Benin vs Senegal Prediction & Betting Tips - AFCON

Prediction published on 16/06/2023, 12:57  by Daniel Ngulu in AFCON Prediction

Senegal’s AFCON title defence is well on course even as they travel for a qualification game away in Benin. The African champions lead Group L with 12 points, 10 ahead of bottom placed Benin. The hosts’ hopes of qualifying remain alive but very slim. Failure to win here will almost extinguish Benin’s hopes of reaching the AFCON finals. Their recent form doesn’t look decent at all, without a win in five matches. Benin drew back-to-back with Rwanda in their last two matches and are yet to win in this group. In their opening match with Senegal, they lost 3-1. In their last six matches, Benin haven't kept a clean sheet, but they’ve failed to score in just one of seven. Their run in AFCON qualification is also poor. They come into this game without a win in seven AFCON qualification matches. Benin haven't scored more than a goal in five home matches in AFCON qualification

Senegal will definitely start this game as favorites even though they won’t be under any pressure. They’ve already qualified for the competition, with four wins in four matches. In their last five matches, the only loss Senegal have suffered was against England at the World Cup. When it comes to Africa, Senegal are kings. They are looking to defend their title, and have been to the final in the last two AFCON editions. In AFCON qualification, they are unbeaten in 24 matches. They have 21 wins in the 24 AFCON matches that came before this. In four straight away matches in AFCON qualification, Senegal haven't conceded a goal. After missing the 2022 World Cup, Sadio Mane is back to lead Senegal. The Bayern Munich forward will be key for the Lions of Teranga in this game. He has five goals in their four group matches.