Senegal vs Cape Verde Prediction & Tips
Senegal and Cape Verde Islands meet at Help For Heroes Stadium, in a friendly match. This will be the 2nd of the year for Senegal, after the previous one against Zambia. In the case of the Cape Verde Islands, this is their 1st friendly match of the year. There is only 1 head-to-head meeting in the last 3 years between these two teams, on 07-10-2017, which ended with Senegal’s victory by (0-2). The Cape Verde Islands present considerable differences in their results at home and as a visitor, so in this match the home factor may be decisive.
This is the second friendly of the year for the home team, after the friendly against Zambia, which ended with the final result: Senegal (3-1) Zambia. This is a team little affected by the home factor, that is, it presents similar results at home and away, since in the last 30 games it has registered 7 wins, 4 draws and 4 losses as a visitor, with 20 goals scored and 14 suffered; against 10 victories, 2 draws and 3 defeats in his stadium, with 22 goals scored and 6 suffered. In their last 10 home games Senegal has recorded 7 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses. His attack has scored regularly, as he has scored goals in 8 of the last 10 matches. In their home matches there is a tendency for few goals, since 5 of the last 11 matches have ended with Under 1.5 goals and 9 out of 11 have ended with Under 2.5 goals. There are 2 periods that stand out in the last 5 home matches for all competitions: they have scored 3 of their 8 goals between minutes (31′ ‑ 45 ‘) and 3 of their 8 between minutes (16′ ‑ 30’).
Senegal comes to this match after a 3-1 victory against Zambia, in a friendly match in preparation for their next official matches: Sadio Mané, Ismaïla Sarr and Krépin Diatta scored the goals. Coach Aliou Cissé is expected to design his team in a 4-3-3 formation with Boulaye Dia, Sadio Mané and Ismaïla Sarr as forwards. On the other hand, Nampalys Mendy is the great organizer of the offensive process and has great passing quality and vision of the game. All players are available for this match.
The visiting team plays its first friendly of the year, after having played 2 in the past year, with the following markers: Cape Verde Islands (1‑2) Guinea and Andorra (1‑2) Cape Verde Islands. This is a team that curiously has been stronger away than at home, since in the last 30 games they have recorded 6 wins, 4 draws and 5 losses as a visitor; against 5 victories, 4 draws and 6 defeats in his stadium. In their last match, for the Africa Cup of Nations Qualification, they beat Mozambique away by (0‑1). In their last 5 away matches Cape Verde Islands has recorded 2 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss. His attack has scored regularly, having scored goals in 7 of the last 10 matches.
Cape Verde comes to this match after a 1-0 victory on the trip to Mozambique, in a qualifying match for the Africa Cup of Nations. In this friendly against Senegal, coach Pedro Brito is expected to organize his team into a 5-3-2 formation, with a more direct playing style. Left winger Ryan Mendes is one of the greatest dangers in the Cape Verdean attack and is very fast and competent when it comes to getting the ball into attack. All players are available for this match.
Senegal – Cape Verde FREE TIPS
Senegal – Win @ 1.75
Both teams to score / YES @ 1.80
Over 2.5 Goals @ 1.90
