Senegal vs Botswana Prediction (23.12.2025)

Senegal heads to the Africa Cup after its biggest victory in history, crushing Kenya 8-0 in its final warm-up match for the tournament. This was the fifth win in the last six matches for the "Lions of Teranga," who kept four clean sheets in this streak, which helped them qualify for the 2026 World Cup. The team of Pape Tiou will hope for a victory here as Senegal has been unbeaten in 90 minutes in the tournament since the final in 2019 (7 wins, 4 draws) and has won its first match in the group stage in the last five editions of the competition.

Botswana is participating in the tournament for only the second time. The last was in 2012, when they lost all three of their matches. The team is also without success in its last eight matches in regular time and last defeated Somalia at home in March this year. The Botswana squad is composed almost entirely of players from the local league, with the rest playing elsewhere on the African continent. Botswana has only three wins in regular time in its last 20 matches.

The gap in class between the two teams here is significant, as is their performance not only historically but also recently. The victory definitely seems to be for Senegal, and I wouldn't be surprised if it comes without conceding a goal.

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