Mali and Mauritania will square off at Suez Stadium after the dust settles with Tunisia and Angola doing battle earlier in the evening. The betting suggests that Mali should dominate proceedings but Mauritania have proven to be no pushovers…
What a way for South Africa to kick-start their 2019 AFCON campaign, taking on 2015 winners, Ivory Coast. It’s one of two so-called tough games for Bafana Bafana in what is considered to be the group of death alongside…
Group D action gets underway with somewhat of a David vs Goliath fixture between Morocco and Namibia on Sunday. The Atlas Lions are one of the favourites for the tournament in many pundits’ eyes, but not the bookmakers, surprisingly.…
Algeria ended the World Cup qualifying campaign with a nightmare of four defeats in six matches and missed out on a trip to Russia. The Desert Foxes backed it up with a couple of fine displays in recent African…
The second Group B fixture of Saturday certainly looks a bigger mismatch than the first fixture. Guinea head into the encounter as heavy favourites against a Madagascar side who are probably just happy to be participating in the tournament…
Nigeria will certainly be looking to get their 2019 AFCON campaign off to a winning start when they go up against Burundi in Alexandria. With memories of the failure to qualify for the last edition still fresh in the…
The likes of Denis Onyango, Godfrey Walusimbi and Allan Kateregga will be looking to propel underdogs, Uganda, to greatness while the likes of West Ham’s Arthur Masuaku, FC Porto’s Chancel Mbemba and Anderlecht’s Yannick Bolasie will be looking to…
This year’s tournament kicks off with a scintillating encounter between the hosts who are deemed as the tournament favourites and the Warriors of Zimbabwe who come into the competition with little or no pressure. The likes of Khama Billiat,…