World Cup

World Cup Qualifying - Africa | Group Stage

Nov 17, 2023 at 7pm UK

Stade Olympique Alassane Ouattara (Abidjan)

Ivory Coast
9 - 0
Seychelles

Haller (20' pen.), Sangare (24'), Adingra (36'), Konate (40' pen., 90+5'), Fofana (60'), Traore (77', 90+4'), Krasso (84' pen.)

FT(HT: 4-0)

Nourice (62'), Panayi (68')

Preview

Data Analysis

Lineups

The Match

Preview

Sports Mole previews Friday's World Cup Qualifying - Africa clash between Ivory Coast and Seychelles, including predictions, team news and possible lineups.

Form, Standings, Stats

Ivory Coast

All competitions

Last Game: Ivory Coast 1-1 South Africa
Tuesday, October 17 at 8pm in International Friendlies

Current Group A Standings		P	GD	PTS
1	Equatorial Guinea	0	0	0
2	Ivory Coast	0	0	0
3	Nigeria	0	0	0
4	Guinea-Bissau	0	0	0

Seychelles

Last Game: Seychelles 2-4 Zambia
Tuesday, July 11 at 2pm in COSAFA Cup

We said: Ivory Coast 3-0 Seychelles

Aside from their poor run of results, Seychelles football is going through a very difficult period at present, which does not bode well for their chances here. In contrast, Ivory Coast have a world-class squad, and we expect they will come through this match with an easy win. Read more.

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 Ivory Coast win with a probability of 78.57%. A draw had a probability of 16.1% and a win for Seychelles had a probability of 5.3%.

The most likely scoreline for a Ivory Coast win was 2-0 with a probability of 18.52%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 1-0 (17.4%) and 3-0 (13.15%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 0-0 (8.17%), while for a Seychelles win it was 0-1 (3.07%). The actual scoreline of 9-0 was predicted with a 0% likelihood. Our team at Sports Mole and our data analysis both correctly predicted that Ivory Coast would win this match.

Result
Ivory Coast	Draw	Seychelles
78.57% ( -1.33)	16.13% ( 0.88)	5.3% ( 0.46)

Both teams to score 27.55% (

0.4)

Goals

Over 2.5

Under 2.5

45.73% (

-1.47)

54.27% (

1.47)

Over 3.5

Under 3.5

24.33% (

-1.24)

75.67% (

1.24)

Ivory Coast Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

88.11% (

-0.78)

11.89% (

0.78)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

62.79% (

-1.69)

37.22% (

1.7)

Seychelles Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

31.27% (

0.73)

68.73% (

-0.73)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

5.5% (

0.27)

94.5% (

-0.27)

Score Analysis

Ivory Coast 78.56%

Seychelles 5.3%

Draw 16.13%

Ivory Coast	Draw	Seychelles
2-0 @ 18.52% ( -0.1) 1-0 @ 17.4% ( 0.45) 3-0 @ 13.15% ( -0.49) 4-0 @ 7% ( -0.5) 2-1 @ 6.95% ( 0.16) 3-1 @ 4.93% ( -0.04) 5-0 @ 2.98% ( -0.31) 4-1 @ 2.63% ( -0.11) 5-1 @ 1.12% ( -0.08) 6-0 @ 1.06% ( -0.15) 3-2 @ 0.93% ( 0.02) Other @ 1.9% Total : 78.56%	0-0 @ 8.17% ( 0.46) 1-1 @ 6.53% ( 0.35) 2-2 @ 1.3% ( 0.07) Other @ 0.12% Total : 16.13%	0-1 @ 3.07% ( 0.25) 1-2 @ 1.22% ( 0.1) Other @ 1.01% Total : 5.3%