We have reached the round of 16 stage at the Africa Cup of Nations and by using machine learning, we can form a prediction for the third match to be played in the knockout stages.
The third game to be played will take place on the 28th of January at the Alassane Ouattara Stadium between Equatorial Guinea and Guinea. Equatorial Guinea finished top of Group A while Guinea finished in third place in Group C.
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Equatorial Guinea come into the match on the back of a fantastic 4-0 win over the hosts, Ivory Coast.
Equatorial Guinea opened the scoring shortly before half time and that knocked the stuffing out of the home team.
Into the second half and Equatorial Guinea scored their second in the 73rd minute and added a third goal 2 minutes later. The damage was complete with a fourth goal in the 88th minute.
The win over Ivory Coast followed a good 4-2 victory over Guinea-Bissau in Group A. Equatorial Guinea also picked up a good point thanks to a 1-1 draw with Nigeria in the opening round of games.
Trends show Equatorial Guinea haven't lost any of their last 9 matches in all competitions. You must go back to September 2022 to find the last time Equatorial Guinea lost a game.
Despite their recent goal scoring exploits, Equatorial Guinea have seen under 2.5 goals in 7 of their last 9 fixtures, including friendlies.
Guinea come into the game having lost 2-0 to Senegal in their final match in Group C. It was always going to be difficult against a strong Senegal team but the game was level at half time.
Senegal opened the scoring in the 61st minute and added a second goal at the end of the match.
Guinea started their Africa Cup of Nations campaign with a 1-1 draw against Cameroon and that was a good result.
They backed that up with a 1-0 win over Gambia and the 4 points they accumulated were enough to see them finish as the best third place team.
Analysis shows Guinea like to keep things tight and they have seen under 2.5 goals in each of their last 5 games in all competitions, including friendlies. Guinea have also seen under 2.5 goals in their last 4 Africa Cup of Nations fixtures.
Team news: Equatorial Guinea are likely to go with the same starting XI from the win over Ivory Coast. Emilio Nsue has been the star man and he is the top scorer in the competition with 5 goals.
Guinea could also keep their team the same from their previous game. That means Sehrou Guirassy will start up-front on his own, with an emphasis on defending.
Predictive analytics show Guinea are not involved in high scoring games and their main aim will be to blunt the Equatorial Guinea attack. However, all it will take is one goal and that should be enough for Equatorial Guinea to progress.