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South Africa Nigeria betting prediction


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South Africa is trying to reach the top of the group, but knows that in order to achieve its goal it will have to find a regularity of good results from now on, to conquer as many points as possible. Nigeria is struggling to stay at the top of the standings but knows it will not be an easy task. The two sides are fighting equally for the lead, so we should have a duel where both teams will fight for the positive result, and this leads us to believe that we can have good chances of goals for both sides. Our bet will be for both teams to score goals until the final whistle.
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Preview
South Africa and Nigeria face at FNB Stadium (Soccer City), in a match for this stage of the Africa Cup of Nations Qualification (Group Stage). The recent head‑to‑head record favours the home team, since they have a record of 1 win and 2 draws in the last 3 matches. In this match the home advantage may play an important role, since Nigeria presents significant differences between home and away performances.

Analysis South Africa

The home team is currently in the 2nd position, with 8 points won, after 2 wins and 2 draws. In the penultimate round, they have won a home match against Seychelles by (6‑0). In the last round, they have tied an away match against Seychelles by (0‑0). This is a team that usually maintains its competitive levels in home and away matches, since in the last 30 matches they register 6 wins, 5 draws and 4 losses in away matches; against 6 wins, 6 draws and 3 losses at their stadium. In the last 10 home matches South Africa has won 5, tied 2 and lost 3.

In this competition, they haven’t lost any of the last 4 matches. They have been very strong defensively, since they haven't suffered any goals in the last 4 matches for this competition. They have conceded the first goal in 4 of their 10 matches, and have only turned the score around in 1.

The South African national team knows the great importance of this game because it is still fighting for the qualification and can not miss the opportunity to win next to its fans, and also knows that winning takes the lead. Of course there will be a lot of difficulties, but if the team wants to reach the African Nations Cup it will have to show its full capacity, this in the two games that are missing, because not to depend on anyone will need to add the three points in both. In the current confrontation it will need to know how to deal with the opponent's quality, analyze the game and know the right moments to act, because this is the correct way to achieve its goal.

Analysis Nigeria

The away team is currently in the 1st position, with 9 points won, after 3 wins and 1 loss. In the penultimate round, they have won a home match agaisnt Libya by (4‑0). In the last round, they have won an away match against Libya by (2‑3). This is a team that usually gets better results in away matches than at home, since in the last 30 matches they register 9 wins, 2 draws and 4 losses in away matches, with 24 goals scored and 18 conceded; against 7 wins, 4 draws and 4 losses at their stadium, with 23 goals scored and 11 conceded. In the last 10 away matches Nigeria has won 7 and lost 3. Their offense has scored consistently, as they have scored goals in 3 of the last 4 matches for this competition. In 15 matches, they have conceded the first goal 8 times and have only turned the score around in 2. In the last 13 away matches for all competitions there are 2 periods that stand out: they have conceded 6 of their 15 goals between minutes (31'‑45') and 6 of their 15 goals between (61'‑75').

The Nigerian national team's moment is very good and if the team can secure a place in the African Cup of Nations by winning this game, so it knows that having a poor result is not advisable at the moment. So the minimum it wants is a draw, after all it's not bad, but it is aware that it can do a lot more in the field, that is, it may surprise the locals. In this way, we can expect a lot of physical imposition, showing attitude and willpower, after all team will want to celebrate the qualification.
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The tip and bet suggestion for the South Africa vs Nigeria match, on 17 November 2018, of the preview written by the editors of Betting Academy UK, goes to: Both teams score? Yes ⇒ bet available on bet365.

The South Africa vs Nigeria on 17 November 2018 will be played at Johannesburg, FNB Stadium.

The most voted bet by tipsters at Betting Academy UK, for the South Africa Nigeria match, on the "match odds" market, was a win by South Africa at with 57% of the tips.

 

Africa Cup of Nations Qualification - 2019 Cameroon

  • 96% 144 / 150 Games

  • Home team wins 51.39%
  • Draws 26.39%
  • Away team wins 22.22%
  • Over 1.5 65.97%
  • Over 2.5 43.06%
  • Over 3.5 21.53%
  • Goals 344
  • Goals /match 2.39
  • Goals /match home 1.53
  • Goals /match away 0.85
  • Both teams score 40.28%
  • Goals after 80' 7.56%
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