AS Denguele vs Racing d'Abidjan Prediction: Away team will take maximum points in this game

AS Denguele and Racing d'Abidjan will battle it out in this round 23 Ivory Coast Ligue 1 action. Ahead of this game, the two teams lost their last league game. How will this one end?

AS Denguele are on a winless run of seven games and they will look to end that run in this one. The last four matches for this side ended in losses to Korhogo, Bouake, and San Pedro, with their most recent against AS Mouna. In the meantime, they played to draws with Academi de FAD, ASI d’Abengourou, and ASEC Mimosas in prior encounters to those losses. In the league standings, AS Denguele are 8th with 32 points from 22 matches.

Racing d'Abidjan saw a defeat at the hands of Stella Adjame last time out, a 2-0 encounter. In that game, Racing d'Abidjan gave up two goals in the first 38 minutes, with Jean Charles Ahoua scoring a brace for Stella Adjame. However, in the last five matches, Racing d'Abidjan picked wins over Sporting Gagnoa, SOL, and Zoma, while they lost one other game to Stade d'Abidjan. Heading into this game, Racing d'Abidjan are second in the league with 43 points, one adrift of first-placed San Pedro.

These two teams have met three times in their club history. In those matches, two ended in draws, while their only first encounter ended in a win in favor of Racing d'Abidjan. Racing d'Abidjan scored two goals in those matches, while AS Denguele scored one. 

Racing d'Abidjan are in competition to win the league, and after their last league game ended in a defeat, they sure know they have to bounce back here. The hosts, AS Denguele, have been very poor in recent weeks, and recent games have seen them get even worse. While Racing d'Abidjan are the better team here, I expect them to take advantage of this weak Denguele and secure a road win.