Algeria boast a star-studded squad with players from Europe’s top-five leagues.
Seven of Algeria’s last nine wins within 90 minutes eclipsed a -2 handicap.
Sierra Leone failed to win four of their only five prior AFCON tournament games.
Defending champions Algeria could send a message

After winning the 2019 AFCON in good style, conceding just two goals across their seven tournament games en route to the a 1-0 success in the final, Algeria look to become the first African nation to successfully defend an AFCON crown since Egypt won three in a row between 2006-2010.

The Algerians are simply irresistible in this sphere, they have 11 squad players plying their trade across Europe’s top-five leagues including the likes of Riyad Mahrez and Said Benrahma of the Premier League.

With these players at their disposal, Algeria have managed to go on an incredible run of 45 games while recording just one defeat since November 2018, and that defeat came against one of only two CAF nations ranked higher than themselves by FIFA (Morocco). As such, Algeria will be licking their lips at the prospect of facing Sierra Leone.

Bus fare home for Sierra Leone

If Sierra Leone are to upset the apple cart and somehow qualify for this group, they will likely look towards their games against Ivory Coast and more realistically, Equatorial Guinea for points. However, failing to beat the likes of Ethiopia and Morocco’s B team recently hardly inspires confidence.

Sierra Leone failed to even get on the scoresheet in five of their last seven games and those were often against much lesser opposition than Algeria. It would take a brave man to back the Leone Stars here as this looks like a case of damage limitation from the outset.

Given the clear gulf in class, I predict a landslide victory for Algeria as they look to send a message to the rest of the AFCON nations, 3-0 looks to have a good chance in the correct score market – watch out for Premier League stars bagging for the Greens!




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阿尔及利亚拥有一支由欧洲五大联赛球员组成的明星阵容。
在阿尔及利亚最近90分钟内赢得的九场比赛中，有七场的比分都是-2。
塞拉利昂在此前仅有的五场AFCON比赛中有四场未能获胜。
卫冕冠军阿尔及利亚可能会发出一个信号

阿尔及利亚以良好的风格赢得2019年AFCON冠军，在七场比赛中只丢了两个球，最终以1-0的比分获胜。阿尔及利亚有望成为自2006-2010年埃及连续三次赢得AFCON冠军以来首个成功卫冕AFCON冠军的非洲国家。

阿尔及利亚人在这个领域是不可抗拒的，他们有11名球员在欧洲五大联赛中踢球，包括像Riyad Mahrez和Said Benrahma这样的英超球员。

在这些球员的帮助下，阿尔及利亚自2018年11月以来取得了令人难以置信的45场比赛的连胜，但只有一场失利，而这场失利是输给了国际足联排名高于他们的两个CAF国家之一(摩洛哥)。因此，阿尔及利亚将在面对塞拉利昂的前景时舔着嘴唇。

乘公共汽车回家去塞拉利昂

如果塞拉利昂想要打破现状，以某种方式进入这一小组，他们很可能会关注他们与科特迪瓦的比赛，以及更现实的赤道几内亚的比赛。然而，最近未能击败埃塞俄比亚和摩洛哥等B队，很难激发人们的信心。

塞拉利昂在过去的七场比赛中甚至有五场都没有进球，而他们的对手往往比阿尔及利亚弱得多。支持利昂之星乐队需要一个勇敢的人因为从一开始这就像是一个损失限制的案例。

考虑到在课堂上的明显差距，我预测阿尔及利亚会取得压倒性的胜利，因为他们希望向AFCON的其他国家传递一个信息，3-0看起来在正确的得分市场有一个很好的机会-注意英超球星为绿党袋装!