We stay up for the opening sport of Group D at AFCON 2023 with our Algeria vs Angola prediction and preview. After Algeria’s horrible 2021 event look, can they make a robust begin at Stade de la Paix in Bouaké?
Algeria vs Angola: Pre-Match Information
- The Opta supercomputer predicts an Algeria victory on this match, with the Fennec Foxes profitable 64.3% of simulations earlier than kick-off.
- Algeria and Angola are going through one another for the second time on the CAF Africa Cup of Nations. Their solely earlier encounter produced a goalless draw within the group stage of the 2010 version.
- Algeria are making their twentieth look on the Africa Cup of Nations. They are going to be making an attempt to win the trophy for the third time after successes in 1990 and 2019.
- Algeria’s two earlier AFCON titles had been gained on North African soil: at residence in 1990 and in Egypt in 2019. The one earlier time Algeria have reached the ultimate exterior of North Africa was in 1980 in Nigeria.
- That is Algeria’s sixth consecutive look at AFCON, their longest streak since qualifying for seven tournaments in a row between 1980 and 1992.
- Algeria scored with solely certainly one of their 46 photographs on the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations (2.2%). They transformed 13 of their 77 photographs on their approach to the title in 2019 (16.8%).
- That is Angola’s ninth look on the Africa Cup of Nations. They’ve certified from the AFCON group levels on solely two events (2008 and 2010, the latter as hosts) however have by no means gained a sport within the knockout part of the competitors.
- Angola are winless of their final eight AFCON matches (D4 L4), their joint-longest drought within the competitors. Their final victory was their 2012 opening group match towards Burkina Faso.
- Angola’s final 4 matches in all competitions ended goalless. They drew 0-0 vs DR Congo in October, vs Cape Verde and Mauritius in November and most lately in a pleasant with DR Congo on 6 January.
- Angola are unbeaten of their final 5 opening matches at an Africa Cup of Nations event (W1 D4). The final time they misplaced their first match at an AFCON version was 2006 (3-1 v Cameroon).
- Angola have scored solely two targets of their final seven AFCON matches – certainly one of them was an personal aim.
- Mohamed Amoura (three targets) was the one Algerian participant to attain a couple of aim within the qualifiers for this yr’s event.
Match Preview
Djamel Belmadi’s Algeria facet can be trying to do one thing they didn’t handle on the 2021 AFCON – win a match. Their dismal exhibiting on the event two years in the past got here regardless of coming into on a 34-game unbeaten run. Their three matches in Cameroon noticed them rating simply as soon as from 46 photographs, and even that was a comfort aim of their remaining group stage sport versus Ivory Coast.
They enter this event in good type, too. They’re at present on an 11-game unbeaten run (W8 D3) since final shedding in a November 2022 pleasant with Sweden (2-0). They’ve gained their final three matches in a row, together with a powerful AFCON warm-up victory over Burundi on 9 January, by which targets from Baghdad Bounedjah, Islam Slimani, Mohamed Amoura and Riyad Mahrez sealed a 4-0 win.
A lot of their success on this version will depend upon the type of star participant and captain Mahrez, who we earmarked as a key man in our AFCON Group E preview. He’s had a powerful season at Al-Ahli within the Saudi Professional League since leaving reigning Premier League and UEFA Champions League winners Manchester Metropolis.
Algeria certified for AFCON 2023 by profitable Group F of qualification forward of Tanzania, Uganda and Niger. They dropped simply two factors throughout qualifying, with their 0-0 residence draw towards Tanzania within the remaining sport the one match they didn’t win. Because of this, their complete of 16 factors was essentially the most of any facet throughout the AFCON 2023 qualifiers. Of the 23 nations that needed to qualify for AFCON 2023 (Ivory Coast routinely certified as hosts), solely Morocco (24 March 2023) certified sooner than Algeria (27 March 2023).
Algeria have participated on the AFCON 19 occasions earlier than this version, and gained the trophy on two earlier events, in 1990 – once they defeated Nigeria within the remaining as hosts – and extra lately in 2019 once they beat Senegal 1-0 for the title due to a second-minute Bounedjah aim. On the final AFCON event performed in 2022, they unexpectedly exited within the group stage after ending backside with only one level and one aim from three video games versus Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea and Sierra Leone.
It might go towards current type to see Angola going goal-crazy on this match. Their final 4 video games have all ended 0-0, whereas they’ve scored simply as soon as of their final seven worldwide matches – that coming by way of Gelson Dala in a 1-1 draw with Mozambique in October.
Angola certified for AFCON 2023 by coming second in Group E forward of the Central African Republic and Madagascar. They gained 9 factors throughout their six group stage matches, regardless of profitable solely twice, each victories coming towards the Central African Republic, and their one loss to eventual group winners Ghana.
Angola have beforehand participated in AFCON eight occasions. Their finest performances got here in 2008, once they reached the quarter-finals, falling to Egypt, and in 2010 as hosts additionally reaching the final eight earlier than shedding to Ghana. Angola’s final look on the event was in 2019, once they didn’t make it out of the group, ending third within the standings behind Mali and Tunisia.
Algeria vs Angola Head-to-Head
This can be simply the second assembly between Algeria and Angola at an Africa Cup of Nations event. They beforehand got here up towards each other within the AFCON 2010 group stage, with the match ending 0-0 in Egypt. It was the ultimate sport of the group on that event, with the goalless draw seeing each Algeria and Angola qualify from Group A on the expense of Mali and Malawi.
Algeria vs Angola Prediction
The Opta supercomputer is predicting an Algeria victory on this match, profitable 64.3% of the pre-match simulations, in comparison with Angola’s win ratio of 17.2%.
Within the week main as much as AFCON 2023, our pre-tournament predictions had Algeria as fourth favourites to win the trophy (9.7%) behind solely Senegal, Ivory Coast and Morocco however forward of Egypt, Nigeria, Cameroon, Tunisia and Ghana.
Alongside Namibia, Angola had the bottom probability of profitable this AFCON event at 0.5%.
Under are their present, up-to-date probabilities of development by AFCON 2023 in keeping with the Opta supercomputer:
Algeria vs Angola Squads
Algeria: Moustapha Zeghba, Anthony Mandréa, Oussama Benbot, Raïs M’Bolhi, Aïssa Mandi, Ahmed Touba, Rayan Aït-Nouri, Mohamed Amine Tougaï, Ramy Bensebaïni, Zinéddine Belaïd, Yasser Larouci, Kévin Van Den Kerkhof, Youcef Atal, Hicham Boudaoui, Nabil Bentaleb, Youcef Belaïli, Sofiane Féghouli, Adam Ounas, Ismaël Bennacer, Houssem Aouar, Ramiz Zerrouki, Farès Chaïbi, Riyad Mahrez, Baghdad Bounedjah, Mohammed Amoura, Islam Slimani.
Coach: Djamel Belmadi
Angola: Neblú, Kadú, Gelson, António Signori, Eddie, Jonathan Buatu, Inácio Miguel, Tó Carneiro, Kialonda Gaspar, Kinito, Núrio Fortuna, Fredy, Bruno Paz, Manuel Keliano, Beni, Present, Estrela, Gelson Dala, Mabululu, Milson, Depú, Loide Augusto, Gilberto, Chico Banza, Jérémie Bela, Zine, Zito Luvumbo.
Coach: Pedro Gonçalves
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