Zimbabwe vs Mali Prediction & Betting Tips - African Nations Championship

Prediction published on 22/01/2021, 09:14  by Nella Wagah | Modified on 22/01/2021 at 09:21 in African Nations Championship Predictions

Zimbabwe was the first nation to get eliminated at the ongoing African Nations Championship (CHAN) in Cameroon and their final Group A game against Mali will be a formality. Mali have more to gain from the game and go to it having four points, same as the hosts, Cameroon, while Zimbabwe are bottom with no point. Two losses in the tournament have pushed Zimbabwe’s winless run to five matches. It has been tougher for them without foreign based players. The fact that domestic football hasn’t been played in the country for over a year hasn’t helped either. They have just one win in eight matches and the last four have delivered no clean sheet. In the qualifiers, Zimbabwe beat Mauritius and Lesotho but here they landed in the toughest group, with much superior opponents.

They will not be able to beat their best performance – finishing fourth in 2014 – as they make a fifth appearance in the finals. In their only meeting with Mali at CHAN finals, in 2016, Zimbabwe lost 1-0. Meanwhile Mali came to the tournament as one of the best teams, and the quality has been visible in their opening two games. The win and draw registered adds to Mali’s run of eight matches unbeaten ahead of the Zimbabwe game. They are unbeaten in six matches in this competition, with five clean sheets, and have only lost once in the last 10. After finishing as runners up in 2016, Mali will be among favorites for the title here.