Ethiopia vs Senegal - prediction, team news, lineups

Both seeking to bounce backmost from their opening-day slump and unafraid their archetypal triumph of the 2027 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers, Ethiopia and Senegal quadrate disconnected astatine the Bahir Dar International Stadium successful Group J connected Tuesday.

This volition beryllium the archetypal gathering betwixt the 2 sides successful 29 years, with the Lions of Teranga securing a 3-0 triumph successful a similair AFCON qualifying clash backmost successful June 1997 courtesy of a brace from Souleymane Sane and Omar Traore’s 68th-minute strike.

Match preview

Ethiopia were near spitting feathers successful their AFCON qualifying curtain-raiser connected Thursday erstwhile they fell to a 1-0 decision against Sudan aft conceding the lucifer victor conscionable 4 minutes distant from time.

With thing to abstracted the 2 sides astatine fractional time, Mohamed Eisa came up clutch for Sudan astatine the Juba National Stadium erstwhile helium netted successful the 86th infinitesimal to manus the Falcons of Jediane a captious opening-day victory.

Ethiopia booked their spot successful the 2027 AFCON qualifiers aft an awesome show successful the preliminary circular with a 4-0 aggregate implicit Sao Tome and Principe, claiming a 3-0 aggregate triumph successful the archetypal limb connected March 27, 4 days earlier securing a 1-0 triumph successful the instrumentality limb astatine the Dire Dawa International Stadium.

Having missed retired connected qualification successful 2023 and 2025, Yohannes Sahle’s men are aiming to unafraid their archetypal AFCON quality since 2021, erstwhile they picked up 1 constituent from 3 games successful Group A to decorativeness rock-bottom successful the standings.

While Ethiopia volition beryllium looking to bounce backmost and get disconnected the people successful the qualifiers connected Monday, lasting successful their mode is the situation of an opposing broadside who person won each of their erstwhile 3 encounters, scoring 10 goals and conceding doubly since a 2-1 affable triumph successful November 1963.

Six months connected since the Confederation of African Football ruling that stripped them of the 2025 AFCON rubric and awarded Morocco, Senegal kicked disconnected their 2027 qualifiers connected Thursday erstwhile they were held to a somewhat disappointing 1-1 gully by Mozambique successful Patrick Vieira’s archetypal crippled astatine the helm of affairs.

Aston Villa caller antheral Nicolas Jackson finished disconnected a well-worked squad extremity successful the 32nd infinitesimal to enactment Senegal successful front, and aft Geny Catamo deed backmost for Mozambique connected the changeable of fractional time, the visitors failed to drawstring unneurotic thing meaningful astatine the attacking extremity of the transportation successful the 2nd half.

This followed a somewhat disappointing outing successful the 2026 FIFA World Cup, wherever the Lions of Teranga mislaid 3 of their 4 games, including back-to-back defeats against France and Norway successful the radical signifier earlier crashing retired astatine the hands of Belgium successful the circular of 32.

For prime and firepower wrong their ranks, Senegal failed to marque their people connected the large stages, picking up 3 points from 3 radical games to decorativeness 3rd successful Group I earlier a 3-2 extra-time decision against Belgium successful the circular of 32 connected July 1, erstwhile they threw distant a two-goal pb successful the last 3 minutes of mean time.

Vieira’s broadside are aiming to unafraid a seventh consecutive Africa Cup of Nations quality since missing retired successful 2013, a tally that saw them clinch their first-ever rubric backmost successful 2021, erstwhile they secured a penalty-shootout triumph implicit Egypt successful the final.

An extra-time belter from Pape Gueye successful the 2025 last against big federation Morocco saw Senegal clinch their 2nd AFCON crown backmost successful January, but the rubric was stripped by the CAF Appeal Board and awarded the Atlas Lions a 3-0 victory, pursuing a ruling that the West African nation’s precocious walk-off protestation constituted a refusal to play.

Ethiopia Africa Cup of Nations Qualifying form:

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Team News

Abel Yalew netted a brace to animate Sao Tome and Principe successful the AFCON qualifying preliminary circular backmost successful March and the 30-year-old striker should spearhead Ethiopia’s onslaught erstwhile again.

Bereket Samuel, Yared Baye, Samuel Yohannes and Bekele Berhane should signifier the backmost 4 erstwhile again, shielding 27-year-old Abubeker Nura betwixt the sticks, portion Gatoch Panom, who made his debut successful November 2012, and 28-year-old Habtamu Tekeste should squad up successful midfield.

Despite their disappointing opening-day effect against Mozambique, Vieira could sanction an unchanged XI astatine the Bahir Dar International Stadium, with Lamine Sy, Sadibou Sane, Moussa Niakate and Brentford antheral El Hadji Malick Diouf forming the backmost four.

Lamine Camara made his 38th quality for the Lions of Teranga connected Thursday, and the Monaco antheral should clasp his relation astatine the centre of the park, teaming up with Pape Guaye and Juventus loanee Pape Matar Sarr.

Ibrahim Mbaye came disconnected the seat against Mozambique, and the Aston Villa guardant could beryllium handed a starting relation connected the right, with Manchester City guardant Iliman Ndiaye besides successful the premix to squad up with Jackson successful the beforehand three.

Ethiopia imaginable starting lineup:

Nura; Samuel, Baye, Yohannes, Berhane; Gugsa, Tekeste, Panom, Tafesse; Markneh, Yalew

Senegal imaginable starting lineup:

Diouf; Diouf, Niakate, Sane, Sy; Gueye, Camara, Sarr; Ndiaye, Mbaye, Jackson

We say: Ethiopia 0-3 Senegal

Senegal boast 1 of the strongest squads connected the continent, and portion they suffered an opening-day slip-up against Mozambique, they are perfectly susceptible of rapidly steadying their ship. Given the gulf successful prime and acquisition betwixt the 2 teams, we are backing Vieira’s men to travel distant with a comfy triumph astatine the Bahir Dar International Stadium connected Tuesday.

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