Guinea vs DR Congo Prediction and Betting Tips

Guinea will face DR Congo at the Alassane Ouattara Ebimpé Olympic Stadium on Saturday in another 2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier. The National Elephants endured a slow start to their AFCON qualifying campaign but have picked up results in recent games and remain in contention to advance from Group H.

They locked horns with last-placed Ethiopia in their last group game and picked up a 3-0 win, with Abdoulaye Toure's first-half strike sandwiched between goals from Borussia Dortmund man Serhou Guirassy.

DR Congo, meanwhile, have breezed through the qualifiers and confirmed a spot in the final tournament next year. They beat Tanzania 2-0 in their last match and had looked set to be headed toward a goalless draw before Young Boys' Meschack Elia came off the bench to score a late brace for the Leopards.

While Sebastien Desabre's men have nothing to play for after sealing qualification, their weekend opponents require a win on Saturday to remain in the driving seat ahead of their closing-day clash against Tanzania.

Guinea vs DR Congo Head-to-Head and Key Numbers

There have been eight meetings between Guinea and Congo. Guinea have won two of those games while Congo have won six times, with their final matchup ending in a draw.
The two teams last faced off in the reverse meeting of Saturday's fixture the Leopards won 1-0 via a first-half stunner from Watford midfielder Edo Kayembe.
Congo have won their last six games in this fixture, a run stretching back to 2005.
The National Elephants were ranked 78th in the latest FIFA rankings and now sit 21 places above their weekend opponents.

Guinea vs DR Congo Prediction

Guinea are on a run of consecutive victories after losing their three games prior. They will head into the weekend clash highly motivated, knowing a win will be enough to seal qualification providing Tanzania fail to win elsewhere.

Congo are on a five-game winning streak after winning just one of their previous 10 outings. They have had the upper hand in this fixture historically and should avoid defeat here.

Prediction: Guinea 2-2 DR Congo

Guinea vs DR Congo Betting Tips

Tip 1 - Result: Draw

Tip 2 - Goals - Over/under 2.5 - Over 2.5 goals (Six of the last eight matches between the two teams have produced more than 2.5 goals)

Tip 3 - Both teams to score: YES (Both sides have found the back of the net in seven of their last eight matchups)

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