This is the first Africa Cup of Nations tournament in the era of the corona thing, it was scheduled to be played in 2021 and a year-long delay because of the pandemic hasn't really achieved that much. Stadiums will be limited to 60 % of a stadium's capacity and 80 % for hosting nation Cameroon. To short it up, we here take a bet on Zimbabwe +1.5, as I do expect them to give a good battle in a duel against Senegal.

When it comes to favorites of the tournament, Algeria is the previous champions and have a crazy streak of 40 games unbeaten since the 2018 year, indeed, some of those were friendly games too! Therefore, Algeria is amongst the favorites in Cameroon to lift the trophy. Football experts with degrees have put Morroco, Nigeria, Egypt, Senegal, Cote d' Ivoire, and Algeria as the main favs. Senegal is so, one of the favorites to do well in this tournament. Because, first of all, they've got Liverpool's Sadio Mane, Edouard Mendy and Napoli's Kalidou Koulibaly in the team. But the most recent news are problematic for the team of Senegal: they will miss several key players and surely the pressure is increasing on Mane's nation. Here is what the coach said: "I was looking at the composition of our team," Cisse said. "Compared to our last match against Congo, I can already tell you we have six indisputable starting players who are not on the squad list: Edouard Mendy, Krepin Diatta, Ismaila Sarr, Nampalys Mendy, Kalidou Koulibaly, and Saliou Ciss. "Having six absent starting players, it's true that it's worrying but we are still going into the game against Zimbabwe full of confidence." So, 2 key players and 3 regulars are missing.

Zimbabwe are aware of their level and are not the one that promises to qualify for the next stage, have the first game in the tournament against one of the favorites, and will aim to avoid a 3rd successive group-stage exit. The last 2 tournaments were poor for the southern African side who will need to be near-perfect to stand any chance of avoiding defeat in this one. They know that. They had a preparation game at the start of January 2022 and managed to keep the 0 with Sudan. In the previous year, in June, two teams met in COSAFA Cup and Senegal won 2-1 with the late goal (in the 88th minute), Zimbabwe was decent in that game and if they repeat that level or do better, that will be very nice for our bet.

It will be not an easy game here for two teams, I can even say I do expect a boring match with not many goals, maximum 2 goals. In spite of that, with all said about missings in Senegal, Zimbabwe should have chances to avoid the loss here, value odds should be taken with regular stakes on Zimbabwe +1.5 handicap.

非洲国家杯锦标赛原定于 2021 年举行，但由于疫情而推迟了一年，但并没有真正取得太大的成就。体育场将被限制为体育场容量的 60% 和 80% 的主办国喀麦隆。简而言之，我们在这里押注津巴布韦最多输疫情，因为我确实看好他们在与塞内加尔的决斗中表现出色。

谈到夺冠的热门，阿尔及利亚是之前的冠军，自 2018 年以来疯狂地保持了 40 场不败，事实上，其中一些也是友谊赛！因此，阿尔及利亚是喀麦隆捧起奖杯的热门人选之一。拥有学位的足球专家将摩洛哥、尼日利亚、埃及、塞内加尔、科特迪瓦和阿尔及利亚作为主要的最爱。塞内加尔就是如此，是本次比赛中表现出色的热门球队之一。因为，首先，他们有利物浦的萨迪奥·马内、爱德华·门迪和那不勒斯的卡利杜·库利巴利。但是最近的消息对塞内加尔队来说是个问题：他们将错过几名关键球员，而且马内的国家的压力肯定在增加。教练是这样说的：“我在看我们球队的组成，”西塞说。 “与我们上一场对阵刚果的比赛相比，我已经可以告诉你，我们有六名无可争议的首发球员不在大名单上：爱德华·门迪、克雷平·迪亚塔、伊斯梅拉·萨尔、南帕利斯·门迪、卡利杜·库利巴利和萨利乌·西斯。”首发球员缺席，确实令人担忧，但我们仍然充满信心地进入对阵津巴布韦的比赛。”因此，缺席了 2 名主力球员和 3 名常客。

津巴布韦知道他们的水平，并且没有承诺晋级下一阶段，在锦标赛中与热门之一进行第一场比赛，并且旨在避免连续第三次小组赛出局。过去的两场比赛对南部非洲球队来说很糟糕，他们需要近乎完美才能站稳脚跟避免在这一场比赛中失败的机会。他们知道这一点。他们在 2022 年 1 月开始进行了一场备战比赛，并设法与苏丹保持 0 分。在前一年的六月，两支球队在 COSAFA 杯上相遇，塞内加尔在最后时刻（第 88 分钟）以 2-1 取胜，津巴布韦在那场比赛中表现不错，如果他们能重复那个水平或做得更好，那将是非常适合我们的赌注。

对于两支球队来说，这将不是一场轻松的比赛，我甚至认为有可能是一场无聊的比赛，进球不多，最多 2 个进球。预测塞内加尔最多小胜。