Zebras chase AFCON glory ‘against all odds’

Friday, December 19, 2025 | 230 Views |

As the Zebras take to the pitch in Morocco for the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) 2025 finals from December 23, they will carry with them something priceless that statistics can measure but not always fully capture: experience married to belief.

It is an essential combination, whilst the team has been ranked as the least likely to win the continental silverware. The Zebras' underdog status was stamped by football's data and analytics company, Opta, whose projections are built on thousands of historical performance metrics.

Opta says Botswana’s chances of winning AFCON 2025 sit at just around 0.1% to 0.2%, giving the local lads a long shot with a sliver of daylight.

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