Algeria vs Mauritania Prediction & Betting Tips - International Friendlies

Prediction published on 10/01/2017, 08:00  by in Football Predictions

Algeria will be hosting Mauritania in an internationalfriendly match as they prepare for their Africa Cup of Nations task startingthis weekend. This is the second time in three days that the two teams areplaying each other. Algeria came from a goal down to win 3-1 when they met onSaturday 7 January. Mauritania had gained an early advantage when El-EidEl-Hassan converted an awarded penalty. They carried the one-goal lead to thehalf-time break and on the interchange, Sofianne Hanni sent home a penalty ofthe 54th minute to equalize before Baghdad Bounedjah and NabilBentaleb scored the winning goals later in the match. The Fennec Foxes areranked 38th in the world while Les Mourabitones are a distant 108th.Algeria have won three of their last six matches across all competitions whileMauritania have only won one, beating Gabon in a friendly match last May. TheAlgerians are expected to be more serious in this match than they were lastweekend, as they inch closer to continental championship.