Football Previews
Ghana take on Mali at 15:00 GMT+0 in the Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium in Port Elizabeth on Thursday with both teams looking for a win to move closer to the knockout stages of the tournament. Mali managed to beat Niger 1:0 in their opening game while Ghana drew 2:2 with DR Congo in their opening match.
Both teams form is good on paper and hopefully this will translate into a good match with lots of chances as opposed to a defensive style game with very few goals.
Ghana’s form – D W W W D L W
Mali’s form – W W L W L W W
Mali have conceded just 2 goals in their last five matches while Ghana have conceded 5 in 5 matches.
Recent history sides with Ghana (Ghana won 2, Mali won 1). Mali’s one recent win came in last years tournament, they managed to defeat Ghana 2:0 in a third place play-off tie however the current betting odds don’t side with Mali based on this recent win against Ghana.
Current betting odds – Ghana (11/10) Draw (9/4) Mali (5/2)
Gamingtips prediction – Ghana WIN 2:1
Generally African Cup of Nations game are low scoring affairs but this match has the feel of goals and for that reason over 2.5 goals at odds of (7/5) seem reasonable with . Ghana appear to have an overall stronger squad and odds of 11/10 seem reasonable despite the fact that Mali managed to defeat them twelve months ago late in the competition.
This match can be viewed live on ITV 4 HD and Eurosport
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