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Senegal vs Tanzania Prediction & Betting tips
Curtain up for one of the great tournament favorites at the 2019 Africa Cup. It’s always such a thing with the teams you think you can win the tournament. Not infrequently, the pressure in such cases is so high that you can not consistently retrieve the normal form. We do not expect that this phenomenon will affect the crew from Senegal these days. But the team of Aliou Cisse is too busy. Many leadership players would be able to pull the cart out of the dirt, should he ever get stuck. The Lions of Teranga have traveled to the pyramids with great ambitions and strive for their first African Cup title.
The draw has not brought Senegal a very light group, especially since Algeria should be an unpleasant opponent. You have to beat Kenya if you want to go to the next round and then there is Tanzania. The East Africans are qualified for the African Cup for the first time since 1980 and should be one of the biggest underdogs in the tournament. Basically, the Taifa Stars go with a team of nameless in the African Cup, if not Mbwana Samatta would, who was just in the Belgian Jupiler League top scorer and shot the KRC Genk for the championship title. Nevertheless, it is clear that before the game between Senegal and Tanzania, the forecast can only go in the direction of the lions of Teranga. For Tanzania, qualifying is already a huge success. Of course, Emmanuel Amunike’s team will also dream of the round of 16, but given the difficult group stage stage, we think the Taifa Stars will probably have to travel home after three games. In the opening match between Senegal and Tanzania, we can not avoid a tip on the favorites. For the outsider remains the hope that the comeback at the African Cup is not completely in the pants. The kick-off for the group match at the Africa Cup 2019 between Senegal and Tanzania in the stadium of June 30th of Cairo will take place on 23.06.2019 at 18:00.
Senegal:
Superstition is very widespread in Africa. That’s why Aliou Cisse named his final squad on May 31, the day the Teranga Lions made history and won against France at the opening match of the 2002 World Cup in South Korea. Senegal has a top squad and is the best team in Africa in the world rankings. However, Aliou Cisse does not believe that his team would be the big favorite. The Senegal has not lost seven games and recently celebrated six wins in a row. The team is in good shape and also the World Cup finals in the preliminary round, as Senegal only took third place because of more cards collected, seems to have left no scars. Although the coach does not discuss it publicly: nternally he will have to spend the tournament victory as a goal. Therefore, we have no choice but to play in the match between Senegal and Tanzania, the odds on a victory of the lions of Teranga.
This year, there were only three official matches, in which Senegal prevailed against the African Cup participants Madagascar, Mali and Nigeria. Especially the Nigerians are also considered one of the contenders for the title. This means that the lions can not only compete with the African top, but absolutely belong to it.
Coach Aliou Cisse remains persistent. He does not see his team in the role of favorites, but still demands sweat, tears and blood from his players to be successful. Those body fluids can save superstar Sadio Mane in the first match. The striker from Liverpool and captain of the lions will be missing in the opening match namely locked. Two yellow cards in qualifying mean a game break. Against Tanzania Aliou Cisse should be able to do without his attacker, because the squad is so richly occupied that it would be enough to win without Sadio Mane.
Tanzania:
We have already mentioned Mbwana Samatta. He is the Tanzanian top star – and probably the only one. The most famous protagonist, the Taifa Stars have on board, is the coach. Emmanuel Amunike caused a sensation with the Super Eagles from Nigeria in the 1990s at World Championships and the Olympic Games in Atlanta. He also played for Sporting Lisbon and FC Barcelona. With his experience, he led the Taifa Stars to the Africa Cup. The qualifying group with Uganda, Lesotho and Cape Verde made this jump possible. Now the East Africans want to leave a positive business card at the African Cup. Nevertheless, we would predict ahead of the first group match between Senegal and Tanzania that the Taifa Stars will retire after the preliminary round. In the bookmakers, the team of Emmanuel Amunike is definitely considered one of the biggest outsiders. If we look at the squad, we can not imagine that Tanzania will be the surprise team at the Africa Cup.
In the last two test matches, the East Africans have done relatively well. Against Egypt you had to beat only with 0: 1. In addition came a 1-1 against Zimbabwe. So we can not assume that Tanzania will be cannon fodder on its return to the Africa Cup. Apparently, the level is also closer together in Africa, so that there are no more soccer gnomes there.
Emmanuel Amunike also sees that, which gives all the participating teams a good report. Of course, as well as his own team. Although the respect for Senegal is great, the Nigerian believes in a victory against the lions of Teranga. But on Sunday everything would have to fit well. In other words, Tanzania must be defensively well off and maybe use the one big chance on offense. Then Mbwana Samatta comes back in the game, who is finally responsible for the goals of Taifa Stars.
Senegal vs Tanzania head to head matches
22.02.09 ANC Senegal Tanzania 1 : 0