Senegal went unbeaten throughout their World Cup qualification group, winning five of their six games, scoring 15 goals and conceding four.
Aliou Cisse’s team are the only African nation ranked amongst the world’s top 20 national teams.
Zimbabwe failed to win a single game in a World Cup qualification group containing Ghana, South Africa, and Ethiopia, finishing bottom after netting just two goals in six games.
Senegal among AFCON contenders again

With a host of talent from top European clubs amongst their ranks, its easily to see why 2019 runners-up Senegal are amongst the favourites to win this year’s Africa Cup of Nations in Cameroon.

Excluding penalty shootouts, Senegal are unbeaten in competitive football since a 3-1 loss to Morocco in October 2020, and shouldn’t face too many difficulties in topping Group B. Aliou Cisse’s men cruised through their group in the second round of World Cup Qualification, winning five and drawing one of their six fixtures, and scoring 15 goals in the process.

Monday’s opponents Zimbabwe are winless in their last seven games, scoring just two goals throughout that run. They drew 0-0 in a pre-tournament friendly with Sudan last week, and look unlikely to trouble Eduoard Mendy and company in their opening match, after scoring just twice in their own World Cup qualification group, finishing below Ethiopia.

Back Lions for a winning start

While Sadio Mane, Keita Balde and Ismaila Sarr rank as one of the most fearsome front threes on the continent, Senegal’s solid spine of Mendy, Kalidou Koulibaly, Chekikhou Kouyate, and Idrissa Gueye gives them a great chance of ending the nation’s wait for a first-ever major trophy this winter.

Senegal only conceded two goals en route to their silver medal in 2019, and we’re backing them to open with a shutout victory against their toothless opponents. Senegal opened their 2019 campaign with a 2-0 win, and a repeat of that scoreline looks a good correct score punt.




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塞内加尔在世界杯预选赛小组赛中保持不败，六场比赛中赢得五场，进15球，失4球。
阿利乌·西塞(Aliou Cisse)的球队是唯一一个进入世界前20强国家队的非洲国家。
在包括加纳、南非和埃塞俄比亚在内的世界杯预选赛小组中，津巴布韦一场比赛都没有赢得，在6场比赛中只进了2个球，最终垫底。
塞内加尔再次成为AFCON的竞争者

在他们的队伍中有许多来自欧洲顶级俱乐部的人才，很容易看出为什么2019年的亚军塞内加尔是在喀麦隆赢得今年非洲国家杯的热门。

不包括点球,塞内加尔不败在竞争激烈的足球自2020年10月1 - 3负于摩洛哥,和不应该面临太多的困难组b . Aliou西塞的男人路过他们组第二轮世界杯资格,赢得5和绘画的6个固定装置,在这个过程中他进了15个球。

星期一的对手津巴布韦在过去7场比赛中都没有取胜，在这7场比赛中只进了2个球。他们在上周与苏丹的一场赛前友谊赛中0-0打平，在首场比赛中似乎不太可能给爱德华·曼迪(Eduoard Mendy)及其队友带来麻烦，此前他们在世界杯预选赛小组中仅打入两球，落后于埃塞俄比亚。

这是一个胜利的开始

虽然萨迪奥·马内、凯塔·巴尔德和伊斯梅拉·萨尔是非洲大陆最令人生畏的三强之一，但塞内加尔坚实的中坚力量曼迪、卡里杜·库利巴利、切基库亚特和伊德里萨·盖耶给了他们一个很大的机会，结束这个冬季该国对第一个重大奖杯的等待。

塞内加尔在2019年只丢了两个球就获得了银牌，我们支持他们以一场对他们没有实力的对手的不败开局。塞内加尔在2019年世界杯的首场比赛中以2-0的比分获胜，如果能再次取得这样的成绩，那将是一个不错的选择。