Favourites Cameroon take on giant-killers Gambia in quarterfinals

Tournament hosts Cameroon are the overwhelming favourites as they take on Gambia in the Africa Cup of Nations quarterfinals, but everything is up for grabs as their opponents have already caused upsets in the competition. Follow the action on FRANCE 24's liveblog.

Hosts Cameroon installed themselves as competition favourites with a string of impressive victories, most notably the 4-1 thumping of Ethiopia in the group stage that lit up a previously goal-shy tournament.

Their greatest asset is the red-hot striker Vincent Aboubakar – by far the Africa Cup of Nations’ top goal scorer so far, with six goals to his name from four appearances. Aboubakar’s skilful positioning and clinical finishing will make him a menace to Gambia’s defenders.

They also benefit from playing on home territory – with Cameroonian fans creating an electric atmosphere at their team’s matches, intimidating their opponents.

Yet Cameroon have shown the odd moment of sloppy defending, especially in their final group stage match against Cape Verde, who exploited some missteps to equalise. Gambia are skilled at that – as they showed in their giant-killing victories over Tunisia and then Guinea, with striker Musa Barrow demonstrating particular talent for capitalising on opponents’ errors. So, while Cameroon go into the match as overwhelming favourites, an upset is on the cards.