Ivory Coast vs Morocco Prediction & Betting Tips - World Cup Qualification - Africa

Prediction published on 07/11/2017, 22:25  by | Modified on 13/12/2017 at 03:39 in Football Predictions

As the qualification for the 2018 FIFA World Cup winds up in the Africa zone, Ivory Coast will be playing host to Morocco on Saturday 11th November in the match that will decide who takes the sole spot from Group D. Morocco are in pole position, having garnered nine points, one better than Ivory Coast and a win or draw will do for them. The two sides played to a barren draw in the first leg and in their last meeting, Morocco finally managed to get a first win over Ivory Coast in seven attempts. Ivory Coast head to this match with a run of two wins, two losses and a draw in their last five games, and they have a loss, two wins and two draws in their last five matches at home, scoring six and conceding three. They have lost just once in their last 28 World Cup qualifying matches and playing at home they have lost once in the last 13 qualifying matches and won 18 of the last 23. They have only failed to score twice in their last 23 World Cup qualifiers. Morocco, on the other hand, have gone unbeaten in their last six matches. They have four wins and a draw in their last five matches but playing away from home, they have not been as good, winning once, drawing two and losing two in their last five, in the process, scoring four goals and conceding four. They have two wins in the last 10 away matches and are winless in their last 10 World Cup qualifying matches away from home (six draws and four losses). Defensively, Morocco have been good in their last five World Cup qualifying matches, keeping five straight clean sheets. The two nations have faced off seven times before and Ivory Coast have won three, Morocco one. Only once has this clash yielded over 2.5 goals – the 2 – 2 draw in 2012.