Zambia vs Comoros prediction: AFRICA: Africa Cup of Nations betting tips on match 2025-12-25 17:30.
[p]Zambia are looking to take a big step towards progressing out of Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) Group A when they face a Comoros side who were beaten on matchday one. [/p]
[p]Match News and Current Form[/p]
[p]Having arrived into the tournament in poor form, with each of their four prior games ending in defeat, Zambia will have been satisfied with their 1-1 opening draw against Mali, not least because their opponents missed a penalty. Zambia’s stoppage-time equaliser should see them come into this game on a high, but it’s still hard to ignore that the 2012 winners extended their winless run in this competition’s group stages to a sizable ten matches (D8, L2). History would suggest they’ll struggle to end that rotten run here, as you’d have to go back to the 1996 edition to find the last time Zambia won their second group game at an AFCON finals. [/p]
[p]Taking part in just their second-ever AFCON tournament, it was no great surprise that Comoros fell to defeat against tournament hosts Morocco (2-0) in the curtain raiser for the tournament. Comoros are now winless inside 90 minutes across their last seven competitive games (D1, L6), and having lost the last four such games, they’re in a downward spiral that could see their elimination from the tournament confirmed on matchday two. Conceding 2+ goals in five successive games certainly hasn’t helped their recent cause, although the fact they also scored in four of those outings shows they can at least be a threat at the other end.[/p]
[p]Head-to-Head History[/p]
[p]Comoros are unbeaten in the last three H2Hs (W2, D1), although both victories came in the COSAFA Cup, with two completely differing starting XIs expected here. [/p]
[p]Hot Stats and Streaks[/p]
[p]Three of Zambia’s last four games saw a goal scored after the 70th minute. [/p]
[p]Zambia haven’t received more than one yellow card in any of their last four matches. [/p]
[p]Comoros have scored exactly once in each of the last six H2Hs. [/p]
[p]The three goals scored by Comoros across their last four games all arrived after half-time. [/p]
[p]Key Players to Watch and Missing Players[/p]
[p]Patson Daka has a knack for scoring late, as his leveller against Mali was his third goal from his last four for Zambia to arrive beyond the 85th minute. Comoros defender Yannis Kari may resort to underhand tactics to keep him in check having been booked in successive games for his country. [/p]
[p]Zambia could be without Lameck Banda who was forced off against Mali, while Comoros appear to have no new fresh injury concerns. [/p]
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[p]Betting Analysis[/p]
[p]There isn’t much in this game, but Zambia’s experience should just give them the edge, so we’re backing them to win and under 2.5 goals. [/p]
[p][i]Author: David HÂ [/i][/p]