
Date: Sunday 28th January, 2024
Time: 6:00 pm
Stadium Stade Alassane Quattara
Referee
Goal Scorer:
Equatorial Guinea
Micha has opted for the same starting lineup in Equatorial Guinea's last two matches, and considering the results in those games, it would come as no surprise if the head coach opted for an unchanged 11 again in this one.
Emilio Nsue, at the age of 34, scored five goals in the group stages and became the oldest player to score five or more goals in an AFCON, with Zambia's Kalusha Bwalya, who scored five in 1996, being the previous oldest aged 32.
Jose Machin also claimed a piece of history in the group stages as he became one of only three players to provide an assist in three consecutive AFCON matches, joining Yaya Toure and Martin Hongla, who achieved the same feat in 2012 and 2022, respectively.
Equatorial Guinea possible starting lineup:
Owono; Akapo, Obiang, Coco, Ndong; Salvador, Ganet, Bikoro, Miranda, Pepin; Nsue
Guinea
For Guinea, Stuttgart attacker Serhou Guirassy returned from injury and managed to play an hour before he was withdrawn in the side's 2-0 defeat to Senegal last week.
Guirassy is expected to receive the nod again on Sunday and will likely receive support in attack from Liverpool's Naby Keita, who also sat out The National Elephants' first two matches due to injury.
Guinea possible starting lineup:
Kone; Diakite, Sow, M Camara, Sylla; Moriba, Diawara; A Camara, Keita, Conte; Guirassy
Prediction: Equatorial Guinea 2-0 Guinea
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