Senegal VS Benin Match Prediction
2019-07-10
16:00:00
Senegal
VS
Benin
Our Prediction Tip
Senegal will win this match.
2019-07-1016:00:00 Senegal will win this match.
Senegal are unbeaten against Benin in four matches, winning three of those and drawing the other. The last meeting came back in 2008 in a friendly in which they won 1-2.
Bet365 have the following odds available for this match:
Senegal are at ½ to win, a draw is at 11/4, and a Benin win is at 13/2.
Senegal have had a very up and down sort of tournament so far. They finished in second place in Group C, losing to Algeria and winning their other two matches, which got them into the Round of 16 and a meeting with Uganda. Despite them having a chance to put them game away with a penalty, yet again, they didn’t, and that will be their fear ahead of this quarterfinal against a team they should be beating. Over the past year, they have nine wins, a draw, and a loss, quite the run.
Benin battled very hard in the group stages, winning none of their three matches but still finding a way to get a single point from all of them. Those draws with much bigger Cameroon and Ghana, as well as a point from Guinea-Bissau was enough to push them into the quarterfinals. They were very much expected to be beaten soundly by Morocco, but they held out with ten men and ultimately dumped out the Group D winners on penalties. Overall, their past year has seen them win four times, win on penalties. once, draw four times, and lose two times.
No for both sides scoring, via Betfair, is at 1.47.
Ladbrokes have Senegal winning the tournament at 5/2 at the moment.
Senegal can be inconsistent, and even Sadio Mane is, but it’s hard to see him and his side being held out of the last four, such is their superiority. But it won’t be made easy by Benin, who know they have a huge opportunity for another upset.
Aliou Cisse has quite a strong squad relative to the continent as whole, and while he could make a couple of changes, he is likely to stick with what he has and then call upon reinforcements if needed.
Sadio Mane has been the epicenter, to no real surprise, for Senegal all tournament long, but it’s not always been positive. He has missed two of the three penalties he has taken, including one that would have had them up two goals in the win over Uganda, as well as having scored three times so far. Which Mane shows up is sure to be decisive. Right back Lamine Gassama has had two assists in the tournament so far, and he is one to keep a watch on as they will be expected to get forward more and have more possession.
Senegal have four wins and a loss in their last five matches:
0-1 win vs Uganda
0-3 win vs Kenya
0-1 loss vs Algeria
2-0 win vs Tanzania
1-0 home win vs Nigeria (Fri)
Michel Dussuyer will be without center back Khaled Adenon for this fixture after he was sent off for receiving two yellow cards in the penalty victory over Morocco on Friday. The Amiens man will be a big miss for them, as they lack experience at the back.
Stephane Sessegnon is by far the man to watch for this Benin side, as he is the captain and leads the nation in both caps and in goals scored all-time. He’s grabbed 22 goals in 77 appearances for his country, but he’s yet to get off the mark here in this AFCON. If he does, he could give his team the shot in the arm it needs to get a shocking ‘W.’ Going forward, striker Mickael Pote has been a threat so far for the underdogs. He has two goals in the tournament, giving them some hope they could grab a goal and possibly hang on to it.
Benin have four draws and a win in their last five matches:
1-1 draw, penalty win vs Morocco
0-0 draw vs Cameroon
0-0 draw vs Guinea-Bissau
2-2 draw vs Ghana
3-1 home win vs Mauritania (Fri)
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