Africa Cup of Nations
DR Congo finished fourth in the previous edition of the tournament and enters the current one after five consecutive victories. This streak includes impressive wins over Cameroon and Nigeria, allowing them to reach the playoffs for qualification for next year's World Cup. The "Leopards" won this tournament in 1968 and 1974 - only five teams have won it more often, and they also have quite a few players in the top 5 leagues in Europe.
This will be only Benin's fifth participation in the tournament, and so far they have only passed the group stage once - in 2019. So expectations for Gernot Rohr's team are not high, especially after Benin lost their last two matches, conceding seven goals and failing to score in them (0:3 against Burkina Faso and 0:4 against Nigeria). Benin has also never won a match in the tournament within 90 minutes (5 draws, 9 losses).
Prediction: victory for DR CongoDR Congo has been performing very well lately. They also have quite a decent squad. Benin cannot boast much lately and overall does not impress. The victory here should be for DR Congo.
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