AFCON (G6, A2).[/p]
[p]Equatorial Guinea’s Basilio Ndong and Sudan’s Salaheldin Alhassan will both miss out through suspension following their red cards on matchday one, while Mohamed Abuaagla and Abobaker Eisa are both expected to be fit for Sudan despite early withdrawals last time out.[/p]
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[p]Betting Analysis[/p]
[p]Equatorial Guinea have displayed more firepower than Sudan of late, so we think there’s great value in backing them to win.[/p]
[p][i]Author: Ben Olawumi[/i][/p]