South Africa and Tunisia do battle for the place in the AFCON last-16
South Africa vs Tunisia - 24/01/2024
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We have reached the final gameweeks in the group stages of the African Cup of Nations.
One game that will be decisive in gameweek three is the clash between South Africa and Tunisia in Group C, with everything still to play for when it comes to qualification for the knockout stages.
What do both teams need to make the knockout stages?
South Africa knows that they will finish in at least third place in the group if they avoid defeat. A victory would ensure that Bafana Bafana will be in the competition's knockout stages.
However, having taken just a point from their opening two games, nothing but a victory will be good enough for qualification for the next phase of the competition for Tunisia.
Stats and recent international form
The 4-0 win over Namibia last time out was much needed, as it ended a run of three games without a win for South Africa and also ended a three-game goal drought in all competitions.
The game was a low-scoring outing for Bafana Bafana, as their lack of goals had been a factor in their previous three games, which produced under 2.5 goals.
Tunisia kicked off their campaign with a rare defeat, as they went down to a surprise 1-0 defeat against Namibia. In gameweek two, Mali held the north African team to a 1-1 draw.
The loss against Namibia was a rare one, as it was their only defeat in six international outings. Tunisia’s recent outings have lacked goals, with under 2.5 goals scored in their last five outings.
All square in the recent head-to-head
When it comes to meetings between these two teams, the head-to-head is all square, as the pair have each won three of the last six meetings.
However, the last meeting between the two sides was in the 2008 AFCON, when Tunisia recorded a 3-1 win, their second straight win over their opponents.
What does Forebet predict?
Forebet predicts that Tunisia will record what will be a vital victory in a low-scoring encounter.
Home team
Away team
Pred
Correct score
Avg. goals
Weather conditions
Coef.
Score
Live
coef.
Acn
312841
2
0 - 1
2.23
31°
2.20
4.00
2.88
2.20
no
no
no
0 - 0(0 - 0)
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