The suspense remains. Between Morocco and Senegal, the meeting risks being played at the Prince Moulay Abdellah stadium in Rabat on Sunday evening (8 p.m.) in the final of the 2025 African Cup of Nations. The two selections have everything to offer the public a magnificent football spectacle. If Morocco, with the status of organizing country and with its entire country behind it, seems to be the favorite, the statistical analyst company Opta is not so categorical.
According to the information published on its website, the Atlas Lions have a 55.16% chance of winning the second African Cup of Nations in its history, 50 years after the first. There therefore remains a 44.84% chance for the Lions of Teranga to win and also win their second trophy in the competition, five years after their coronation in Cameroon.
Pape Thiaw: “The favorite is Morocco”
The Senegalese coach Pape Thiaw also recognized Friday at a press conference that “the favorite is Morocco”. “They are first in the CAF rankings, eleventh in the Fifa rankings. We are the second country in Africa, eighteenth in the world rankings, explained the coach. But we are here, we worked very hard to be here and to have the right to play this match. It’s the dream finale, the one that everyone was waiting for. We will try to make the party more beautiful,” he explained to journalists.
As for the bookmakers, Betclic believes that the big favorite is also Morocco. Betclic offers odds of 2.22 for the victory of the Atlas Lions, against 3.65 for the Teranga Lions. Same story with Winamax, where the odds of victory for Achraf Hakimi and his partners are also advantageous (1.55) ahead of Senegal (2.40). The meeting is likely to be hot in Rabat.
