Zambia vs the Ivory Coast betting tip 2025 - Picks and Predictions for the AFCON Qualifiers match on November 15th, 2024

Stadium and City where Zambia vs the Ivory Coast will occur

The game will be played in the great Levy Mwanawasa Stadium stadium, in the city of Ndola, with a capacity for 49800 spectators, that will try to help the team achieve a positive result.

Where to follow the live game

You can find all the follow-up to the match live on Betarena, bringing odds, events, statistics, and more to help with your sports betting.

Introduction to the Zambia vs the Ivory Coast betting tip 2025

Zambia and the Ivory Coast will meet each other in a football match counting for AFCON Qualifiers on November 15th, 2024, Friday at 16:00h (UTC), in World, check the Zambia vs the Ivory Coast betting tip 2025 to win with your bets.

With the participation of all 54 African teams affiliated with FIFA, the AFCON qualifiers determine who will be the 24 participants in the main phase of the tournament, which takes place every two years. With two stages, the qualifier has a preliminary round with 12 teams, from which the last six qualify for the group stage. At this stage, there are 48 teams divided into 12 groups, with the top two from each group advancing to the final phase.

The final phase of the African Cup of Nations is a bi-annual competition that brings together the continent's major forces. The tournament has been running since 1957, with variations in the intervals between one edition and another, but never failed to be played for more than four years.

Zambia last match

Zambia arrives from a victory in the last match they played. The contest against Chad, valid for the AFCON Qualifiers, ended with a score of 0-1 in favor of the team.

the Ivory Coast last match

On the other hand, the visiting team arrives at this match after a defeat in the last round. In a dispute valid for AFCON Qualifiers, the Ivory Coast, who used a 4-3-3 formation, faced the Sierra Leone team with a final score of 1-0.

Zambia vs the Ivory Coast h2h

The previous meeting between these two nations was in the 2025 season of the AFCON Qualifiers. The meeting took place on 06-09-2024 and ended with a 2-0 win for the Ivory Coast.

The performance of the the Ivory Coast team in their five recent games to date has been relatively good, unlike the Zambia team.

Zambia

AFCON Qualifiers leaderboard now

Zambia comes into this match with seven points in 2nd place of Group G in the AFCON Qualifiers, in a campaign that has a total of 2 wins, 1 loss, and 1 draw.

If the AFCON Qualifiers were to conclude now, the Zambia team would be going to the the Final Tournament, since they are in the position 2 of the group. However, with 2 games still to play, Zambia can still reach the position 1 on the league table and can get a maximum of 13 points if they win their remaining matches.

Zambia analysis

Currently, in the AFCON Qualifiers, Zambia sums 4 goals for and a total of 4 goals against, after 4 rounds played.

Best goalscorer from Zambia

In the individual highlights of the team in the offensive sector, the focus falls on Kennedy Musonda so far in the competition. With 2 goals with his signature, the Attacker has helped his team Zambia to achieve victorious results this season.

the Ivory Coast

AFCON Qualifiers leaderboard now

The Ivory Coast are with 9 points and currently occupy 1st place in Group G which puts them in the qualifying zone for the 8th Finals, with a campaign of 3 wins, 0 draws, and 1 loss.

If the AFCON Qualifiers were to conclude now, the the Ivory Coast team would be going to the the Final Tournament, since they are in the position 1 of the group. So, with 2 games still to be played, the Ivory Coast is in a good position and can get up to a maximum of 15 points in this competition if they win all these upcoming matches.

the Ivory Coast analysis

After 4 rounds, the Ivory Coast has a positive ratio of goals scored and goals against. The team sums 8 goals for and 2 conceded.

It is an average ball possession of 65.5% that the the Ivory Coast team usually uses to control the game. The reason for this is ball possession above 50% typically allows teams to have some control over their opponents.

the Ivory Coast averages 4.75 shots in the mirror per match in this competition. It therefore shows marked offensive qualities, and is more likely to go to the net and win games.

the Ivory Coast is a more offensive team than Zambia, having 384 attacks vs. 363 from Zambia, having scored 8 times, in comparison, Zambia converted into goal 4 times.

Best goalscorer from the Ivory Coast

Individually, the team's most offensive player in the competition so far is Jean-Philippe Krasso. He has scored 3 times in the current season and has helped the Ivory Coast come out with a positive result on several occasions.

Bet suggestions for this game:

Goals Top Betting Tips

the Ivory Coast has conceded 1 away goal in 2 away matches. Here the recommended bet will be that the Ivory Coast will have a clean sheet, remember that the last time these teams met the score was 2-0, something to take into consideration.

75-90 minutes into the game is a good time to bet with most goals being made in this period.

Bets on the under 2.5 goals market is an alternative because adding the goals scored at home by Zambia 1.5 and the average conceding goals of the visiting team the Ivory Coast 1 does not exceed the average of 3 goals, suggesting a good entry in this market.

At the bookmaker Bet365, the market of Total Goals Under 2.5 is with great odds.

Corners Top Betting Tips

A good thing to note for those wanting to get sports betting results is that there is an average of 5.38 corners per game.

the Ivory Coast is usually quite offensive in their matches, and this has resulted in a high average of corner kicks in the competition. Currently, the team averages 6.5 corners per game played. Therefore, it might be interesting to bet on the over corner kicks of the Ivory Coast in this match.

Cards Top Betting Tips

Highly disciplined, the teams have an average of only 2.25 yellow cards per match, when added together. In other words, the 'Under 4.5 cards' option looks like a great alternative for bettors.

This is a match with several good betting entries to have some return on sports betting.

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