Angola vs Mauritius Prediction: The Giant Stable will secure their first three points of the tournament

Angola will be hopeful of three points when they lock horns with Mauritius at the King Goodwill Zwelithini Stadium on Monday.

The Giant Stable began their campaign with a (1-1) share of the spoils against a resilient Mozambique. Angola struck first and thought they had their first three points; however, the home side crawled back and almost secured all the points.

The Giant Sable Antelopes have won the COSAFA Cup three times, with silver and bronze. However, they were able to achieve that from 1998-2006. Since then, they have struggled in this competition and failed to reach the group stage last year. After winning their first two matches, Angola lost to Botswana, and they finished in third spot.

Angola is currently 114th on the FIFA global rankings and have won twice, drawn once and lost twice in their last five games in this tournament.

The Dodos started this tournament with a (0-2) defeat against an average Lesotho side. Veselin Jelusic's men scored in both halves to get the maximum points. Mauritius are one of the lowest-ranked teams in this competition; they have failed to win in the last eight games and didn't keep a clean sheet in those encounters.

Mauritius are ranked 180th according to FIFA and have a win in the last thirteen games.

Angola have recorded four victories against Mauritius over their last four meetings. Their previous two encounters ended in a (1-0) win for Angola. Mauritius can’t make it out of the group stage, considering how they play their first match. They will face a more desperate Angola side who must secure maximum points here to stand a chance of making it out of the group; bet on a home win and over 1.5 goals for 1.86.

We expect both sides to settle for a total of under 2.5 goals for 1.78.

Angola might even secure a halftime win here for 1.71.

Good luck!