Algeria vs South Africa Prediction: The Desert Foxes will struggle against their opponent

Algeria will face off against South Africa at the Stade de Nelson Mandela Stadium on Tuesday. Bafana Bafana struggled against a lowly ranked Andorra side a few days ago, while Algeria waited till the 94th minute to secure the maximum points against Bolivia.

Algeria

FIFA Ranking: 43th

Last five games: WDDLW

The Desert Foxes, who had a disappointing outing in the just concluded AFCON Championship head here with a (3-2) victory over Bolivia. Algeria started the game with some quality players but couldn’t curtail the attacking threats of Bolivia, and if not for Aissa Mandi's intervention in the 94th minute, they would have settled for a point. 

Algeria have lost once in their last sixteen games but have not been playing to their standards lately. The Desert Foxes have lost just once in their previous fourteen friendly matches and will be determined to secure the maximum points here.

South Africa

FIFA Ranking: 56th

Last five games: WWLWD

After featuring new faces in their recent friendly match against Andorra, which led to a split of points, South Africa will be poised to amass all the points against the hosts. South Africa moved eight places up in the FIFA Ranking after their solid performance in the just concluded AFCON Tournament. They finished as the third-best side in the competition after being knocked out by Nigeria in the quarterfinals. The one-time Africa Cup of Nations champions have the second-best defense in this tournament, keeping the same clean sheet (5) as Nigeria. 

South Africa have won four, lost once, and drawn two games over their previous seven matches. 

Expert Betting Tips

Over their previous two meetings, Algeria have won once and drawn a game. Algeria will be at their best in front of their supporters on their ground, and we think the visitors won’t really push as most of their key players are missing. Ronwen Williams will retain the number one spot, and Influential midfielder Mokoena were pictured in training after failing to make the team sheet against Andorra.

New Algeria coach Vladimir Petkovic will be keen to prove his worth against a solid South African side, and with the quality at his disposal, we expect him to come off with the maximum points here. We think this encounter won’t produce lots of goals since both teams are missing most of their key players; bet on a total of under 2.5 goals for 1.60.

We expect the hosts to take advantage of their home support and get the maximum points here for 1.57.

This game will produce more goals after the break for 2.13.

Good luck!