Burkina Faso vs Malawi Prediction: Time for Burkina Faso to show dominance

The African Cup of Nations Qualification encounter between Burkina Faso and Malawi will take place at Stade du 26 Mars. The two teams started their qualifier, failing to secure a win. How will they respond in this encounter?

Burkina Faso were strong against Senegal in the opener of this qualifier and will hope to win this one. In that game, Sadio Mane put this side in the lead 16 minutes into the match. However, the relentless effort of Burkina Faso saw them level the score in the 90+5 minute thanks to Ousseni Bouda’s brilliance. In the meantime, Burkina Faso failed to win any of their last matches, which extended to eight, losing four while drawing four.

Malawi started their AFCON qualifier with a defeat and will have to show character in this one. In their opener against Burundi, Malawi came from behind to level the scores twice through Chawanangwa Kaonga and Zeliat Nkhoma’s strikes. Still, an 87th-minute strike by Mokono Eldhino denied them a point in that game. In the meantime, Malawi head into this game with just one win in recent encounters, coming against Sao Tome and Principe. In every other encounter, they lost to Tunisia, Kenya, Zambia, and Equatorial Guinea. 

Malawi have not threatened any side, and I expect Burkina Faso to take their chance here. With the poor defensive record of the visiting Malawi, this game could potentially be highly offensive, and I expect Burkina to be brilliant in attack. Take the home team to win each half with goals.