Guinea will look to build on a positive start to their Africa Cup of Nations campaign when they take on Gambia in their second match at the Charles Konan Banny Stadium on Friday evening.
Group C has been labelled the group of death in this year’s competitions, and Senegal have shot out to an early lead, having secured the only win in the group during the first round of matches.
Guinea have been one of the most improved sides in Africa over recent years, and they put on another impressive display in their first match when they took a point off Cameroon despite going into the match as underdogs.
In fact, most neutral onlookers would likely argue that the National Elephants deserved all three points as they matched their opponents every step of the way and had them on the ropes just before the final whistle.
Based on Gambia’s performance in their opening match of the competition, qualification for the knockout rounds looks like it will be challenging for Tom Saintfiet‘s side, who were completely outplayed by Senegal and ended up on the wrong side of a 3-0 scoreline.
With that result, The Scorpions have are now on a three-match losing streak following a 3-2 defeat to Burundi and a 2-0 loss against Ivory Coast during World Cup qualifying back in November.
Guinea were unlucky not to have got all three points against Cameroon in their opening match and will be eager to make amends for it in this one against a Gambia side that looked very poor against Senegal on Monday evening. We feel the National Elephants will put on another impressive display here and fancy them to secure their first win of the competition.
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