One of the most exciting Africa Cup of Nations tournament is reaching its conclusion and it’s now up to Zambia and Ivory Coast to decide who takes home the coveted trophy.

Zambia arrived to this tournament as dark horses seeing that they couldn’t be considered favourites for the trophy among sides like Ivory Coast, Ghana, Morocco and Senegal.

Nonetheless, Herve Renard’s side proved their worth in the very first game, beating tournament favourites Senegal before going on to win the group after taking four points from next two games.

The Chipolopolo then eased off to a 3-0 victory over Sudan in the quarter-finals, before shocking Ghana to get a chance to fight for the trophy.

Zambia are once again considered underdogs when facing one of the strongest sides in Africa, but you should know Ladbrokes pays 4.50 (7/2) on Chipolopolo to win the title.

Herve Renard has absolutely no selection problems, although Emmanuel Mayuka is expected to start after scoring the winner against Ghana.

Probable starting line-up (4-3-3): Mweene – Nkausu, Sunzu, Himonde, Musonda – Chansa, Sinkala, Kasonde – C. Katongo, Mayuka, Kalaba.

Ivory Coast have been absolutely brilliant in Gabon and Equatorial Guinea and they clearly deserve to win the coveted title.

Having been placed in a fairly easy group, nobody was surprised that the Elephants eased off to the first place in the group after beating Sudan, Burkina Faso and Angola, and it is important to note they didn’t concede a single goal in group stage.

The 3-0 victory over co-hosts Equatorial Guinea saw Ivory Coast qualify for the semi-finals, where they beat Mali thanks to beautiful goal from Gervinho.

The Elephants have, therefore, won all five games at the tournament without conceding a goal and are now 1.57 (4/7) with Stan James to beat Zambia, whereas they are 2.10 (11/10) with 888sport to win to nil.

Boss Francois Zahoi has no fresh injury worries and is likely to field the same side that started the Mali game.

Probable starting line-up (4-3-3): Barry – Zokora, K. Toure, Bamba, Tiene – Y. Toure, Tiote, Gosso – Gervinho, Drogba, Kalou.