Madagascar meets Burundi in round 2 of the Africa Cup of Nations. The match will be played on Thursday, June 27th at Alexandria Stadium (Alexandria)
Madagascar managed to scratch out a point from the Guinean national team in the opening round of the tournament, playing in a scoring draw (2-2). Can we now say that Madagascar will be able to beat Burundi? Well, I do not think so! This team has problems with gaining victories, and for this match, the men of the French specialist come up with a series of six matches without a win, including qualification for this tournament and friendly matches. The defense of Madagascar is quite bad. The team concedes a bit too often, and there are cases when even three goals are conceded per game. Considering how poor African football is in terms of goals, this is a very bad statistics. During the already mentioned portion of six games, the Madagascar team conceded as many as 14 goals, and with such a defense, it is very difficult to count on victories.
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Burundi is clearly not similar in style to the Madagascar team. Traditionally for African football, the Burundians “dry up” their matches and play a lot of draws. The men of Olivier Niyungeko played a draw nine times in the fifteen previous matches of the national team. As for the current tournament, Burundi began it in its favorite style, trying to tie with the opponent. But the Burundians played with the Nigerian national team, which surely didn’t plan to lose points with such a modest team. In the end, the Nigerians barely penetrated into the defense of the opponent, shoving them the only goal in the 77th minute. But the score could well be 0-0, and the Burundian national team will most likely strive to gain such a result in the upcoming game.
Both teams are not the top representatives of the continent, but they play in different styles. Some are trying to impose open football (Madagascar), others are strictly defensive (Burundi), but more often the players of the Burundian national team manage to follow their way. Therefore, they should gain points.
Prediction for the match: Burundi to win with +0.5 handicap
