{"id":522227,"date":"2024-01-29T15:24:38","date_gmt":"2024-01-29T13:24:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/betcentral.onpressidium.com\/?p=522227"},"modified":"2024-01-29T15:24:40","modified_gmt":"2024-01-29T13:24:40","slug":"senegal-v-ivory-coast-preview-predictions-and-best-bets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/machibet777-affiliate.com\/soccer\/senegal-v-ivory-coast-preview-predictions-and-best-bets\/","title":{"rendered":"Senegal v Ivory Coast \u2013 Preview, Predictions and Best Bets"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Senegal faces Ivory Coast<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bet.machibet777-affiliate.com\/sports\/soccer\/africa-cup-of-nations\/\"> in the last 16 of the African Cup of Nations on Monday.<\/a> The West African rivals face off for a place in the quarter-finals. The Lions of Teranga topped their group whilst the Elephants scraped into the knockout stages after losing their last two matches.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"green\"><strong><strong>Senegal Form&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/strong><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The Lions of Teranga have been in very strong form since their World Cup exit to England in December 2022. They qualified for AFCON with relative ease and took four points from two 2026 World Cup qualifiers back in November. In this tournament, they have won all three of their matches.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A 3-0 win over The Gambia even saw four \u2018big chances\u2019 missed, before beating Cameroon 3-1. They allowed their opponents 0.37 xG and five shots in that victory. Their final group match saw two second-half goals to beat Guinea 2-0. Once again, they defended excellently and only allowed one shot on target.<\/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><strong>Senegal Team News<\/strong><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Coach Aliou Cisse used a back three in the opening match but reverted to a back four in the fixtures since then. Moussa Niakhate of Nottingham Forest and Abdou Diallo are fighting for one spot in the defence. Right back Youssouf Sabaly is injured.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Boulaye Dia missed the tournament with injury, but Senegal has plenty of depth with Nicolas Jackson only on the bench so far. Habibou Diallo will lead the line instead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"green\"><strong><strong>Senegal Motivation<\/strong><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Confidence in the squad is high and they look like a well-oiled machine. The motivation to reach the next stage is huge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Aliou Cisse won\u2019t play too open of a style. He is pragmatic and may favour playing on the break with the Ivorians backed to attack by a vocal crowd.<\/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><strong><strong>Ivory Coast Form<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The Elephants qualified for the tournament as hosts but played in the qualifying section anyway. They won four of six matches, following a 3-0 loss in Zambia with a 1-0 home win over Lesotho. They came into this tournament with six points from six in World Cup qualifying, beating Seychelles 9-0 and then the Gambia 2-0.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They beat Guinea-Bissau 2-0 in the tournament opener before a 1-0 loss to Nigeria as they created just 0.57 xG from 64% possession. Their last match was a humiliating 4-0 defeat to Equatorial Guinea despite having 22 shots and 2.06 xG. They sacked coach Jean-Louis Gasset after the loss, with Emerse Fae as interim coach for this fixture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"green\"><strong><strong><strong>Ivory Coast Team News<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>There could be changes to the XI Serge Aurier recalled. Willy Boly is set to be dropped at the back despite his high profile. Youngster Ousmane Diomande is expected to be recalled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Up front, Wilf Zaha is not in the squad and Sebastien Haller is nursing an ankle injury. Jean-Philippe Krasso didn\u2019t impress in the first two matches, so Nicolas Pepe played as a striker last time out.<\/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><strong><strong>Ivory Coast Motivation<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>As the host nation, support will be strong. Motivation will be high to right the wrongs of that 4-0 loss last time out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They will play with some emotion from the crowd and take the game to Senegal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"green\">Key Stats<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Senegal<\/strong> have lost just 2 of their 19 matches since their 2022 World Cup exit to England<br><br><strong>Senegal <\/strong>have won 6 of their last 7 matches (5 clean sheets)<br><br><strong>Senegal <\/strong>have kept 15 clean sheets in their last 21 AFCON matches<br><br><strong>Ivory Coast<\/strong> have lost their last 2 matches to nil<br><br><strong>Ivory Coast<\/strong> had the third-most shots in the group stages (46)<\/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>This is a match in which Senegal are favourites to win. Their defence is rock-solid and Ivory Coast\u2019s finishing has been very poor with Haller injured. I\u2019m backing a low-scoring game here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bet.machibet777-affiliate.com\/sports\/soccer\/africa-cup-of-nations\/20240129\/senegal-vs-ivory-coast\/\">Best Bet: Senegal win (90 mins) at 2.25<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bet.machibet777-affiliate.com\/sports\/soccer\/africa-cup-of-nations\/20240129\/senegal-vs-ivory-coast\/\">Alternative Bet: Senegal to qualify at 1.68<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bet.machibet777-affiliate.com\/sports\/soccer\/africa-cup-of-nations\/20240129\/senegal-vs-ivory-coast\/\">Alternate Bet: Senegal clean sheet (90 mins) at 2.40<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Senegal faces Ivory Coast in the last 16 of the African Cup of Nations on Monday. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":522252,"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":[188,186,603,949,704,283,1301,987,5,1202,986],"yoast_head":"\n<title>Senegal v Ivory Coast \u2013 African Cup of Nations<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Senegal faces Ivory Coast in the last 16 of the African Cup of Nations on Monday. 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