Nigeria – Mozambique. Forecast and announcement for the 1/16 finals of the African Cup of Nations

On January 5, the 1/8 final match of the African Nations Cup will be held at the Sportive de Fes Complex, in which the national teams of Nigeria and Mozambique will play. The match will start at 21:00 Kyiv time.

Nigeria

The team tried to make something successful out of the wood it broke in the first part of the qualification for the World Championship. Something worked out – due to the fact that they defeated Benin 4-0 in the final round, they managed to push it to third place and become one of the best runners-up in that selection. And then, after failing to beat Gabon in regular time, they scored three times in extra time. Only in the decisive round with the DR Congo, this focus could not be repeated: after 1:1, they lost in a penalty shootout.

So he had to rehabilitate himself in front of his fans at the Cannes Film Festival. And so far they are showing one hundred percent results. But at the same time always missing: 2:1 with Tanzania, 3:2 with Tunisia and 3:1 with Uganda, although by that time all questions about entering the playoffs had been removed.

Mozambique

The national team looks much more modest than its opponent. This was also evident in the selection for the World Championship. In a rather simple group then, they scored eighteen points in ten matches, losing not only to the clear favorite, Algeria, with its 25, but also, according to additional indicators, to Uganda.

Now the national team, in fact, has already completed the task for the African Cup of Nations, having entered the playoffs there, and from a very difficult group. Although only due to the current regulations and the fact that there are already 24 participants. At the group stage, they managed to beat Gabon – there they finished with a score of 3:2 in their favor. At the same time, this success was expected to be conceded to Ivory Coast (0:1), and then to Cameroon (1:2). But even this was enough to enter the head-to-head matches as one of the best third.

Statistics of personal meetings

There were five head-to-head matches in total. Mozambique managed to draw the first of them, in 2009 (then they finished 0:0). Then the Nigerians won, including 3:2 in 2023.

Forecast

Bookmakers GGBET rate the chances of the teams with very decent odds: 1.33 for Nigeria and 11.00 for Mozambique. And which forecast to choose is up to you. Play with the best odds, get instant payouts and support your favorite team with us.

Bookmakers do not expect much intrigue from this match. We bet here on the victory of Nigeria with a handicap of -1.0 goals (coefficient – 1.60).