In a game of the second round of group B of the African Cup of Nations 2019 to be played in Egypt, Madagascar faces Burundi. The match will take place on Thursday, June 27, 2019, at 3:30 p.m., a very lively duel is expected between two teams fighting for one of the first two places of the group, giving access to the round of 16 of the biggest international event selections from Africa. Madagascar entered the competition with a two-ball draw against Guiné in an imprint for cardiacs, placing in second place in the group with 1 point added. Worse Burundi came in, losing 1-0 to Nigeria, naturally occupying the last position of the group and is forbidden to lose again in this game, otherwise they will be out of the possibility of moving on to the next phase of the competition!
The match involving the Madagascar squad, which makes its first appearance in a final round of the CAF Africa Cup of Nations, and the Burundi team opens the match schedule for the second round of the tournament on Thursday, June 27. The duel will be held at the Alexandria stadium in Egypt. It is part of group B, which still has Nigeria and Guinea.Based in Egypt, the competition will run until July 19. In the period, the 24 ranked countries, which were divided into six groups with four teams each in the initial phase, will fight for the title. The first stage is held in a single shift. At the end of three rounds, the first two places of each key advance. The top four will be joined by the top 12 players in the comparison of the six who complete their participation in the competition by completing the last 16. From there, elimination matches will indicate the survivors until the champion is defined.
Madagascar vs Burundi
- The fact that Burundi needs a lot of scoring, so you have to take chances.
- The offensive style that Madagascar presented on Matchday 1, when they drew 2-2.
- Madagascar has conceded 14 goals in the last 6 matches.
- 5 of the last 6 games in Burundi have had more than 1.5 goals.
Madagascar
Even with players without much experience in international tournaments, Madagascar can consider the 2-2 draw against Guinea in their first game in the competition, which was held on Saturday, June 22, a good result.The team were at a disadvantage when conceding a Kaba goal in the 34th minute of the first half. In the beginning of the second stage, he achieved the upset. The goals were scored by Anicet in the fourth minute and Andria in the 10th minute. However, he had his net again balanced in the 21 minutes in penalty shot converted by Kamano.Guinea’s selection had wide superiority in the confrontation. Not only did I have more control over possession of the ball (60%) but it created more opportunities to finish (15 to 6). Madagascar had a worse result avoided by the lack of precise aim of the rivals, who only hit 20% of their kicks on the target, while their athletes were able to send 50% of the attempts to kick in the right direction.With that, the team reached a winless sequence of six clashes (four defeats and two draws). It was started already in the final days of the qualifiers for the Cup of Africa.
Burundi
The Burundi team have many reasons to regret the 1-0 loss to Nigeria in their debut, which was also played on Saturday, June 22. Although Nigerians were considered favorites, this condition was not shown on the field.Although Nigeria managed to keep the ball most of the time (64%), the offensive production of both teams was the same, with 15 attempts to finish. Burundi even managed to hit more. There were six balls in the target against three of the opponent, however, in one of them managed to swing the net.The big problem of the team was the error of the passes. Of the 295 connection attempts among their athletes, 95 were misguided, which gives almost a wasted ball every three risky passes.
Football Prediction of the Day Madagascar vs Burundi
With Burundi needing a lot of punctuation, knowing the bold style of Madagascar and looking at the recent series of games of both teams, we believe in a very open game, with chances of goal between the two goals and more than 1.5 goals!
Bet Tips: Burundi
Odds: 2.60
Both Madagascar and Burundi are teams set to play in a closed game and expect the rival to take risks. Thus, the duel between them must be marked by caution. This makes the prognosis in equality the best guess for the meeting for the second round of the qualifying phase of the African Nations Cup 2019.
Prediction Today: Draw
Odds: 2.75
