Senegal vs Ivory Coast prediction, odds, expert football betting tips and best bets for AFCON Round of 16
Defending champions Senegal look very much up to that designation as they match up against tournament hosts Ivory Coast in the AFCON 2023 Round of 16 on Monday.
While the hosts reached the knockout stage by the thinnest of margins, it was ugly enough on the whole that Ivory Coast made the seismic and unusual decision to sack coach Jean-Louis Gasset before they even found out whether Round of 16 qualification was secured.
Former Ivory Coast international and assistant to Gasset, Emerse Fae, has taken over on an interim basis hoping to salvage the team's performances and engineer a turnaround, but he faces a tall task of dethroning the 2021 winners who look every bit themselves from three years ago.
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Sadio Mane's influence has been as advertised despite struggles this year at club level, and his supporting cast of Ismaila Sarr, Lamine Camara, and others have provided ample support to his talisman efforts.
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As tournament title hopefuls like Algeria, Egypt, Cameroon, Nigeria, and Morocco all show signs of weakness in early disappointments of various levels, Senegal have thundered into the AFCON knockout stage as the side that looks most likely to produce a title charge.
The defending champions have thus far been up to the task as others falter around them, including their opponents here, tournament hosts Ivory Coast. The Elephants squeaked into the knockout stage via the third-place table, winning their opener before succumbing to a pair of damaging defeats.
Changing coaches before even being eliminated from the competition screams desperation, and Ivory Coast will have an enormous uphill battle to
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