SOL vs Stella Adjame Prediction: A draw should satisfy the two teams

SOL and Stella Adjame at Stade Robert Champroux on the opening day of the Ivory Coast Ligue 1. SOL secured a 2-0 win at home in their last meeting. How will this game unfold?

SOL finished the previous season with 40 points from 30 matches, leaving them seated 9th at the end. This team scored 32 goals in those matches while conceding 31 in the same run. However, this team enter the new season with an unbeaten run, winning two and drawing one. Ahead of this game, SOL have scored five goals while not conceding in that run.

Stella Adjame will hope for a better performance this season after finishing fifth in the previous season. In 30 matches, this team accumulated 45 points, scored 39 goals, and conceded 29. In their run of games into this game, Stella Adjame have three wins, coming against Korhogo, ASEC Mimosas, and Stella Adjame. However, this team drew Academie de FAD while securing a 2-3 defeat in another encounter with ASI d’Abengourou. 

I expect the two teams to work hard to avoid a defeat in this game. In their last meetings, the two teams won one in each encounter. However, being the league opener, I expect the two teams to focus on defensive play, doing well to avoid goals, a game that should end with few goals.