The third round of the African Cup of Nations sees first take on second in Group C as Gabon and Morocco lock horns at Stade Ahmadou Ahidjo (Yaoundé) this Tuesday. Kickoffs at 22:00 EAT.
Gabon is second in their group with four points after they won in and drew in the two opening fixtures. They need just a draw to qualify for the knock out stages while a win will see them top the group. Gabon have not scored more than a single goal in their last six matches whereas
Gabon comes into this after they held each other to 1-1 Africa Cup of Nations draw versus Ghana. In that match, Gabon had 48% possession, 14 shots with three of them on target and a goal scored by Jim Allevinah (88′). Ghana on the other hand got six shots with one of them on target and a goal by André Ayew (18′).
Morocco is at the top of Group C with six points garnered after winning in both their opening matches. This team has been fierce recently, in their last 31 matches they have only lost once and they have only conceded one goal in their last eight matches.
The Atlas Lions edged Comoros to 2-0 Africa Cup of Nations defeat in their last game. In that match, Morocco had 59% possession, 19 shots with nine of them on target and goals scored by Selim Amallah (16′) and Zakaria Aboukhlal (89′). Comoros got seven shots with not of them target.
Gabon vs Morocco head to head
This will be ninth meetings between these two sides since 2009. Gabon has four victories, there have been three draws and Morocco recorded only one win since then however their form has improved with time.
- Morocco 2-3 Gabon 15/10/19
- Morocco 3-0 Gabon 07/10/17
- Gabon 0-0 Morocco 08/10/16
- Gabon 0-0 Morocco 16/01/16
- Morocco 1-1 Gabon 05/03/14
Home
- Gabon 1–1 Ghana
- Comoros 0-1 Gabon
- Egypt 2-1 Gabon
- Gabon 1-0 Libya
- Gabon 2-0 Angola
Away
- Morocco 2-0 Comoros
- Morocco 1-0 Ghana
- Morocco 3-5 Algeria
- Morocco 1-0 Saudi Arabia
- Jordan 0-4 Morocco
Gabon team news
Gilchrist Nguema, Sidney Obissa and Lloyd Palun will be unavailable for this fixture due to COVID-19.
Morocco team news
Badr Benoun is the only injury concern for the visitors while is in doubts in this fixture as he awaits CAF clearance.
Prediction and odds
We predict a draw at the end of this game considering that; Morocco heads in-form and unbeaten in the last two games while Gabon have been superb in the history of this fixture losing just once in their last eight meetings.
- Draw
- Morocco Win
- Goals under 2.5
