Congo U23 vs Guinea U23 Prediction: Both teams bid for their first win

The match between Congo U23 and Guinea U23 will be the first of its kind at this stage of the Africa Cup of Nations U23 and will take place at the Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium. Both of these countries started the tournament with defeats, so heading into it, they will have high hopes for doing better this time around. But what do you think the outcome of this match will be?

After playing to a tie with South Africa in the qualification final stage, Congo U23 qualified for this Africa Cup of Nations U23 tournament thanks to the away goal advantage rule. Despite a late and dramatic effort on Saturday, the Leopards can only picture themselves starting this tournament with a loss to Ghana U23. In what was a five-goal second-half thriller, Ghana U23 took a 3-0 lead at 83 minutes owing to a brace scored by 20-year-old Emmanuel Yeboah and a goal scored by Ernest Nuamah in the 50th minute. Reich Kokolo and Yann Ngatse, however, helped pull two back for Congo U23, but it was not enough for this team to at least secure a draw with their efforts. Despite this, this game is an absolute must-win for this team if they want to maintain a good chance of qualifying for the next round; therefore, they simply cannot afford to put forth a lackluster performance here.

In spite of the fact that they played exceptionally well in the qualification final match against Nigeria in order to secure their berth in this tournament, the Guinea U23 team was unable to avoid defeat at the hands of the host nation, Morocco, in their first match. In that contest, Guinea U23 got off to a flying start, winning the first half courtesy of a goal scored by Algassime Bah at the 45+2 minute mark. Abde scored both of Morocco's goals from the penalty spot, one in the sixty-eighth minute and the other in the ninety-eighth minute plus eight in the additional time, which caused the game to take a different direction. However, despite the fact that this team does not appear to be lost at the moment, they are surely aware that in order to win, they will need to find their way on the defensive side while also keeping up their offensive play. The Guinea U23 are now in the third spot in the Group A standings going into this matchup with zero points.

Both of these teams' hopes of advancing to the next round of the competition are currently at risk, and a win appears to be an absolute must for either side to have at this point. The two teams, however, do not appear to be playing poorly based on how they started their respective campaigns. As a result of the strong play both teams have displayed thus far, the outcome of this match is expected to be relatively close. In spite of this, I will be putting my faith in Congo U23 in this match because of their tenacious performance and fantastic offensive play in a game that is only supposed to have one team score.