Who will win AFCON 2022? Favorite bets, group winners and futures odds
The 2022 Africa Cup of Nations will begin on January 9, about six months later than originally planned, but the final tournament took place here.
The players have left their club teams for Africa to play and will begin training with their national teams before the tournament begins. After a pair of games on the opening day, the group stage will have three or four games played each day.
The top two teams in each of the six groups advance to the knockout stage, along with the four best third-placed teams based on points. The knockout stages begin on January 23 and run quickly for all subsequent rounds, with quarterfinals on January 29, semi-finals on February 2, and championship and third place matches on February 6th.
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AFCON 2022 Odds: Who will win?
The playing field is wide open. Of the 24 teams that qualified for the tournament, 7 of them qualified without losing. And qualifying was tight, with 10 of the 11 qualifying groups decided by just one or two points. The teams fought for the AFCON berths until the last day.
Algeria are the defending champions, led by Manchester City’s Riyad Mahrez, who was at times unplayable in the 2019 edition. However, they will face stiff competition, from Egypt as Senegal , are both led by Liverpool stars (Mohamed Salah and Sadio Mane).
The Ivory Coast the team has several recognizable names and Morocco captained by the mighty hero Romain Saiss of Wolves. Nigeria Already in qualifying, but will not have their biggest star in Cameroon: Napoli striker Victor Osimhen, who has tested positive for COVID-19 and is still recovering from a serious facial injury important.
Here are the top 10 teams predicted to win all at odds set by DraftKings and BetMGM:
Ethnic | BetMGM | DraftKings |
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Senegal | +550 | +450 |
Algeria | +600 | +550 |
Egypt | +600 | +650 |
Ivory Coast | +750 | +800 |
Morocco | +900 | +800 |
Nigeria | +800 | +1000 |
Cameroon | +800 | +1000 |
Tunisia | +1600 | +1400 |
Ghana | +1400 | +1400 |
Mali | +2200 | +1800 |
BetMGM’s futures market also has odds for the finalist teams. Basically, the odds of winning the trophy are halved:
Ethnic | BetMGM |
---|---|
Senegal | +250 |
Algeria | +275 |
Egypt | +275 |
Ivory Coast | +325 |
Morocco | +400 |
Nigeria | +350 |
Cameroon | +350 |
Tunisia | +800 |
Ghana | +700 |
Mali | +1100 |
Winning team in AFCON 2022
Team winner odds are available through DraftKings and BetMGM, with second sportsbook odds shown below. (The odds are only related to the team winning, not to moving forward from the group.)
In addition to being the favorite to win them all, Senegal is the overwhelming favorite of Group B (-550). Algeria, Egypt and Morocco have higher odds to win in their respective groups based on the quality of head to head they will face.
Group A | Cameroon (-200) | Burkina Faso (+300) | Cape Verde (+500) | Ethiopia (+2500) |
Group B | Senegal (-550) | Guinea (+500) | Zimbabwe (+1600) | Malawi (+2200) |
Group C | Morocco (-145) | Ghana (+180) | Gabon (+550) | Comoros (+4000) |
EASY group | Egypt (-145) | Nigeria (+115) | Guinea-Bissau (+2200) | Sudan (+4000) |
Group E | Algeria (-200) | Ivory Coast (+150) | Equal. Guinea (+3300) | Sierra Leone (+4000) |
Group F | Tunisia (-185) | Mali (+150) | Gambia (+2000) | Mauritania (+3300) |
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Top scorer AFCON 2022
There are many familiar names among the all-star teams in Africa this January.
No one in the league has more international goals than Liverpool Mohamed Salah . Algeria attack loaded, with Man City Riyad Mahrez joined by Baghdad Bounedjah , who has four goals in qualifying and owns an incredible scoring record with Qatari club Al-Sadd, scoring 128 goals in 108 games.
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Ivory Coast also has some important players in front of the net, like the Ajax man Sebastien Haller were joined in the Elephants attack by a pair of Premier League wingers in Nicolas Pepe and Wilfried Zaha . Haller has 12 goals in 17 games in the Eredivisie this season, but more impressive is scoring 10 goals in 6 Champions League group stage games as Ajax set a perfect record in the group stage.
These are the 15 players with the shortest odds to win Top Scorer at AFCON 2022, powered by BetMGM:
Player | nation | The odds |
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Mohamed Salah | Egypt | +350 |
Sadio Mane | Senegal | +700 |
Riyad Mahrez | Algeria | +800 |
Islam Slimani | Algeria | +1100 |
Sebastien Haller | Ivory Coast | +1200 |
Vincent Aboubakar | Cameroon | +1200 |
Kelechi Iheanacho | Nigeria | +1400 |
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang | Gabon | +1600 |
Baghdad Bounedjah | Algeria | +1800 |
Keita Balde | Senegal | +2000 |
Youssef En-Nesyri | Morocco | +2500 |
Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting | Cameroon | +2500 |
Odion Ighalo | Nigeria | +2500 |
Taiwan Awoniyi | Nigeria | +2500 |
Andre Ayew | Ghana | +2500 |