Senegal vs Algeria Prediction: Expect a productive match?

Prediction for the match between Senegal and Algeria which will take place on September 12. Who will turn out to be stronger? Check the team conditions! Several betting options are available.

The Senegalese national team is going through great times. They have a very high-quality generation, which in 2019, for the first time in the national team's history, won silver honors at the African Cup of Nations. In 2021, they became triumphants of the competition. Moreover, in 2022, they took part in the world championship for only the third time, reaching the round of 16. After that, the Senegalese performed well at the African Nations Championship, where they reached the final and beat Algeria on penalties in the deciding game - 1:0. In addition, the wards of Aliou Cisse have already managed without any problems to be selected for CAN-2023, where they will defend the title.

The Algerian national team is another decent national team, which, in the first half of the last decade, twice in a row, qualified for the final part of the world championships. Still, the last two tournaments were held without the team's participation. They were also unsuccessful in the last African Cup of Nations when they failed to qualify from the group. At the recent African Nations Championship, they reached the final. Still, in the battle for the trophy, they suffered a defeat on penalties from the Senegalese - 0:1. After that, the Algerians entered the fight for a ticket to CAN-2023: in six meetings, they managed to score 16 out of 18 possible points, which allowed them to take the first place in the quartet.

The Senegalese national team has performed much better than the Algerian national team in recent years: victory at CAN-2021 against the group stage, reaching the round of 16 of the World Cup-2022 against non-participation in the tournament, victory at the African Nations Championship against defeat in the final of the competition. All this is indeed true, except that in a face-to-face confrontation, the team does not look so bad: in eight consecutive head-to-head meetings, they have not lost in regulation time, and in five cases, they won. And in the upcoming battle, despite its away status, Jamel Belmadi's wards can count on success.

Matches between African teams of comparable levels often turn out to be extremely closed and poor on goal events. Still, the upcoming confrontation has every chance to get out of this series. Yes, in the final of the African Nations Championship, the Senegalese beat the Algerians in a penalty shootout - 1:0, but the price of any mistake was too high in that battle. After all, the trophy was played. But in December 2022, they effectively played each other in a friendly battle - 2:2.