As part of one of the matches of the African Cup of Nations qualification, the players of the national teams of Algeria and Niger will come face to face. Which of the rivals will get the victory in this duel? Our sports portal evaluates the teams' chances of success.
AlgeriaThe Algerian national team is still trying to avoid misfires in qualifying.
The team won two confident victories over the national teams of Tanzania and Uganda. Both matches ended with a score of 2:0. In general, in the last year the team has many victories with a difference of 1-2 goals. Despite this fact, the Algerians took only the second place at the African Nations Championship. In a series of 11-meter shots, Algeria lost to Senegal (0:1 P).
NigerThe Niger national team is in second place in its quartet.
However, the team has only 2 points in the piggy bank, since the team did not beat direct competitors. It is worth noting that Niger has painted the world with Tanzania (1:1) and Uganda (1:1). At the same time, the visiting team played the role of catching up all the time, and there was no time left to score the second goal. At the African Nations Championship, the team lost to Madagascar with a score of 0:1, taking the fourth position as a result.Statistics and figures:
Algeria is a clear favorite of the meeting;
- The Algerians won 4 out of 5 meetings;
- Niger lost 2 matches in a row;
- The last face-to-face meeting of the opponents ended with a score of 5:0 in favor of Algeria.
- Forecast
Algeria will be able to win a landslide victory over its opponent in this meeting.
At the same time, the Niger national team is unlikely to score at least a goal. Our bet will be on "both will score – no" + a total of more than 2.5 goals and a good head start for the home team.