{"id":520212,"date":"2024-01-16T12:21:11","date_gmt":"2024-01-16T10:21:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/betcentral.onpressidium.com\/?p=520212"},"modified":"2024-01-17T13:13:21","modified_gmt":"2024-01-17T11:13:21","slug":"mali-vs-south-africa-preview-predictions-and-best-bets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/machibet777-affiliate.com\/soccer\/mali-vs-south-africa-preview-predictions-and-best-bets\/","title":{"rendered":"Mali vs South Africa \u2013 Preview, Predictions and Best Bets"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Mali faces South Africa <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bet.machibet777-affiliate.com\/sports\/soccer\/africa-cup-of-nations\/\">in the African Cup of Nations on Tuesday in Group E<\/a>. The nations have previously met twice in the showpiece tournament with the West Africans prevailing on both occasions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"green\"><strong>Mali Form\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Les Aigles qualified for the AFCON by topping their qualification group. They won five of their six matches. After losing 1-0 away to Gambia, they won 2-0 in Congo and beat South Sudan 4-0 at home in their final two qualifiers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After winning two friendlies in the October FIFA break, Eric Chelle\u2019s team began World Cup 2026 qualifying by beating Chad 3-1 at home. A 1-1 home draw with Central African Republic followed as a 1-0 lead was surrendered. In a pre-tournament friendly, they beat Guinea-Bissau 6-2 in Bamako.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div   id="7rtdq1biye"    class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div   id="7rtdq1biye"    class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-black-color has-text-color has-background no-border-radius wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bet.machibet777-affiliate.com\/sports\/soccer\/africa-cup-of-nations\/\" style=\"background-color:#f2a12a\">Bet Now: AFCON<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"green\"><strong>Mali Team News<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Eric Chelle\u2019s squad for the tournament is below full strength. Wolves midfielder Boubacar Traore has been called up for the first time as has Lorient striker Sirine Doucoure. A key man in Crystal Palace\u2019s Cheick Doucoure is ruled out with a serious injury.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Also missing are Atalanta striker El Bilal Toure and winger Moussa Djenepo. Everton\u2019s Abdoulaye Doucour\u00e9 played in two matches some 18 months ago but has made himself unavailable for this tournament. Yves Bissouma has excelled for Tottenham this season and will be the key man.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"green\"><strong>Mali Motivation<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>They will play to win this opening match and give themselves some breathing room in a tricky group.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mali have been quite free-scoring of late and they have plenty of mobility in attack.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div   id="7rtdq1biye"    class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div   id="7rtdq1biye"    class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-black-color has-text-color has-background no-border-radius wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bet.machibet777-affiliate.com\/sports\/soccer\/africa-cup-of-nations\/\" style=\"background-color:#f2a12a\">Bet Now: AFCON<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"green\"><strong>South Africa Form<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Form is very mixed for <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/machibet777-affiliate.com\/soccer\/afcon-preview-bafana-bafana-2024-01-12\/\">Bafana Bafana<\/a><\/strong>. They reached this tournament by finishing behind Morocco in a three-team group. A 2-1 win in Liberia in March 2023 sealed qualification before beating Morocco 2-1 at home in a dead rubber. Their last 19 matches have seen two just defeats.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since AFCON qualifying, Hugo Broos\u2019 side has played in the COSAFA Cup and in four friendlies, including a 1-1 draw in Ivory Coast. After beating Benin 2-1 to start World Cup 2026 qualifying, they lost in an abject display, 2-0 away to Rwanda. Last Wednesday, they played out a very poor 0-0 draw with Lesotho in a pre-tournament friendly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"green\"><strong>South Africa Team News<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Coach Hugo Broos was unable to call up foreign-based strikers Lebo Mothiba and Lyle Foster due to injury and mental health reasons respectively. It means he will have to choose between two relatively unproven forwards in Zakhele Lepasa and Evidence Makgopa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mothobi Mvala is a doubt in defence with a groin problem and that would weaken a fragile area even more. Themba Zwane and Ronwen Williams will shake off knocks to start. Sphephelo Sithole is set to play as a defensive midfielder, an area where the coach has only selected three options.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div   id="7rtdq1biye"    class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div   id="7rtdq1biye"    class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-black-color has-text-color has-background no-border-radius wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bet.machibet777-affiliate.com\/sports\/soccer\/africa-cup-of-nations\/\" style=\"background-color:#f2a12a\">Bet Now: AFCON<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"green\"><strong>South Africa Motivation<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Bafana would probably be pretty happy to start with a draw. They may look at their group and think they can beat Namibia in the second match.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The side tries to play out from the back and to press but the style of play is unconvincing. The first goal will be key in this match.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"green\">Key Stats<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Mali<\/strong> have beaten South Africa in their last 2 AFCON meetings<br><br><strong>Mali <\/strong>have scored 3+ goals in 4 of their last 6 matches<br><br><strong>South Africa<\/strong> have lost just 2 of their last 19 matches (all competitions)<br><br><strong>South Africa<\/strong> have failed to score in 5 of their last 8 matches<br><br><strong>South Africa<\/strong> have scored 1 or fewer goals in their last 9 AFCON matches<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div   id="7rtdq1biye"    class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div   id="7rtdq1biye"    class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-black-color has-text-color has-background no-border-radius wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bet.machibet777-affiliate.com\/sports\/soccer\/africa-cup-of-nations\/\" style=\"background-color:#f2a12a\">Bet Now: AFCON<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"green\">Verdict<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>There is no doubt that the West Africans are favourites for this match. A tight affair is expected and it\u2019s not clear where South Africa\u2019s goals will come from without Foster and Mothiba.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bet.machibet777-affiliate.com\/sports\/soccer\/africa-cup-of-nations\/20240116\/mali-vs-south-africa\/\">Best Bet: Mali win at 1.90<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bet.machibet777-affiliate.com\/sports\/soccer\/africa-cup-of-nations\/20240116\/mali-vs-south-africa\/\">Alternate Bet: Mali clean sheet at 2.05<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bet.machibet777-affiliate.com\/sports\/soccer\/africa-cup-of-nations\/20240116\/mali-vs-south-africa\/\">Value Bet: Mali win to zero at 2.85<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mali faces South Africa in the African Cup of Nations on Tuesday in Group E. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":520243,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","beyondwords_generate_audio":"","beyondwords_project_id":"","beyondwords_content_id":"","beyondwords_preview_token":"","beyondwords_player_style":"","beyondwords_language_id":"","beyondwords_title_voice_id":"","beyondwords_body_voice_id":"","beyondwords_summary_voice_id":"","beyondwords_error_message":"","beyondwords_disabled":"","beyondwords_delete_content":"","beyondwords_podcast_id":"","beyondwords_hash":"","publish_post_to_speechkit":"","speechkit_hash":"","speechkit_generate_audio":"","speechkit_project_id":"","speechkit_podcast_id":"","speechkit_error_message":"","speechkit_disabled":"","speechkit_access_key":"","speechkit_error":"","speechkit_info":"","speechkit_response":"","speechkit_retries":"","speechkit_status":"","speechkit_updated_at":"","_speechkit_link":"","_speechkit_text":""},"categories":[2476,969],"tags":[188,186,603,949,704,283,1301,987,5,482,1202,110],"yoast_head":"\n<title>African Cup of Nations: Mali v South Africa \u2013 Preview<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Mali faces Bafana in the African Cup of Nations on Tuesday in Group E. 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