World Cup

World Cup Qualifying - Africa | Second Round

Sep 7, 2021 at 5pm UK

Cape Verde
1 - 2
Nigeria

Tavares (19')

FT(HT: 1-1)

Osimhen (30'), Rocha Santos (76' og.)
Okoye (87'), Omeruo (90+2')

The Match

Preview

Sports Mole previews Tuesday's World Cup Qualifying - Africa clash between Cape Verde and Nigeria, including predictions, team news and possible lineups.

Data Analysis

Our analysis of all available data, including recent performances and player stats up until an hour before kickoff, suggested the most likely outcome of this match was a Cape Verde win with a probability of 47.63%. A win for Nigeria had a probability of 27.18% and a draw had a probability of 25.2%.

The most likely scoreline for a Cape Verde win was 1-0 with a probability of 10.71%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-1 (9.36%) and 2-0 (8.37%). The likeliest Nigeria win was 0-1 (7.66%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (11.96%). The actual scoreline of 1-2 was predicted with a 6.7% likelihood.

Result
Cape Verde	Draw	Nigeria
47.63%	25.18%	27.18%

Both teams to score 53.19%

Goals

Over 2.5

Under 2.5

50.16%

49.84%

Over 3.5

Under 3.5

28.16%

71.84%

Cape Verde Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

79.05%

20.94%

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

46.31%

53.69%

Nigeria Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

67.28%

32.72%

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

30.73%

69.27%

Score Analysis

Cape Verde 47.63%

Nigeria 27.18%

Draw 25.17%

Cape Verde	Draw	Nigeria
1-0 @ 10.71% 2-1 @ 9.36% 2-0 @ 8.37% 3-1 @ 4.88% 3-0 @ 4.36% 3-2 @ 2.72% 4-1 @ 1.91% 4-0 @ 1.71% 4-2 @ 1.06% Other @ 2.56% Total : 47.63%	1-1 @ 11.96% 0-0 @ 6.85% 2-2 @ 5.23% 3-3 @ 1.01% Other @ 0.12% Total : 25.17%	0-1 @ 7.66% 1-2 @ 6.69% 0-2 @ 4.28% 1-3 @ 2.49% 2-3 @ 1.95% 0-3 @ 1.59% Other @ 2.54% Total : 27.18%

How you voted: Cape Verde vs Nigeria

Cape Verde

14.8%

Draw

14.8%

Nigeria

70.4%