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Cape Verde vs Mauritania: When Cape Verde and Mauritania play each other in the AFCON 2023 Round of 16 at Felix Houphouet-Boigny Stadium Abidjan on Monday, they will both be looking to win their first-ever knockout round matches at the African Cup of Nations.
With three outstanding performances, Cape Verde won over a lot of neutral supporters and went on to win Group B with seven points from three games.
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Before the matchday-three’s encounter against Egypt, the Bubista-led team had already secured first place in Group B with two decisive victories over Mozambique and Ghana.
Despite Bubista’s decision to rest a majority of his first-team regulars against the Pharaohs, Cape Verde managed to hold the seven-time champions to a 2-2 draw in that particular match.
As they prepare to play Mauritania, who unexpectedly pulled off their tournament’s first-ever victory last Tuesday, Cape Verde are currently the favourites to move on to the quarterfinals of the competition. On the last day of the group phase, Mauritania defeated Algeria 1-0, the group’s favorites, following the first two losses to Burkina Faso and Angola.
Cape Verde VS Mauritania: Betting Analysis
Cape Verde defeated teams like Egypt and Ghana to win Group B with seven points from three games.
Mauritania defeated Algeria 1-0 on Tuesday to celebrate their first-ever AFCON victory.
In all three of Cape Verde’s group-stage matches, three goals or more have been scored.
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The 2019 African Nations Championship marked the last time these two teams faced one another. On that occasion, Mauritania came away from two head-to-head matches with Cape Verde with a win and a draw. Between the two teams, this will just be their third head-to-head battle.
Who will win the match: Cape Verde vs Mauritania?
We believe that Mauritania have a sufficient threat to score against this Cape Verde Islands lineup, but it won’t be enough to keep them from losing. We predict that this game will be extremely close and that the Cape Verde Islands will win 2-1 in the end – ought to be a decent one.
Cape vs Mauritania: Head-to-Head
Our Prediction: Over 1.5 Goals
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