South African punters who want to place bets on the 2023/2024 AFCON tournament should check our AFCON betting guide. Here, you can discover some AFCON favourites to win the tournament as well as see the forms of the players.
The Africa Cup of Nations, scheduled to be hosted by Ivory Coast in 2023/2024, promises to be an exciting tournament with several strong teams vying for the title. While there are no specific favourites mentioned in the provided search results, we can gather some insights into potential contenders based on recent performances and rankings.
In recent AFCON tournaments, many South African players have positioned themselves among the top scorers, including Percy Tau and Thembinkosi Lorch. Thus, expect to see some high-profile performances from South African players in the upcoming 2023/2024 AFCON tournament, contributing to the tally of AFCON top scorers.
🌟 List of AFCON 2024 Favourites
With the AFCON qualifiers underway, fans are looking forward to the knockout stage to see who will grab the AFCON 2024 cup. If you’re making AFCON predictions, here are some of the teams high up on our list of AFCON favourites to win this competition.
🇪🇬 Egypt
Egypt, who have won the competition seven times, are one of the AFCON favourites to win the 2024 tournament. Mo Salah, who has had a tremendous year with Liverpool, will be the centre of attention. He might be able to lead them to their victory in the AFCON if he can continue his current form with the national team. In the previous competition, they were eliminated during the penalty after a draw with Senegal in the finals of AFCON 2022.
🇸🇳 Senegal
Senegal is among the top-ranked African teams according to the most recent FIFA rankings, and the winner of AFCON 2022 will try to defend their title. The home team barely made it out with the AFCON cup title, safe for a penalty. Throughout their qualification matches, the Lions of Teranga went undefeated. Additionally, they possess one of the strongest team players like Sadio Mane, Edouard Mendy, Chiekhou Kouyate, Idrissa Gana Gueye, and Kalidou Koulibaly.
🇩🇿 Algeria
Algeria is also one of the AFCON favourites to win the 2024 tournament after playing some outstanding football this season. They scored 9 goals and conceded 2 in their last five games during this AFCON qualification season. Algeria should have no trouble advancing to the knockout stage, given their excellent form.
🇲🇦 Morocco
Morocco is in excellent shape going into the AFCON 2024. The team was eliminated during their match against Egypt, which ended 2-1. With strong players like Youssef En-Nesyri, Achraf Hakimi, Romain Saiss, and Yassine Bounou, The Atlas Lions stand a chance to win. However, it will be a long shot considering Morocco last won the AFCON title back in 1976. Hopefully, they’ll be aiming for better results this time.
🇨🇲 Cameroon
One of the all-time best African football teams is Cameroon, a five-time winner of the AFCON. In the 2017 final, they defeated Egypt 2-1 to win the AFCON title. Fans can expect top players like Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting of Bayern Munich and Karl Toko-Ekambi of Olympique Lyon to feature in the AFCON finals in 2024.
🌟 AFCON 2024 Group Favourites
After the AFCON groups qualifiers, six teams have already secured their spot in the AFCON 2024 finals. AFCON 2024 will take place at the Alassane Ouattara Stadium in Ebimpe, Abidjan, with Côte d’Ivoire being the host. The tournament will kick off on January 13, 2024, and the final is planned for February 11, 2024.
Since Côte d’Ivoire is the competition’s host, it automatically qualifies. So, far countries like Senegal, Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia, South Africa, Burkina Faso, and the hosts will be in the finals.
These are the AFCON favourites that led the AFCON group stages in the competition.
🇨🇲 Cameroon
Cameroon is one of the AFCON favourites to win, defeating Burkina Faso in their last match. The team won 2 matches out of three games taking its first place in Group A.
🇸🇳 Senegal
Senegal takes the lead in Group B with five points ahead. Out of three games, they’ve won one and drawn two matches.
🇲🇦 Morocco
The Atlas Lions of Morocco lead Group C, currently leading with seven points over Gabon, Comoros, and Ghana. Ghana, a four-time winner of the AFCON tournament, dropped out of the competition after losing to Comoros. The Atlas Lions have won two of their matches, drawing only one game so far in the tournament.
🌟 AFCON 2024 top Scorers Favourites
Here’s our take on the AFCON top scorers for the 2024 competition:
⚽ Vincent Aboubakar
Vincent Aboubakar, the captain of Cameroon, was just named the greatest goal scorer in the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) 2021. Cameroon came third place in the tournament, thankfully because of Aboubakar’s additional two goals in the round, bringing his total goals in the tournament to eight.
⚽ Karl Toko Ekambi
Cameroon’s Karl Toko Ekambi comes second to Aboubakar finishing with two goals in the tournament. He was still able to help his team advance to the championship game.
⚽ Sadio Mane
Premier League’s Liverpool striker, Sadio Mane, was named the African Cup of Nations 2022 player of the tournament. This was just after Senegal won the AFCON 2022 title. Mane took the winning shot that landed Senegal its victory. He was able to score his team’s lone goal during the group stage before adding two more goals against Cape Verde in the knockout round.
⚽ Percy Tau
The talented South African forward Percy Tau is renowned for his goal-scoring capabilities and is expected to make a significant impact in the upcoming AFCON 2023/2024 tournament. Tau’s impressive performance in the qualifiers assures him as a key player to watch out for.
⚽ Thembinkosi Lorch
Another South African player to keep an eye on is Thembinkosi Lorch. His recent form at both club and international levels makes him one of AFCON’s top scoring favourites. His ambition, pacing and goal-scoring abilities can prove vital for South Africa in the upcoming tournament.
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AFCON 2024 Favourites FAQs
The favourites to win the AFCON title in 2024 are Egypt, Senegal, Algeria, Morocco, and Cameroon.
The favorite, according to the best betting sites, falls on Egypt, being a seven-time winner of the championship.
Egypt and Senegal are in the race to compete for the AFCON title. Sports fans are optimistic that Senegal may want to keep its title this time around.
The factors that determine a favourite include performance, goals, standings, home advantage and team history.
