Zambia vs Sierra Leone Prediction and Betting Tips | 9th September 2024

Zambia host Sierra Leone at the Levy Mwanawasa Stadium in Ndola on Monday for their second game in the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers. The Copper Bullets are looking to recover from their opening-game defeat and get their campaign back on track.

After ending their eight-year wait to make another AFCON appearance this year, Zambia bowed out with a whimper, failing to win any of their three group fixtures to see a first-round elimination.

Now, the East African side are looking to reach next year's Moroccan showpiece, but their quest for qualification was dealt a blow on matchday one as reigning African champions Ivory Coast beat them 2-0. Jean-Philippe Krasso struck twice late on to break Zambia's resistance.

On the other hand, Sierra Leone too failed to win their first game but managed to pick up a point as they played out a goalless stalemate with Chad. The Leone Stars had 64% possession but ended with fewer shots than their rivals, who held their fort well to frustrate them.

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Zambia vs Sierra Leone Head-To-Head and Key Numbers

• Sierra Leone have failed to win either of their games against Zambia.
• The sides drew their first-ever encounter 0-0 in March 1994 before Zambia beat Sierra Leone 4-0 in January 1996; both came at the Africa Cup of Nations finals.
• Zambia have lost their last six games in a row and have won just once in 12 this year: A 2-1 win over Malawi in a March friendly.
• In five official games so far this year, Sierra Leone have won just once and drawn their last two.
• Zambia and Sierra Leone clash for the first time in 28 years.
• Zambia have failed to score in their last five official games.
• Zambia are ranked 92nd in the world. Sierra Leone are 30 places adrift of them.

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Zambia vs Sierra Leone Prediction

Zambia are on a terrible run of form right now, losing their last few games. This opens up a chance for Sierra Leone to finally get one over them, even if Sierra Leone's last two games have been winless affairs. We expect the Leone Stars to come up trumps here, narrowly.

Prediction: Zambia 0-2 Sierra Leone

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Zambia vs Sierra Leone Betting Tips

Tip 1 - Result: Sierra Leone to win

Tip 2 - Goals over/under 2.5: Under 2.5 goals

Tip 3 - Both teams to score: No