
Algeria vs Angola Prediction and Betting Tips: Mahrez to find the net on Monday night

2019 winners Algeria seek redemption for a torrid 2021 AFCON campaign when they kick off this year's participation with a battle against Angola in Ivory Coast at 8pm BST on Monday night.
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Algeria vs Angola Tips
Angola don't concede many goals, but they also don't score many either, entering this tournament off the back of four straight 0-0 draws. Algeria are expected to dominate proceedings at the Stade de la Paix and no matter whether The Fennec Foxes truly arrive on Monday night, we expect they'll have enough to dispatch the Black Sable Antelopes without reply in Group D's opener.
The away team have netted only once across their last seven matches and face a team who've defeated their last three opponents to an aggregate score of 9-0. Historically, Angola have defeated Algeria just once, coming during their 2006 World Cup qualifying campaign, and although records are made to be broken, there is nothing to suggest that the side lacking their star forward M'bala Nzola will be able to compete with the star-studded fourth-placed tournament favourites.
Former Man City ace Riyad Mahrez is one of many Premier League players to have made the summer switch to Saudi Arabia in the pursuit of extreme added wealth. Minnows Angola will feel the jump in quality between recent opponents Cape Verde, Mauritius and DR Congo when they take on their first AFCON counterparts in this year's edition and Mahrez is one man who can take advantage in front of goal.
The 32-year-old multiple time Premier League winner has beaten the goalkeeper on eight occasions across 19 appearances in the Saudi Pro League, scoring another in the King's Cup to sit on the cusp of 10 goals and a one-in-two strike rate for Al-Ahli. For the national team, Mahrez has sent home 31 strikes in 90 caps, scoring most recently in a 4-0 win over Burundi just six days prior to Algeria's AFCON opener.

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