Tournament – Africa Cup Of Nations;
Date – 21/01/2024;
Kick-Off – 18:00 GMT;
Venue – Stade Laurent Pokou (San Pédro).
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For our second group F clash featuring Zambia vs Tanzania, we’ll be going for a Zambian win, as recent rankings not only suggest Zambia is the better team but also recent head to head between the two teams have favored Zambia, with their last two results favoring Zambia, the most recent being in 2021, where Zambia won by four goals to two.
If you are looking to avoid match results, over 1.5 in this match could just be the thing for you. Zambia tends to score in games, with them only failing to score once in their last ten games in a competition, that game was against Egypt. They do not just score but tend to concede as well, having let in at least one goal in four out of five of their most recent games in all competitions. Finally both teams played out a 4-2 score line in 2021 and a two nil result in 2017.
Zambia are ranked 13th in Africa and have only tasted continental glory once, captained by Christopher Katongo and coached by Herve Renard, they do have enough AFCON experience under their belt though, having made 18 appearances in the continental showpiece. They will be looking to get all three available points against what is, on paper, the weakest team in the group.
Since qualifying for their first AFCON tournament in 1980, Tanzania has managed to qualify for just two more editions (2019 and this one). They, however, have not managed to go beyond the group stages, and here in this group, they are definitely the underdogs, at least according to FIFA rankings which places them as the 32nd best team in Africa.
Predicted Starting Lineups
Zambia: Mulenga, Dominic, Chepeshi, Kabwe, Mphande, Banda, Chaiwa, Chilufya, Lameck, Daka, Sakala
Tanzania: Kawawa, Bakari, Ibrahim, Banda, Mwaikenda, Himid, Feisal, Twariq, Kachwele, Suleiman, M’mombwa