Ivory Coast national football team takes on the visitors Gabon national football team at “Stade Municipal de Bouake” in the matchday four of the Third stage of the Confederation of African Football's Preliminary Competition for the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia. The game will be played in Bouake on Tuesday, September 5th.
Ivory Coast demonstrates unsuccessful results in 2017 as the team gained only five wins alongside with three draws and four defeats in 12 encounters. Nevertheless, the side picks up points consistently in the qualifying competition for the 2018 FIFA World Cup, having thrashed Gabon 3:0 on the road with the help of Max Gradel and Seydou Doumbia with the latter having scored twice in that head-to-head conducted on the 2nd of September. After three rounds played Ivory Coast has seven points taken with 6-1 goal difference and is currently leading in the Group C, being the main candidate for a trip to Russia. At the home field “Les Elephants” conducted one clash resulting in 3:1 triumph over Mali.
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Gabon is in long-lasting crisis as Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang’s side managed to get only four victories in 25 recent fights. Gabon's no-win series counts for 11 games and has been lasting since the 2nd of September 2016 which means that the team has been unable to win for more than a year already. However, it should be noted that “Les Pantheres” have been broken only three times during that period with eight more encounters finished in draws. After three rounds of the qualification Gabon settles on the third place in the Group C with two points earned and 0-3 goal difference keeping minimal chances for winning a ticket to Russia.
Ivory Coast and Gabon have met four times in their history with single draw and three victories celebrated by “Les Elephants” with 4:1, 2:1 and 3:0 scorelines with the last one gained a few days ago. Having gained a confident victory on the road, “Les Elephants” is expected to repeat this result in front of its fans.
Prediction for the match: Ivory Coast to win with -1.0 Asian handicap.
