Zambia vs Guinea Prediction & Betting Tips - African Nations Championship

Prediction published on 21/01/2021, 09:40  by Daniel Ngulu | Modified on 21/01/2021 at 10:05 in African Nations Championship Predictions

Zambia and Guinea are top of Group D after the opening round of matches at the African Nations Championships (CHAN). They are set to face off in their second outing with a place at the top of the group at stake. Guinea leads the group after a 3-0 win over Namibia while Zambia, are second after beating Tanzania 2-0. Second half goals from Collins Sikombe and Emmanuel Chabula guided Zambia to the win over a hard fighting Tanzania. They will be hoping for a much comfortable outing against Guinea as they get to meet for the second time in this competition. Zambia have been on a good run and after this latest win they are on five in six matches, a run that should give them confidence going to the toughest match yet in their recent outings. In CHAN matches; qualifiers and finals, Zambia have failed to score in just two of the last 10. This being their fourth appearance at the finals, Milutin Micho’s side will be hoping to better their best performance in 2009 when they finished third.

Guinea’s only meeting with Zambia in this tournament was in 2016 in Rwanda, where the West Africans won on penalties following a 0-0 draw. After a flying start at this year’s edition, Guinea will be going for three more points to secure their place in the next stage. It is their third appearance and the best they have ever finished is fourth. In the last seven matches, Guinea are unbeaten, with five wins and they haven’t even had most of their foreign based players in those. They look better than they were in the 2018 edition, when they were eliminated after just one win at the group stages. Horoya forward Yakhouba Barry showed good flashes in the Namibia win, scoring twice and will be on show again here.