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Mali takes on the visitors Ivory Coast at “Stade du 26 Mars” in the matchday five Confederation of African Football's Preliminary Competition for the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia. The game will be played in Bamako on Friday, October 6th.
Mali has managed to win only one out of eight recent clashes since the 12th of August 2017. The team gained four draws and three defeats during that period. With four rounds of the qualifying stage behind, the Malian side is sitting on the fourth place in Group C table with two points earned and 1-9 goal difference keeping misty chances for promotion to the World Cup’s final stage. Mali conducted two games at the home field with both of them having been finished in 0:0 draw against Gabon and Morocco.
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Ivory Coast has succeeded in two out of 10 latest matches, having got three draws and five losses in them. The team’s no-win run has been counting for five clashes while the series of not a single goal scored reaching 302 minutes of football already. Despite all the recent failures, Ivory Coast settles on the first place in the Group C standings with seven points taken and 7-3 goal difference after four rounds played. The side participated in two encounters at away grounds, having earned 0:0 draw against Morocco and 3:0 victory over Gabon in them.
Since 1994 the rivals have met eight times with six triumphs gained by Ivory Coast, single draw and one Mali’s victory. The forthcoming battle is of high importance for both opponents as only win will allow the hosting side to follow up racing for promotion to the Mundial while the visitors cannot afford to lose points as it will mean losing the first place in the group standings. Thus, I expect the forthcoming clash to be tough with not many goals scored.
Prediction for the match: Under 2.5 scored goals.
