Mali vs Angola Match Analysis and Prediction

Mali vs Angola Match Analysis & Prediction

Mali

16/01/2023 7:00 pm

Angola

by Vincent

2 years ago 0 395

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Three crucial points are up for grabs in the 2023 African Nations Championship on Monday when Mali and Angola meet at the Olympic Stadium.

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Both teams will be looking to make a winning start to life in Group D, where they will battle with Mauritania for a spot in the knockout stages of the competition.

Mali were held to a goalless draw by Tunisian side Chebba on Friday in their concuding warm-up game at the Nelson Mandela Stadium.

Nouhoum Diane’s side have now extended their unbeaten run across all competitions to four matches either side of the new year since suffering a 4-0 defeat to Algeria in October.

Next up for Les Aigles is the challenge of an opposing side who are yet to come out on top in any of the three previous meetings between the teams, losing two of them.

In a bid to go one better than the 2020 edition of the CHAN where they got to the grand finale, Mali set out to lay down an early marker in their opening group match.

Angola concluded their preparations for the upcoming African Nations Championship with a 1-1 draw against Servette FC at Stade de Geneve on Tuesday.

As a result, Pedro Goncalves’ side are now without defeat in eight matches in a row dating back to July and that is their longest unbeaten steak in over two years.

Off the back of a group-stage exit in their most recent appearance at this level in 2018, The Black Antelopes will be keen to give a better account of themselves this time around.

Mali vs. Angola Head to head

These two teams have previously met on just three occasions in two competitions, where Mali have claimed two victories while they have drawn once. Mali have scored nine goals and conceded four in the process.

11/02/2009

Angola

0

Mali

4

Friendlies
10/01/2010

Angola

4

Mali

4

African Cup of Nations
02/07/2019

Angola

0

Mali

1

African Cup of Nations
16/01/2023

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16/01/2023

Mali

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Angola

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African Nations Championship

Mali Team News

Hamala Diakite has been in fine goalscoring form of late and Mali will be hoping that the forward continues to find the back of the net.

Hamidou Sinayoko is out to make history as the 36-year-old aims to score in three CHAN competitions having netted in the 2014 and 2016 editions.

Mali's Last 5 Matches

22/08/2022

Mali

0

Guinea

0

Friendlies
28/08/2022

Sierra Leone

1

Mali

2

African Nations Championship
03/09/2022

Mali

2

Sierra Leone

0

African Nations Championship
23/09/2022

Mali

1

Zambia

0

Friendlies
16/11/2022

Algeria

1

Mali

1

Friendlies

Angola Team News

Keliano and Caneta were late additions to the Angola team, but nonetheless, the former could be given the nod to feature right from the outset.

Benvindo Afonso and Pedro Francisco are both set to make do with a place on the bench having been named as reserve members of their nation’s 27-man squad.