Senegal XI vs Equatorial Guinea: Predicted lineup, confirmed team news, injury and Covid latest for AFCON tie

Despite the controversy surrounding the decision to keep Sadio Mane on the field after suffering a head injury in the win over Cape Verde, the Liverpool striker is expected to play for Senegal in their quarter-final against Equatorial Guinea.

Frankly, with Aliou Cisse’s side struggling for goals, they really need him to.

While Ismaila Sarr has joined up with the squad after his injury absence, the Watford forward surely can’t be expected to start right away and the rest of the team have barely covered themselves in glory in an attacking sense.

With a place in the Africa Cup of Nations semi-final on the line, Senegal need to avoid the kind of upset we’ve seen so often in the AFCON so far.

If they can grind their way into the final four, anything can happen.

Senegal predicted XI: Mendy, Sarr, Koulibaly, Diallo, Ciss, Gueye, Mendy, Gueye, Dia, Diedhiou, Mane

Date: Sunday January 30, 2022

Venue: Japoma Stadium

TV channel: BBC Two, Sky Sports Football and Sky Sports Premier League

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