Sudan vs Niger prediction 04.09.2024 | Africa Cup of Nations
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- Competition: AFCON Qualification
- Date: 4th September 2024
- Kick-off: 20:00 UTC +1 / 21:00 CEST
- Venue: Juba Stadium
Sudan will be looking to continue their recent impressive form across all competitions when they host Niger in Juba on Wednesday night.
The last time Sudan reached the finals of the AFCON Cup of Nations was in 2022. The hosts finished third with just one point in a group that included the likes of Guinea-Bissau, Egypt and Nigeria, but they have improved massively since then. The Secretarybirds go into Wednesday's game on a four-match unbeaten run and will be hoping to extend that run when they begin their Africa Cup of Nations qualifying campaign.
Niger meanwhile last qualified for the Africa Cup of Nations more than a decade ago. They've finished bottom of their group in each of their last two qualifying campaigns and their recent form doesn't suggest that things will change this time around. They travel to Sudan having lost five of their last six matches.
Sudan vs Niger Betting Tips: Sudan to win
These two sides last met over two years ago in a friendly encounter. Sudan ran away with a 3-0 win and I fancy them to replicate that sort of performance on Wednesday. James Kwesi Appiah’s side enter this game with a run of three consecutive wins in competitive matches and kept a clean sheet in all three fixtures.
Niger have been poor both offensively and defensively over the course of their last two games or so. In fact the only clean sheet the visitors kept in that spell was in a friendly against Somalia. They failed to score in four of the six competitive games played in that spell.
- Best Tip: Sudan to win
- Sudan vs Niger prediction: 1-0
Sudan vs Niger Head to Head (H2H) stats
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Sudan
3 : 0
Niger
Friendly International
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Sudan
1 : 2
Niger
Friendly International
Sudan team news
Al-Merrikh SC striker Ramadan Agab is the most valuable player in the Sudanese squad. The 34-year-old returns to the squad after missing the World Cup qualifying encounters with Mauritania and South Sudan in June.
Mohamed Abdelrahman Yousif Yagoub is expected to lead the line and could be supported by Yasser Muzammil, while the youngest member of the squad, Marwan Taha Salih, will be hoping for a place in defence.
Last matches of Sudan
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South Sudan
0 : 3
Sudan
CAF World Cup Qualifiers
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Mauritania
0 : 2
Sudan
CAF World Cup Qualifiers
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Sudan
0 : 1
Tanzania
Friendly International
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Sudan
2 : 1
Tanzania
Friendly International
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Sudan
1 : 0
Congo DR
CAF World Cup Qualifiers
Sudan lineup
Goalkeeper
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21
Mohamed Mustafa
Defenders
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12
Bakhit Khames
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6
Mustafa Karshoum
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13
Abdelrahman Ali
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17
Awad Zayed Bakheit Gadin
Midfielders
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5
Walieldin Khedr
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2
Abuaagla Abdalla
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8
Abdel Raouf
Forwards
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10
Seif Teiri
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10
Mohamed Abdelrahman Yousif Yagoub
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11
Yasser Muzammil
Niger team news
As for Niger, Ali Mohamed (€2.00 million) is the most highly rated player. The Maccabi Haifa midfielder is likely to partner Ousmane Diabaté in the engine room, while Mahamadou Tanja will retain his place between the sticks.
Having got on the scoresheet in the nations’ last competitive match in November last year against Zambia, Boubacar Djibrill Goumey is expected to lead the line and could be joined by Amadou Moutari who also got on the scoresheet in that game.
Last matches of Niger
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Senegal
1 : 0
Niger
Friendly International
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Niger
2 : 1
Zambia
CAF World Cup Qualifiers
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Niger
0 : 1
Tanzania
CAF World Cup Qualifiers
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Libya
1 : 1
Niger
Friendly International
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Niger
3 : 0
Somalia
Friendly International
Niger lineup
Goalkeeper
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22
Mahamadou Tanja
Defenders
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6
Najeeb Yakubu
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15
Abdoulaye Boureima Katakoré
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5
Salifou Massoudi
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2
Rahim Alhassane
Midfielders
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22
Ali Mohamed
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18
Ousmane Diabaté
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8
Yussif Moussa
Forwards
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20
Amadou Moutari
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17
Boubacar Djibrill Goumey
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7
Issa Djibrilla
Three reasons we expect Sudan to win this game
- Sudan won each of their last three competitive matches.
- Niger lost five of their last six competitive matches.
- Sudan kept a clean sheet in each of their last three competitive matches.
Main prediction Sudan - Niger
Sudan to win
Best Odds:
22Bet
1.94
Additional predictions
Sudan & Niger current standing in Africa Cup of Nations Qualifications
| Group F | P | W | D | L |
G - A
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GD | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Angola | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 - 1 | +2 | 6 |
| 2 | Sudan | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 - 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | Ghana | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 - 2 | -1 | 1 |
| 4 | Niger | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 - 2 | -1 | 1 |