Burkina Faso – Equatorial Guinea. Forecast and announcement for the match of the CAN

On December 24, the fight at the African Cup will begin between Burkina Faso and Equatorial Guinea. The match is scheduled to start at 14:30 Kyiv time.

Burkina Faso

“Stallions” have not had significant success on their continent for a long time, only since the end of the nineties the national team has steadily made its way to the final part of the African Cup, although there were several omissions. Burkina Faso’s best result at this tournament was the 2013 final, with three more semi-finals.

In their qualification for the World Cup, the team finished second in the group, ahead of only the strong Egypt. What a pity it was to learn that the team did not get into the top 4, in the ranking of second places, lagging behind Nigeria only by goal difference.

There are no stars in the team, although you can find football players who play for strong European clubs. In November of this year, Burkina Faso defeated Niger – 3:2 and Benin – 3:0 in friendly matches.

Equatorial Guinea

The national team of Equatorial Guinea has an interesting history of performances at the African Cup, they made it to the final four times, in all cases they managed to get out of the group. The best performance was at the home continental championship in 2015, when they reached the semi-finals.

“National Lightning” became the penultimate in the qualification group for the World Cup, although everything is not so clear-cut here, everything was decided by a bad finish, only one point in three matches, and they were only four points behind the second place. The upcoming battle may become one of the key ones in the context of the struggle for exit from the group. In the last control meetings, Equatorial Guinea defeated Kenya – 1:0, but lost to Madagascar – 0:2.

Personal meetings

The teams have a short and boring history of head-to-head confrontations, as they met three times, scoring only one goal during this time. One win for Burkina Faso and two zero draws, two meetings were friendlies.

Forecast

It is difficult to determine the form of the teams, but on paper Burkina Faso are the favorites. I expect a difficult match where the opponents will try to play reliably near their goal. There is no need to wait for a wealth of moments, the fate of the meeting can be decided by one accurate shot. A bet on a total of less than 2.5 goals at 1.66 looks promising here.

Bookmakers GGBET rate the teams’ chances with very decent odds: 1.85 for Burkina Faso and 5.25 for Equatorial Guinea. And which forecast to choose is up to you. Play with the best odds, get instant payouts and support your favorite team with us.