World Cup

World Cup Qualifying - Africa | Second Round

Oct 9, 2021 at 5pm UK

Ghana
3 - 1
Zimbabwe

Kudus (5'), Partey (66'), Ayew (87')
Kudus (31'), Djiku (48')

FT(HT: 1-0)

Musona (49' pen.)
Hadebe (90+2')

The Match

Preview

Sports Mole previews Saturday's World Cup Qualifying - Africa clash between Ghana and Zimbabwe, 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 Ghana win with a probability of 47.99%. A draw had a probability of 28.5% and a win for Zimbabwe had a probability of 23.48%.

The most likely scoreline for a Ghana win was 1-0 with a probability of 15.53%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-0 (10.16%) and 2-1 (8.36%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (12.77%), while for a Zimbabwe win it was 0-1 (9.77%). The actual scoreline of 3-1 was predicted with a 3.6% likelihood. Our data analysis correctly predicted that Ghana would win this match.

Result
Ghana	Draw	Zimbabwe
47.99%	28.53%	23.48%

Both teams to score 40.91%

Goals

Over 2.5

Under 2.5

35.86%

64.14%

Over 3.5

Under 3.5

16.72%

83.28%

Ghana Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

72.97%

27.03%

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

37.61%

62.39%

Zimbabwe Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

56.06%

43.94%

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

19.93%

80.07%

Score Analysis

Ghana 47.98%

Zimbabwe 23.48%

Draw 28.52%

Ghana	Draw	Zimbabwe
1-0 @ 15.53% 2-0 @ 10.16% 2-1 @ 8.36% 3-0 @ 4.43% 3-1 @ 3.65% 3-2 @ 1.5% 4-0 @ 1.45% 4-1 @ 1.19% Other @ 1.71% Total : 47.98%	1-1 @ 12.77% 0-0 @ 11.87% 2-2 @ 3.44% Other @ 0.44% Total : 28.52%	0-1 @ 9.77% 1-2 @ 5.25% 0-2 @ 4.02% 1-3 @ 1.44% 0-3 @ 1.1% 2-3 @ 0.94% Other @ 0.96% Total : 23.48%

How you voted: Ghana vs Zimbabwe

Ghana

71.4%

Draw

11.9%

Zimbabwe

16.7%