Zambia vs Cameroon

On Tuesday in Jeddah, an unannounced location will host an international friendly between Zambia and Cameroon.

Both sides will aim to use this game as a nice warm-up for their respective 2023 AFCON campaigns, which will get underway next week. Cameroon's opening match of the tournament is against Guinea on Monday, while Zambia's campaign opener is against Congo DR on Thursday.

Zambia will compete in the FIFA World Cup qualifying tournament for the first time since November, when they were defeated 2-1 on the road by Niger. After Niger scored twice in the first half, Leicester City attacker Patson Daka cut the deficit in half in the second half.

Additionally, Cameroon will play their first game since November on the field. In their World Cup qualifying match, Libya held them to a 1-1 draw, with Olivier Ntcham scoring their lone goal from the penalty spot.

In all competitions, the two teams have faced off 15 times, with two of those encounters being friendly matches. With seven victories, Cameroon leads the head-to-head record. In their three victories over their northern opponents, five games have resulted in draws.In eleven of the fifteen encounters between the two sides, more than 2.5 goals have been scored.In their last eight meetings with Zambia, Cameroon has gone undefeated and has won four of them. The last time they played, Cameroon won 2-1 in an international friendly.In their last six friendlies, Zambia has only triumphed once, and that victory came against Uganda in October.In their last eight friendlies, Cameroon has lost all of them and failed to score five goals.

Chipolopolo will be feeling upbeat ahead of the season opening as they have qualified for the AFCON for the first time since 2015. Before this friendly, they trained as a full team, and head coach Avram Grant is anticipated to start with a strong lineup because they will have nine days before their season debut.

They will want to improve their attacking ability here because Patson Daka, Fashion Sakala, and Lameck Banda are the team's main players.

The Indomitable Lions, including friendlies, have only won two of their last nine games due to recent struggles. They have a positive record against Zambia, having not lost since 1997.

Chipolopolo will be feeling upbeat ahead of the season opening as they have qualified for the AFCON for the first time since 2015. Before this friendly, they trained as a full team, and head coach Avram Grant is anticipated to start with a strong lineup because they will have nine days before their season debut.

They will want to improve their attacking ability here because Patson Daka, Fashion Sakala, and Lameck Banda are the team's main players.

The Indomitable Lions, including friendlies, have only won two of their last nine games due to recent struggles. They have a positive record against Zambia, having not lost since 1997.

André Onana has been selected by head coach Rigobert Song for the AFCON, joining Frank Anguissa and Vincent Aboubakar as the other two prominent players.

Both coaches are likely to field strong squads for the match, so the game should make for an interesting watch. Nonetheless, as there is not much at stake in this friendly, we expect the two teams to settle for a draw.