Mali vs Guinea-Bissau Prediction & Betting Tips - International Friendlies

Prediction published on 06/01/2024, 05:49  by Nella Wagah in Football Predictions

Mali and Guinea are preparing for the AFCON finals to be staged in Ivory Coast. Part of their preparations involve a friendly match between the two to be hosted in Mali. In this game, the hosts are looking to do better than in their 1-1 draw with CAR in the World Cup qualifiers. That draw brought to an end a run of straight wins in the last five matches. Mali have suffered just two losses in their last 16 matches, a run that places them here as favorites. Playing at home strengthens their position as favorites further, with Mali having gone unbeaten in 10 matches in Bamako. They’ve even kept clean sheets in their last four friendly matches played at home. Mali last lost a friendly match in August, and after that have gone unbeaten in six.

Guinea Bissau returned to winning ways with a 1-0 victory over Djibouti in the World Cup qualifiers in November. That was their first win in a run of three matches and another of their low-scoring outings. Guinea-Bissau haven't been scoring a lot of goals, managing more than one in just one of their last 13. Being strong defensively, they have five clean sheets in eight and eight of their last 10 games have had under 2.5 goals. the same has been the story of their away matches, with just one of their last 10 producing over 2.5 goals. Guinea-Bissau have failed to score in half of their last 10 away matches. When facing Mali, they have no win in six meetings. In those six meetings, Guinea-Bissau have lost five times and that includes each of the last three matches.