2/2/2022 Football

2/2/2022 Football. Plenty of games played tonight. There is an AFCON clash between Burkina Faso & Senegal and Celtic play Rangers in Scotland.

2/2/2022 Football – AFCON – Burkina Faso v Senegal

• Dango Ouattara scored the winning goal in Burkina Faso’s quarter-final win over Tunisia before then being sent off. He is suspended for Wednesday’s semi-final against Senegal.
• Djibril Ouattara impressed on his first appearance of the tournament, leading the line against Tunisia, only to come off injured in the second half. He is a doubt here.
• Burkina Faso head coach Kamou Malo will desperately hope Aston Villa forward Bertrand Traore is fit to start this one after he was an unused substitute against Tunisia.

• Sadio Mane recovered from a head injury to start, and score, in Senegal’s 3-1 win over Equatorial Guinea over the weekend.
• Watford’s Ismaïla Sarr made his first appearance of the tournament from the bench on Sunday in a big boost for Senegal heading into the semi-finals.
• Cheikhou Kouyate also scored from the bench at the weekend and will push for a recall in central midfield on Wednesday.

Burkina Faso-Senegal – Africa Cup of Nations 2021 Statistical Preview (whoscored.com)

2/2/2022 Football – Championship – Barnsley v Cardiff City

• Poya Asbaghi could make one change to the side that lost against Bournemouth at the weekend with Josh Benson replacing Romal Palmer in midfield.
• Striker Victor Adeboyejo joins a growing Barnsley injury list after missing Saturday afternoon’s clash.

• Rubin Colwill and Kieffer Moore were both absent when Cardiff faced Nottingham Forest last time out and remain doubts for the trip to Oakwell.
• Jordan Hugill and Alfie Doughty made their debuts at the weekend and should retain their places for Wednesday night’s encounter.

EFL / iFollow – available on multiple services (7:45pm kickoff unless stated)

CHAMPIONSHIP
EFL17: Barnsley v Cardiff
EFL18: Huddersfield v Derby

2/2/2022 Football – Cinch Premiership – Celtic v Rangers

• Ange Postecoglou made three changes after Celtic’s 2-1 win over Hearts at Tynecastle last midweek, as they left it late to beat Dundee United 1-0 at Parkhead on Saturday afternoon.
• Two of those alterations arrived in the full-back positions, as Liam Scales and Anthony Ralston replaced Greg Taylor and Josip Juranovic at both left and right-back.
• Jota had to settle for a spot amongst the substitutes, perhaps with this fixture in mind. However, his replacement Liel Abada was the Hoops’ hero as his late winner was enough to secure a last-gasp victory over United.
• This match is said to come too soon for both Tom Rogic and Daizen Maeda, who are both returning from international duty with Australia and Japan respectively.

• Giovanni van Bronckhorst made four changes from the Rangers side that squeezed past Livingston 1-0 at Ibrox in midweek, before a topsy-turvy 3-3 draw with Ross County in Dingwall.
• Scott Arfield was rewarded with a start after his gorgeous winner against Livi. Meanwhile, Joe Aribo also returned for Rangers following Nigeria’s exit at the African Cup of Nations. They replaced James Sands and Alex Lowry.
• Scott Wright and Fashion Sakala also made way as Ryan Kent returned from suspension and Manchester United loanee Amad Diallo scored five minutes into his Rangers debut.
• And the Gers could also hand a debut to Welsh international midfielder Aaron Ramsey, who has signed on loan from Italian giants Juventus until the end of the season.

Celtic-Rangers – Premiership 2021/2022 Statistical Preview (whoscored.com)

OTHER FOOTBALL – WEDNESDAY 2 FEBRUARY

2:00pm INDIAN SUPER LEAGUE – SC East Bengal v Chennaiyin
UK – OneFootball
India – Star Sports 3

7:45pm BELGIAN CUP – Gent v Club Brugge
Canada – DAZN
Eurasia – Setanta Sports
Indonesia – Mola TV
USA – ESPN+