Cape Verde vs Botswana Prediction: The Blue Sharks will take advantage of their guests

Cape Verde, who impressed their supporters in the AFCON Tournament, will play their third qualifying group game against Botswana at the Estadio Nacional de Cabo Verde on Thursday. The Blue Sharks managed just one win in this group and can’t afford to drop points here. 

FIFA Ranking: 65th

Last five games: WWLLW

The Blue Sharks returned to winning ways after their defeats against Togo and Egypt. Cape Verde scored in both halves to secure their first victory in the group. Cape Verde didn’t create lots of chances but converted the few opportunities they had. Ryan Mendes scored a brace to hand his team the maximum points against Mauritania on their ground. 

Cape Verde, who wrapped up the last AFCON tournament in 4th place, began their journey with a (3-0) defeat against Egypt and won (2-0) against Mauritania. 

Cape Verde have proven themselves to be a formidable force to be reckoned with, and their recent win will propel them to secure the maximum points here. Coach Bubista has named a strong team for this encounter, and we are trusting them to come off with the maximum points here. 

FIFA Ranking: 147th

Last five matches: DLWLL

Didier Gomes Da Rosa's men have had a poor start to their qualifying campaign, heading here with back-to-back defeats. After their (1-0) loss against Mauritania, Botswana were overwhelmed by Egypt at home. The Egyptian scored four goals to cart away the maximum points in a very smooth win against Botswana.

The Southern African side who have only played in this tournament once, will find it difficult to advance as they they sit at the bottom of the log. 

The Zebras have won once in the last eight matches in all competitions, and the victory came against a weaker team.

They are ranked 147th in the world according to FIFA and have earned four points from a combined fifteen lately. 

Cape Verde bounced back from their recent defeats, scoring twice against Mauritania. They’ll be poised to make their home turf a fortress to qualify for AFCON Championship. They’ll face off against a struggling side who have only won once this year. Even though we are yet to witness the version of Cape Verde, who were one of the few surprises in the AFCON tournament and a joy to watch, we expect them to get all the points on their ground here.

We anticipate a halftime win for the hosts for 1.95.

We think this game will produce more than two goals for 2.09.

Good luck!