Equatorial Guinea vs Namibia Prediction: The Elephants are always focused on their ground

Equatorial Guinea will face off against Namibia at the Nuevo Estadio de Malabo Stadium on Wednesday. The Elephants were second in the previous World Cup Qualifiers, trailing Tunisia with just two points. At the same time, Namibia won just one of their six games and ended up in third place. Both teams are tipped to fight for the second spot on the log this season, as Tunisia are natural favourites to advance.

Equatorial Guinea

FIFA Ranking: 91st

Last five matches: WWWDD

The Elephants will grace next year’s AFCON Tournament after their resilience display in their last four games. They wrapped up the group tied on points with Tunisia at the top of the log, losing just one of their games to the North African side. Equatorial Guinea are unbeaten in their previous seven games in all competitions, winning four and sharing the spoils in three. Juan Micha men are always very direct with their game plan and hardly concede unnecessarily.

Possible Starting Eleven: Owono; Ndong, Akapo, Coco, Anieboh; Bikoro, Miranda, Pedro, Salvador; Dorian, Nsue.

Namibia

FIFA Ranking: 114th

Last five games: LDWLD

The Brave Warriors finished second in a group of three, as they trail Cameroon with two points. Namibia have struggled since the absence of their highest goal scorer, Peter Shalulile, who has been injured for their last two games. Namibia's previous appearance in this qualifier ended with just a win in six games, as they finished third on the log.

Namibia will hope to finish strong in this competition but will likely play defensively here to widen their chances of making it to the knockout stages.

Possible Starting Eleven: Kazapua; Kamberipa, Ananias, Elago, Amutenya, Haoseb; Shitembi, Tjiueza, Kasume; Kambindu, Muzeu.

Expert Betting Tips

Namibia coach Collin Benjamin confirmed the absence of Peter Shalulile in his press conference. Black Leopards forward will replace the Mamelodi Sundowns striker up top, while Aprocius Petrus is expected to start in the heart of the midfield. For Equatorial Guinea, Emilio Naue will play upfront. In contrast, Pedro Obiang and Pablo Ganet will play at the centre of the park, and Jesus Owono of Deportivo Alaves will be in goal. Namibia have managed two wins in their previous twelve competitive games since 2021 and will face Equatorial Guinea, who are unbeaten in their last seven games. Equatorial Guinea have also made their home turf a refuge with two losses in thirteen games. They understand the importance of winning at home in this tournament, and we are backing them to secure the maximum points for 1.75.

The visitors who had to train in South Africa are the underdogs here, and we can’t see them pulling any surprises here; bet on a home win and over 1.5 goals for 2.10.

A correct score of (2-0) might surface here for 5.80.

Good luck!