Ivory Coast – Mozambique. Forecast and announcement for the African Cup of Nations match

On December 24, the match of the 1st round of the group stage of the Africa Cup of Nations will be held at the Stade de Marrakesh, in which the national teams of Côte d’Ivoire and Mozambique will play. The match will start at 19:30 Kyiv time.

Ivory Coast

The team was a representative of the host country of the last CAN… And failed the start then, and Fae, who was generally inexperienced as a coach, was then appointed simply as an acting coach. until the end of the continental tournament – and eventually won it. Well, he remained a full-fledged mentor, who again has something to be proud of.

It was under the leadership of Emers that the Ivorians won the right to return to the World Cup. In the recently concluded qualifiers, they got a very tough competitor in Gabon. Suffice it to say that the battle for first place ended up being won by one point, 26 to 25, and eight out of ten matches had to be won with a pair of draws to be successful. Only in November did the national team allow itself to concede – in a friendly match with Saudi Arabia. But then she confidently beat more modest Oman 2:0.

Mozambique

The team was not particularly quoted at the continental level. Suffice it to say that it is only the second time in her football history that she will play at two CANs in a row. And at the last tournament, in 2023, she achieved the best result of all time: she did not win again, but drew at least twice!

On the other hand, now in the bracket there are not stars, but football players from top championships. And in the selection, there was quite a good result: having scored the same eighteen points as Uganda, they finished behind her, in third place, only according to additional indicators. But the friendlies in the autumn did not go well: a draw with Chad and defeats by Morocco and Angola.

Statistics of personal meetings

After three defeats in a row, in 2008 and 2021, Mozambique managed to draw the matches. But in the last match, also in 2021, he again lost to the continental giant.

Forecast

Bookmakers do not expect a special intrigue here – let’s agree with them, betting on the victory of the Ivory Coast national team with a handicap of -1 goal (coefficient – 1.60).

Bookmakers GGBET rate the teams’ chances with very decent odds: 1.33 for Ivory Coast and 11.00 for Mozambique. And which forecast to choose is up to you. Play with the best odds, get instant payouts and support your favorite team with us.