England brought Scotland crashing back down to earth with a comfortable 3-1 victory in a friendly at Hampden Park with Phil Foden, Jude Bellingham and Harry Kane on target on Tuesday.
A stunning strike from Vinícius Júnior helped Real Madrid to a 2-0 home win against Villarreal in LaLiga on Saturday as the defending champions provisionally moved level with leaders Barcelona in the standings.
AFCON is notoriously hard to predict, with context, conditions and climate often seeing heavyweights fall by the wayside, while there’s always a surprise or two in store to defy the pre-tournament forecasts. Ed Dove ranks the teams, regardless.