Black Bulls vs Costa Do Sol Prediction: Two familiar sides hoping to qualify for next round

In this round of the Mozambique Cup, Black Bulls and Costa Do Sol will compete against one another at Estádio da Matola in Maputo. The team playing at home is the clear favorite to win this contest, while the traveling team is the underdog. 

The Black Bulls are the favorites to win this match, and the home team will do everything they can to take advantage of playing on their own turf. In spite of being heavily favored to win this match, the home team has not been in particularly strong form recently. In fact, the home side has only won one of their past five matches, and that win was over Costa Do Sol by a score of 3-1. In their other five matches, the Black Bulls were defeated by Ferroviario Lichinga and Nacala, but they were held to draws by Matchjde De Maputo and Ferroviario Quelimane. In total, the Black Bulls played five matches. However, during those matches, Ferroviario scored only six goals while also allowing six goals.

As Costa Do Sol prepares to compete in this match, they will be hoping for some good fortune despite the fact that the bookies consider them to be the underdog. In their most recent encounter, which finished in a tie with Ferroviario Nampula, Costa Do Sol was able to earn one point for their team. However, that was their second draw in a row and their fifth overall, as the game against Baia de Pemba was also a scoreless stalemate. This team has only been victorious in one of their most recent matches, and that victory came against Ferroviario Quelimane in a match that ended 2-1. They lost both of their other matches, though, against Black Bulls and Ferroviario Beira, with the matches ending 2-1 and 3-1, respectively. Costa Do Sol has only managed to find the back of the net six times over the course of their last five encounters.

Costa Do Sol and Black Bulls have competed against one another a total of six times throughout the history of their respective teams, with the first matchup taking place in 2021 and ending in a tie score of 2-2. Despite this, the Black Bulls were victorious in the subsequent five matches, which allowed them to establish themselves as the dominant team. However, scoring opportunities for both sides occurred only twice during those games, which was their most recent competition and the first against one another. In their last six meetings, we have only seen them score three or more goals on three separate occasions. A total of eleven goals were scored by Black Bulls in those six matches, while Costa Do Sol only managed to score three.

Because Black Bulls have been so dominant throughout all of their matches, I anticipate that they will prevail in this one as well, especially because the home team is once again favored. A wager on a low number of goals scored is a good idea, as I believe Costa Do Sol will have a good showing today since they will be motivated to keep their goal differential low and avoid the humiliation they suffered the previous time they played Black Bulls.