Jason Collins
Dailysports's expert
Cape Verde
Mauritania
The African Cup of Nations is a good betting market, for this reason we have prepared our prediction for the match Cape Verde - Mauritania. The prediction for the match of the mentioned national teams is made by Dailysports analysts.
Cape Verde
“Blue Sharks” can be considered a good mid-table African soccer, the team participated four times in the main grid of the African Cup of Nations, twice managed to reach the quarterfinals. The current qualification for the continental championship, the national team began with an away defeat to a strong Egypt with a score of 0:3.
Things are going well in qualifying for the World Cup, where the team scored 7 points in four matches, with this result Cape Verde shares the second line in the group, the gap from the leader is only one point. The team will surely try to rehabilitate for the failure in the first match.
Mauritania
Mauritania's national team has been making progress, since 2019, the team has regularly made it to the finals of the African Cup of Nations, and that's three times in a row. In 2023, they even managed to get out of the group, although they stopped at the stage of 1/8 finals.
This qualification team began with a home victory over Botswana - 1:0, the battle was difficult, as the only goal was scored only in the 84th minute. Things are not going well in World Cup qualification, there Mauritania are last in the group, having picked up just a point in four meetings
Interesting facts about the match and history of head-to-head meetings
- The teams have crossed paths three times, with one win for each of the opponents, and one more meeting ended in a draw.
- The last match between these rivals took place in January this year, in the 1/8 finals of the African Cup of Nations, then Cape Verde footballers won 1-0, thanks to a realized penalty at the end of the match.
- Odds for this meeting are as follows: W1 - 1.77, X - 3.3, W2 - 4.8.
Cape Verde vs Mauritania Prediction
The hosts are listed as favorites of this confrontation, although not everything is so clear. In the matches of African teams, rarely anyone has a significant advantage or creates a lot of chances. A bet on a total of less than 2 goals looks quite workable.
