Cameroon vs Algeria Prediction & Betting Tips - World Cup

Prediction published on 23/03/2022, 04:04  by Daniel Ngulu | Modified on 25/03/2022 at 05:00 in World Cup Prediction

Algeria will be making another trip to Cameroon after their disastrous outing in the 2021 AFCON, this time facing their hosts in a 2022 World Cup qualification game. Cameroon got to the semi finals of the 2021 AFCON but will still feel they underachieved, having been at home. Here they go again, hoping to keep their journey to the 2022 World Cup as positive as it has been so far. A win over Ivory Coast in their last game in World Cup qualification booked them this slot and they head into this game unbeaten in 27 home matches in World Cup qualification. They have 23 wins in that run. Cameroon head into this game with a new coach, veteran Rigobert Song and he will have an acid test for his first game, facing the North Africans. Cameroon are also dealing with news of a road accident involving goalkeeper Andre Onana but he is reported to be alright and in training. They will be banking on Vincent Aboubakar to continue with his fine form seen at AFCON as they seek a first leg advantage. The forward has scored four times in the last five matches and was the top scorer at AFCON.

The North Africans went into the 2021 AFCON competition as favourites but were dismal and got eliminated after just three group stage matches. They were so poor, they managed just one goal at the competition, and will be hoping for a much better performance this time. This is not a fixture Algeria celebrated to have after the draws; they have never beaten Cameroon in the five matches between these two giants. They last met Cameroon in the 2018 World Cup qualifiers and Cameroon won 2-0. Algeria have also never kept a clean sheet against Cameroon and seeing the form Vincent Aboubakar is in, it doesn’t look good for Algeria. While they are unbeaten in their last seven matches in World Cup qualification, with four wins, the really formidable opponent they’ve faced in that period was Burkina Faso. Algeria registered two draws with Burkina Faso in the group stage. They go into this game with three clean sheets only in the last 10 away games in World Cup qualification, and have four losses in seven away matches in the qualifiers.