Angola vs Central African Republic Match Analysis and Prediction

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Angola and Central African Republic will be starting their respective Africa Cup of Nations qualifying campaigns with a meeting at Estadio 11 de Novembro on Wednesday.

The two national teams will be fighting for two automatic spots at the next year’s continental tournament alongside Ghana and Madagascar in Group E of the qualifiers.

Angola played out a goalless draw with the National Lightning of Equatorial Guinea in their last game on March 29 at Estadio Municipal de Obidos.

Both of the teams failed to find the breakthrough in what was a dull affair, which resulted in a share of the spoils for Pedro Goncalves’ side in Portugal.

However, that was another game without defeat for the Giant sable antelopes, who are now no their longest unbeaten streak since 2019.

They will now be facing the challenge of an opposing side against whom they have a mixed record, with either side picking up a victory each in the previous two meetings.

Having failed to feature in the last AFCON competition, Goncalves’ side will be looking to make corrections this time around and a good start would help set the tone.

Meanwhile, like their Wednesday’s opponents Angola, Central African Republic were also absent from the Africa Cup of Nations showpiece in Cameroon and still await their first-ever appearance at this level.

In their most recent participation, the Wild Beasts played out a goalless draw with Sudan on March 26 at the Benjamin Mkapa Stadium.

Despite managing to end a four-game losing run, Raoul Savoy’s side are yet to come out on top in any oftheir last five matches.

With their last nine matches away from home resulting in just one win, Central African Republic have a lot of work to do as they look to get their qualifying journey up and running.

Angola vs Central African Republic head to head

The two national teams have previously met on only two occasions in the Africa Cup of Nations Qualification in 2015 and 2016, where each side have claimed one victory. Angola have scored five goals and conceded three in the process. They now meet for the third time in the same competition.

Angola 4-0 Central African Republic 13/06/15

Central African Republic 3-1 Angola 05/06/16

Angola latest home form

Angola have recently failed to keep a good run of form at home, having won just two of their six most recent matches. They drew 2-2 with Egypt in their last home game in the World Cup Qualifications. In their last five matches, they have scored seven goals and conceded four.

Angola 0-1 Congo DR 17/11/20

Angola 2-0 Gabon 29/03/21

Angola 0-1 Libya 07/09/21

Angola 3-1 Gabon 08/10/21

Angola 2-2 Egypt 12/11/21

Angola latest away form

Angola have recently been on a relatively poor run of form on the road, having been winless in their eight most recent matches. They drew 0-0 with Equatorial Guinea in their last away game in a friendly game. In their last five matches, they have scored three goals and conceded seven.

Egypt 1-0 Angola 01/09/21

Gabon 2-0 Angola 11/10/21

Libya 1-1 Angola 16/11/21

Guinea-Bissau 3-2 Angola 26/03/22

Equatorial Guinea 0-0 Angola 29/03/22

Central African Republic latest home form

CAR have recently been on a poor run of form at home, having failed to win any of their five most recent matches. They lost 2-0 to Nigeria in their last home game in the World Cup Qualifications. In their last five matches, they have scored just one goals and conceded seven.

Central African Republic 0-2 Morocco 17/11/20

Central African Republic 0-1 Mauritania 30/03/21

Central African Republic 1-1 Cape Verde 01/09/21

Central African Republic 0-1 Liberia 06/09/21

Central African Republic 0-2 Nigeria 10/10/21

Central African Republic latest away form

CAR have recently been on a poor run of form on the road, having been winless in their four most recent matches. Their last away victory came 1-0 over Nigeria on October 7 in the World Cup Qualifications. In their last five matches, they have scored four goals and conceded eight.

Nigeria 0-1 Central African Republic 07/10/21

Cape Verde 2-1 Central African Republic 13/11/21

Liberia 3-1 Central African Republic 16/11/21

Tanzania 3-1 Central African Republic 23/03/22

Sudan 0-0 Central African Republic 26/03/22

Angola news

Helder Costa, who is playing for Valencia on loan, recently switched his international allegiance to Angola last year, and has been included in the hosts’ 29-man squad.

Manuel Afonso was at the double in his last home game for Angola, making the midfielder one to look out for in this one.

Central African Republic news

Isaac Ngoma has scored in each of his last two away matches for CAR and will be looking to do the same once again, with Geoffrey Kondogbia being called up.

Theodor Yawanendji will also aim to continue from where he left off after opening his national-team account from the penalty spot.

Prediction and Odds

Central African Republic have failed to keep a good record in their recent matches, and they will try to kick off their AFCON qualifying campaign with a positive result.

However, Angola enter the contest on a better run of results and with their home advantage, we back them for a win.

Odds: 1 2.15 X 2.05 2 2.32