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Guinea are still chasing their first AFCON title, although they did reach the final once in 1976.
The ‘National Elephants’ were surprised in their last group game, beating Zimbabwe 2–1.
In their other group games, they beat Malawi 1–0 and drew 0–0 with Senegal.
Manager Paul Putt led Burkina Faso to the 2013 final.
Nabi Keita has been suspended, receiving a one-match ban for his yellow card last time.