DR Congo – Benin. Forecast and announcement of the African Cup of Nations match

On Tuesday, December 23, the match of the 1st round of the group stage of the Africa Cup of Nations will take place between DR Congo and Benin. The game will start at 14:30 Kyiv time.

DR Congo

The team approaches the participation in the main African tournament in a very good mood. In the 10-game World Cup qualifiers, the team was able to score 22 points, which allowed them to occupy the 2nd place in their group, only 2 points behind Senegal. In the play-offs, the Congolese first knocked out Cameroon, and later defeated Nigeria in a penalty shootout, which allowed them to win a ticket to the World Cup.

At the summer African Nations Championship, DR Congo did not perform very well – in 4 games, the team scored only 6 points, took the 3rd place in the group and finished the tournament.

Benin

But Benin was very unlucky in qualifying for the World Cup. The team was able to score 17 points in 10 games, thanks to which it took the 3rd place in the group. Second-placed Nigeria had the same number of points but a better goal/concealed difference. The distance from the leader, South Africa, was also minimal – only 1 point.

The club did not play at the African Nations Championship, because it failed to overcome the qualification in November last year.

Personal meetings

The teams have played each other twice, both times in 2021 as part of qualifying for the World Cup. Then the 1st match ended in a 1:1 draw, and in the 2nd with a score of 2:0 DR Congo triumphed.

Interesting facts

• In the last 5 games, DR Congo managed to keep a clean sheet 4 times.
• In the last 2 matches, Benin conceded 7 goals, but before that the club kept clean sheets in 3 matches in a row.
• In the last 7 matches, DR Congo won 6.

Forecast

I will bet DR Congo to win with odds of 1.72.