Senegal vs Burkina Faso Prediction & Betting Tips - World Cup Qualification - Africa

Prediction published on 30/08/2017, 20:20  by in Football Predictions

The best of the best in Group D of the Africa zone 2018 World Cup qualifiers will be known on Saturday 2nd September when African heavyweights Senegal and Burkina Faso face off in one of the qualification matches scheduled for the weekend in Dakar. Senegal are third in the group with three points, one behind leaders Burkina Faso and could go top of the group with a win. Senegal will be buoyed by an array of their foreign based stars in this game, with their locally based stars having failed the test against Guinea in the qualification process for the 2018 CHAN tournament. The Lions of Teranga have a loss, three wins and a draw in their last five matches, and have played to four wins and a draw at home in the last five, scoring 11 and conceding two. They have lost just once at home in the last 14 matches and are unbeaten in their last 19 matches at home in the World Cup qualifiers. Burkina Faso on the other hand, have three wins, a draw and a loss in their last five matches. They have two losses and a draw sandwiched between two wins in their last five away matches, and have in the process scored six goals and conceded eight. They have three wins in their last 10 away matches and have six wins in their last 10 away World Cup qualifying matches. Head to head, the two sides have met five times before and Senegal have managed two wins, Burkina Faso one.