AFCON 13/1/2022

AFCON 13/1/2022. Two games in the African Cup of Nations. There are two games in AFCON, there is also the delayed first leg of the Carabao cup.

AFCON 13/1/2022 – Cameroon v Ethiopia

• Vincent Aboubakar should keep his spot in attack after netting twice in Cameroon’s 2-1 win over Burkina Faso on Sunday.
• The tournament hosts could go unchanged for the meeting with Ethiopia.
• Clinton N’Jie and Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting both came on with 20 minutes to play on Sunday and will be pushing to start.

• Ethiopia will be forced into at least one change for their meeting with tournament hosts Cameroon.
• Yared Bayeh received his marching orders after just 12 minutes in the 1-0 loss to Cape Verde, with Mignot Debebe expected to deputise at the heart of the defence.
• Otherwise, Wubetu Abate may elect against wholesale changes here.

Cameroon-Ethiopia – Africa Cup of Nations 2021 Statistical Preview (whoscored.com)

AFCON 13/1/2022 – Cape Verde v Burkino Faso

• Pedro Leitao Brito may go unchanged against Burkina Faso after winning 1-0 against Ethiopia in their opening match.
• Julio Tavares scored his first ever AFCON goal on his seventh appearance to win it for Cape Verde.

• Steeve Yago was booked inside the opening minute of the opening game of AFCON so would do well to stay composed for Burkina Faso here.
• Burkina Faso were hit with an outbreak of COVID before their opening game with Edmond Tapsoba a big miss in defence.
• Aston Villa’s Bertrand Traore is the latest player to test positive and he may not be available for Burkian Faso again unless they qualify for the knock-out stage.
• Hassane Bande or Zakaria Sanogo will likely come into the side to replace Traore, with Cyrille Bayala switching wings.
• The Bayer Leverkusen centre-back is expected to miss out once again here along with the likes of Oula Abass Traore, Dango Ouattara, Soualio Outtara and Saidou Simpore.
• Abdoul Fessal Tapsoba didn’t have the best of games against Cameroon last week and may be replaced by Mohammed Konate up top here.

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

AFCON 13/1/2022 – Carabao Cup – Liverpool v Arsenal

• Trent Alexander-Arnold returned to training on Tuesday after testing positive for COVID-19 last week but will still need to be assessed ahead of this one.
• Andy Robertson picked up a knock in the FA Cup win over Shrewsbury over the weekend but is expected to be fine to play here if selected.
• With Mo Salah and Sadio Mane away on AFCON duty and Divock Origi still injured, Jurgen Klopp will have to switch things up in attack.
• Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, Curtis Jones or Takumi Minamino will start alongside Roberto Firmino and Diogo Jota up front.
• Alisson also trained on Tuesday following but Caoimhin Kelleher may keep his place in goal for the cup anyway.

• Nuno Tavares was hauled off in the first half of Arsenal’s defeat to Nottingham Forest after a poor display and certainly won’t start this one.
• It will be interesting to see whether Mikel Arteta sticks with Bernd Leno in goal or turns to first-choice Aaron Ramsdale.
• Arteta will hope to have both Emile Smith Rowe and Takehiro Tomiasyu available after both missed the defeat to Forest.

Liverpool-Arsenal – League Cup 2021/2022 Statistical Preview (whoscored.com)

OTHER FOOTBALL – THURSDAY 13 JANUARY

2:00am MEXICAN LIGA MX – Santos Laguna v Tigres UANL
USA – Fox Sports 2

2:00pm INDIAN SUPER LEAGUE – Chennaiyin v Hyderabad
UK – OneFootball
India – Star Sports Select 1

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