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Angola national football team
Africa Cup of Nations | Group Stage
Jan 23, 2024 at 8pm UK
Stade de Yamoussoukro
Burkina Faso national football team

Angola
2 - 0
Burkina Faso

Mabululu (36'), Zini (90+2')
Mabululu (36'), Milson (79'), Neblu (88')
FT(HT: 1-0)

Ouedraogo (27')

Preview: Angola vs. Burkina Faso - prediction, team news, lineups

Sports Mole previews Tuesday's Africa Cup of Nations clash between Angola and Burkina Faso, including predictions, team news and possible lineups.

Angola and Burkina Faso round off their Africa Cup of Nations group-stage campaign with a meeting at the Charles Konan Banny Stadium on Tuesday.

Having both all but guaranteed themselves a place in the knockout phase, the teams now set out to finish as group winners by coming out on top here.


Match preview

Angola claimed a thrilling 3-2 victory over Al-Murabitun of Mauritania when the sides went head-to-head at Stade de la Paix on Saturday evening.

Pedro Goncalves's men took the lead right on the half-hour mark through Gelson Dala but were pegged back by Sidi Bouna Amar before a quickfire from Dala and Gilberto decided the game, rendering Aboubakary Koita's strike inconsequential.

Consequently, the Black Sable antelopes have moved up to first place in Group D, level on points with Burkina Faso ahead of the meeting in Yamoussoukro.

Next up is the challenge of an opposing outfit with little to pick between the teams over the previous six meetings which have yielded two wins apiece and two draws.

Now without defeat in their last eight matches, Angola will be confident of picking up a positive result to keep their strong AFCON display going.

Burkina Faso played out a thrilling 2-2 share of the spoils against the Fennec Foxes of Algeria in Saturday's encounter at Stade de la Paix.

Hubert Velud's men led 1-0 and 2-1 thanks to strikes from Mohamed Konate and Bertrand Traore but were pegged back on both occasions by Baghdad Bounedjah.

With four points from their two AFCON matches so far, Les Etalons are behind their next opponents only on goal difference at the top of what remains an open group.

Unbeaten in seven of their last eight outings across all competitions, Burkina Faso have proven themselves to be a tough nut to crack of late.

Angola Africa Cup of Nations form:


Angola form (all competitions):


Burkina Faso Africa Cup of Nations form:


Burkina Faso form (all competitions):



Team News

Adama Guira is a doubt for Burkina Faso here having come off with an injury scare in the first half of the draw against Algeria last time out.

Bertrand Traore has found the back of the net in consecutive matches as a substitute and could be rewarded with a place in the starting XI here.

Angola's Gelson Dala has found the back of the net six times in his last six games for club and country, making the forward one to keep an eye on here.

Following his double against Mauritania, Dala has now scored the most goals of any active player for his nation and the sixth-most in history.


Angola possible starting lineup:
Neblu; Fortuna, Buatu, Gaspar, Afonso; Show, Fredy; Dala, Zini, Gilberto; Mabululu

Burkina Faso possible starting lineup:
Koffi; Yago, Tapsoba, Dayo, Nagalo; Ouedraogo, Toure; Tapsoba, Sangare, Traore; Konate


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We say: Angola 1-1 Burkina Faso

Both Angola and Burkina Faso have given a good account of themselves over the opening two matches and will be full of confidence heading into this one. We are backing a share of the spoils with honours even at the end of the 90 minutes.


For data analysis of the most likely results, scorelines and more for this match please click here.


Top tip

Our expert tipster partners at Sporita.com are predicting under 2.5 goals in this match. Click here to find out what else they are predicting for this game and for more of their tried-and-tested football tips.Under 2.5:data


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How you voted: Angola vs Burkina Faso

Angola
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Draw
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Burkina Faso
24.3%
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Q Equatorial Guinea flag Eq Guinea32107
Q Nigeria Nigeria32107
Q Cote D'Ivoire flag Ivory Coast31023
4 Guinea-Bissau flag Guinea-Bissau30030

Group B

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Q Cape Verde flag Cape Verde32107
Q Egypt Egypt30303
3 Ghana flag Ghana30212
4 Mozambique flag Mozambique30212

Group C

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Q Senegal flag Senegal33009
Q Guinea flag Guinea31114
Q Cameroon flag Cameroon31114
4 Gambia flag Gambia30030

Group D

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Q Angola Angola32107
Q Burkina Faso flag Burkina Faso31114
Q Mauritania flag Mauritania31023
4 Algeria Algeria30212

Group E

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Q Mali flag Mali31205
Q South Africa South Africa31114
Q Namibia Namibia31114
4 Tunisia Tunisia30212

Group F

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Q Morocco Morocco32107
Q DR Congo flag Congo DR30303
3 Tanzania flag Tanzania30212
4 Zambia flag Zambia30212


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