Tuesday night, at 19:00, at Oyem, the “Stade d’Oyem” play Morocco – Ivory Coast, a match that decided the second team from Group C, going African Cup quarterfinals.
Morocco started with bad luck in this edition of the African Cup in that first match in Group C was a defeat, 0-1 against the Democratic Republic of Congo. There was a duel with the other team considered outsiders, Togo, in front of which had more luck, imposing 3-1, thanks to goals from Bouhaddouz successful, En-Nesyri and Saïss and thus Morocco occupies second place in Group C with three points, one fewer than the Democratic Republic of Congo, the team is currently in first place.
On the other side, the paper calculations gave a clear favorite Ivory Coast to win Group C, it implicitly competition because it is reigning trophy holder. Performance team lead on the bank of Michel Dussuyer was quite shy in the first two stages, perhaps because of this, Ivory Coast managed only two draws, thanks to which is ranked 3rd in Group C with two points less than the team on first and one against Morocco team which meets in the previous stage.
Probable teams:
Morocco (5-3-2): Munir – Mendyl, Saïss, Da Costa, Benatia, Dirar – El Kaddour, Boussoufa, El Ahmadi – Fajr Bouhaddouz.
Ivory Coast (4-4-2): Gbohouo – Traore, Kanon, Bailly Aurier – Doukoure, Die, Kess – Kalou, Bony, Zaha
Ivory Coast is the easy favorite, but the share of those from Morocco declined by 0.5 meantime, which could mean that many people lean on a favorable outcome of this team. In other news, being a game of major importance in the qualification in the quarterfinals at stake, players are likely to be angry and so to see at least three yellow cards.
Prediction: Over 2,5 goals
Odds: 2.45
