Senegal v Mauritania Betting Tips [27 January 2023]

Senegal and Mauritania are on their third appearances at the African Nations Championship and will be facing off in the quarter finals. Senegal’s best performance in this competition was back in 2009 when they finished fourth. In their only other appearance, 2011, they couldn’t get off the group stages and they’ve missed the subsequent four competitions. They come here having topped Group B with six points, recovering from the shock loss to Uganda to beat DR Congo 3-0 and advance. At this competition they have two wins, and two clean sheets, wioth four goals scored and one conceded. Their matches in CHAN competitions have however been low-scoring with Senegal failing to score in two of the last five. Four of their last five in CHAN competitions have produced under 2.5 goals but they have four clean sheets and wins in the last six CHAN matches.

Mauritania have already set a new record at CHAN competitions; in their third appearance at the finals, they’ve managed to get off the group stages finally. Their previous appearances were in 2014 and 2018 and this time they topped a three-team Group D with four points after a 0-0 draw with Angola and a 1-0 win over Mali. The two clean sheets at the group stage make it four in a row for the team and while all their last seven matches have produced under 2.5 goals, they are unbeaten in 10 matches. Mauritania, like Senegal, have three wins in their last five matches, but they have a longer undefeated run and will be targeting an upset here. They are good defensively, having conceded only two goals in the last 10 games and they have three clean sheets in four matches in CHAN competitions.

Mauritania have four straight clean sheets coming into this game and Senegal have two in their three matches in this competition. Altogether, the two teams have only conceded one goal in this competition and that means we should expect a tight game with few goals. most of their recent matches have also seen under 2.5 goals scored and for this Senegal v Mauritania game we will back under 2.5 goals.