Tournament – Africa Cup Of Nations;
Date – 17/01/2024;
Kick-Off – 18:00 GMT;
Venue – Stade Laurent Pokou (San Pédro).
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For our first prediction in the group F, we’ll be settling for a Moroccan win, as besides the fact that Morocco are the higher ranked team and also are one of the favorites to win it all, they have actually beaten Tanzania four times out of five head to head meetings, the most recent one being a 0-2 victory in their World Cup qualifying clash that took place in October last year.
All of Morocco’s last five games have produced not more than one goal in the first half. Tanzania games have not been so much different with just one of their last five encounters seeing more than one goal in the first half. So under 1.5 first half goals looks a sure goal.
Morocco look to add more feathers to their cap after their exploits in the World Cup tournament in Saudi Arabia, which saw them elevate Africa’s status as they became the first African team to reach the semi-final stages, and just falling short of being the first to secure medals. Surprisingly Morocco have only been African champions once in their 20 attempts, but currently have the highest FIFA ranking among teams in this tourney(13), surely this puts Morocco among the favorites for this tournament. Their record in their last six games stands at DWDDWL.
Tanzania look to be the underdogs in group F, at least as suggested by their FIFA ranking of 121, but this doesn’t mean they should be underrated as we’ve seen too many cases of underdogs proving people wrong and Morocco would definitely be aware of that in this opener. This is Tanzania’s third African Cup of Nations tournament and they enter it with a DLWDWL record in their last six games.
Predicted Starting Lineups
Morocco: Bounou, Mazraoui, Hakimi, Mohamed, Abqar, Amrabat, Amir, Selim, Ziyech, En-Nesyri, Sofiane Boufal
Tanzania: Kawawa, Bakari, Ibrahim, Banda, Mwaikenda, Himid, Feisal, Twariq, Kachwele, Suleiman, M’mombwa