Ivory Coast vs Algeria: The ball is in Ivory Coast's court

War in Group E as Ivory Coast combat against Algeria at the Stade Omnisport de Douala on Thursday. A repeat of the 2019 final game in Douala, and we are about to witness an exciting match come Thursday. Will take the glory?

Last five matches: WWLWD

It's a battle of who is going to qualify in Group E as Ivory Coast take the top spot on the log, only a matter of time? They are on four points with one win and one draw in two matches.

The two times AFCON winners were unlucky to have drawn their last match after an error from Eliezer Tape in the dead-end of the match and Al-hadji Kamara slotted it in from close range. Ivory Coast were offered the opportunity to take the lead in the 12th minute of the match after Zaha was brought down in the box but Franck Kessie missed from the spot. Nevertheless, Sebastian Haller gave Patice's men the lead after a solo pass from Zaha. The second half commenced and Musa Kamara equalized for Sierra Leone. Pepe gave Ivory Coast the lead again but was cancelled out by Kamara's goal.

The 56th FIFA ranked team won't be gracing the world cup after failing to qualify.

The Elephants are unbeaten in all fourteen matches except for the loss against Cameroon, winning nine and drawing four.

Key player: Wilfred Zaha

Last five matches: WWWDL

The North African side are presently seated at the bottom of Group E with one point in two matches. It's going to be an utter letdown if they fail to qualify in a Group that has Sierra Leone and Equatorial Guinea.

Their last match presented them with a glorious opportunity to move to the second point but was denied by the 70th-minute goal from Esteban Obiang as they lost 0-1 to Equatorial Guinea

That was a huge blow for them despite having the larger possession of the ball (69%).

The Arabian Cup winners who are ranked 29th best country in the world were on blistering form with a twenty six-match unbeaten run before the loss against Equatorial Guinea.

Key player: Riyad Mahrez

Both teams have met four times in this tournament in recent times, a win for Ivory Coast and three draws in that encounter.

All four matches ended in both teams scoring but we are really worried about Algeria, because they haven't found the net yet in this tournament, but because of the importance of the match, we are going with a BTS for 2.00.

A must-win for both teams, Ivory Coast are full of confidence after four points in two matches, I believe Algeria would want to attack therefore leaving their defence open for Ivory Coast to capitalise, I'm going with an Ivory Coast win for 3.27.

We are suggesting a second-half goal of over 1.5 for 2.50.