Tips for match Mali — Ivory Coast

In the quarterfinals of the African Cup on February 3, the national teams of Mali and the hosts of the tournament, Cote d'Ivoire, will play. Despite the fact that Côte d'Ivoire has a stronger roster of individual players and the fact that they are holding a tournament, the odds for their victory in regular time are quite high - as much as 2.3. But it seems to me that it is not worth betting on a clear victory in regular time, but it is better to use the Handicap 2 (0) option, odds 1.57.

The Mali national team has been undefeated for 11 matches in a row, they won their group (albeit with only 5 points), but in all the last matches there were no strong opponents in the group, at least at the level of the Ivory Coast team. Almost the entire Mali national team plays in the French championship and only the captain of Mali, Amari Traore, plays for Real Sociedad. It’s also not a top club, but it plays there almost consistently at the base - already 19 matches this season. Reaching the quarterfinals is already a success for Mali and after such a long series without defeat, in my opinion, it will be Ivory Coast that will break it and advance further.

Ivory Coast miraculously qualified for the round of 16 after finishing 3rd in the group, with their head coach sacked and Senegal as opponents in the first leg of the knockout stage. At the same time, the hosts of the tournament did not look terrible in the match with Senegal, of course there was some luck, but to look like an outsider as the bookmakers put them - definitely not. Home stands, a huge boost of motivation after defeating the reigning African Cup holders will add motivation to Cote d'Ivoire.

Sportwars.net forecast for the match Mali - Cote d'Ivoire, ¼ African Cup: AH 2 (0), odds 1.57.