Mali vs Angola Prediction 16.01.2023

• Competition: African Nations Championship
• Date: 16.01.2023.
• Kickoff: 16:00 UTC / 17:00 CET
• Venue: Olympic Stadium (Oran)

The quality of the African National Championship is certainly not close to the Cup of African Nations, but this is a unique opportunity for players from local clubs to show what they can do, and maybe get a place in the strongest team of their national selections.

In group D of this year's tournament, which is played in Algiers, Mauritania, Mali and Angola will compete. Only the first-placed team will continue the competition, and it is very likely that this duel will decide that position.

Mali and Angola met at the 2019 African Cup of Nations and Mali won 1-0. Mali played several friendly matches before this tournament, defeating D.R. Congo and playing tied with Uganda. Angola has not played a single official match since November last year and the duel against South Africa.

Mali vs Angola pick: UNDER 2,5 GOALS

At the moment, the bookies are keeping both teams quite close in terms of the role of favorites in this match of the 1st round. Mali may have a slight advantage because they had two test matches (which both by the way were finished with 2 or fewer goals) so they are a little more prepared than their rivals. However, this type of duel can hardly bring too many scoring chances and loose games. We don't expect more than one goal at the end of the match, under 2 goals, with exactly 2 goals being returned stake, is the best bet for this match.