We said: Djibouti 1-2 Guinea-Bissau
Guinea-Bissau have been steadily improving in recent times and could be a dark horse in this group. The visitors beat Nigeria earlier this year, and after holding Burkina Faso to a draw on the road last week, they are now unbeaten in their last three. Against one of the lowest-ranked teams on the continent, we are expecting the African wild dogs to claim their first win of the competition in this one.
Read more.Data Analysis
Our analysis of all available data, including recent performances and player stats up until an hour before kickoff, suggested the most likely outcome of this match was a Guinea-Bissau win with a probability of 82.81%. A draw had a probability of 12.2% and a win for Djibouti had a probability of 5.01%.
The most likely scoreline for a Guinea-Bissau win was 0-2 with a probability of 14.77%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 0-3 (13.1%) and 0-1 (11.09%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (5.72%), while for a Djibouti win it was 1-0 (2.15%). The actual scoreline of 0-1 was predicted with an 11.1% likelihood. Our team at Sports Mole and our data analysis both correctly predicted that Guinea-Bissau would win this match.