Ivory Coast will welcome Guinea Bissau to the Alassane Ouattara Stadium in the 2023 AFCON opener. They are considered one of the favorites to win this tournament, but they will have to show that in the upcoming matches. In addition to these two teams, there are also Nigeria and Equatorial Guinea in the group. The hosts and Nigeria will certainly fight for the first two places, because realistically speaking, the other two teams cannot boast of any great quality. The hosts are making their 10th consecutive appearance in the competition. They were eliminated from the round of 16 in the previous edition by eventual runners-up Egypt and will look to improve upon that record this time around. Guinea Bissau have qualified for the competition for the fourth time in a row. Interestingly, they have been eliminated from the group stage in the last three editions and will aim to qualify for the knockout stage. What is interesting is that they still do not have a single victory, and today's opponent will certainly not be a rival that will enable them to do so. Both teams warmed up for the competition with a friendly last week. The hosts registered a comfortable 5-1 win over Sierra Leone thanks to goals from Ousmane Diomande, Franck Kessié, Jonathan Bamba, Jeremie Boga, and Lazare Amani. The visitors, on the other hand, lost convincingly 6-2 to Mali. Ivory Coast head into the match on a six-game unbeaten run across all competitions, recording four wins. They have scored 16 times in their last three games, including five in a friendly last week, and will look to count on their goalscoring prowess here. They have a very good team with a good balance of young and experienced players and is expected to field a strong starting eleven. The guests will certainly be in a subordinate position in this match and anything but a convincing victory for the hosts would be a surprise. After scoring a goal a piece in their first two appearances in 2017, they have failed to score in the following seven games. They have just one win in their last four games and a loss to Mali is not a good indicator before the start of this tournament.

科特迪瓦将在2023年非洲杯揭幕战中欢迎几内亚比绍来到阿拉萨内瓦塔拉体育场。他们被认为是赢得本届锦标赛的热门球队之一，但他们必须在接下来的比赛中证明这一点。除了这两支球队，小组中还有尼日利亚和赤道几内亚。东道主和尼日利亚肯定会为前两个席位而战，因为现实地说，另外两支球队没有什么好实力。这是东道主连续第十次参加比赛。在上一届世界杯上，他们被最终的亚军埃及淘汰出16强，这一次他们希望能打破这一纪录。几内亚比绍已经连续第四次获得参赛资格。有趣的是，在过去的三届比赛中，他们都在小组赛阶段被淘汰，他们的目标是进入淘汰赛阶段。有趣的是，他们还没有取得一场胜利，而今天的对手肯定不是一个能让他们取得胜利的对手。两队上周都进行了友谊赛热身。东道主以5-1轻松战胜了塞拉利昂，这要归功于迪奥曼德、弗兰克·凯西耶尔、乔纳森·班巴、杰雷米·博加和拉扎尔·阿曼尼的进球。另一方面，客队以2比6惨败给马里队。科特迪瓦在所有比赛中保持了六场不败，取得了四场胜利。在最近的三场比赛中，他们打进了16球，其中包括上周的友谊赛中的5球，他们将指望在这里依靠他们的进球能力。他们拥有一支非常优秀的球队，年轻球员和经验丰富的球员之间的平衡很好，预计他们将派出一个强大的首发11人。客队在这场比赛中肯定会处于从属地位，如果东道主不能取得令人信服的胜利，那就太出人意料了。在2017年的前两场比赛中打入一球后，他们在接下来的7场比赛中都没有进球。他们在最近的四场比赛中只取得了一场胜利，在这次比赛开始之前，输给马里并不是一个好的指标。