ALGERIA – MALI | Wednesday, 20:30
Algeria have won eleven in a row. Yet they missed out on qualification for the next World Cup. So has Mali, who, however, have fewer victories. Both, therefore, will watch the others in Qatar but will not stand still. And they will face each other for the second time in a friendly in the space of a short time. Yes, in fact, the two teams have already played each other on 29 September: four-nil in favour of Algeria, who have the distinct feeling that they can find their twelfth victory in a row and really make a sensational run.
In the last five meetings, overall, between the two teams, there have been three victories for Mali – while two Algerian affirmations – and no draws have come. As said, however, in this case, and seeing what was the last such fresh precedent, it seems clear that Algeria are favourites and could also draw this account we have just told you about.
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The Prediction
In short: Algeria winning in a match that should still yield at least three goals in total. The feeling, moreover, is that even Mali, at least this time and unlike less than a month ago, can find the way to the net to make a defeat that seems written in stone a little less bitter.
The likely line-up for Algeria-Mali
- ALGERIA (4-3-3): M’Bolhi; Bensebaini, Mandi, Touba, Atal; Bennacer, Zerrouki, Bentaleb; Mahrez, Slimani, Ounas.
- MALI (4-3-3): Diarra; Traore, Fofana, M. Haidara, Sacko; A. Haidara, Samassekou, Doucoure; Coulibaly, Koita, Kone.
POSSIBLE RESULT: 2-1
