South Africa vs Morocco 17.06.2023

Bafana Bafana needed just 8 minutes of the second half to claim all 3 points from Liberians, after finishing a defensive 1st half with a 1-1 tie. From the center of the box, Mihlali Mayambela’s right-footed shot gave them the lead to make it a 2-1 win on the road. Once again, a win is what they long for in this coming fixture if they are meant to level with the Moroccan in this group. Morocco is a tough nut to crack and this could mean very cautious tactics will be deployed while trying to navigate the Moroccans’ penalty box for a goal. No big changes in their starting IX.

Morocco has not scored a goal since their last 2-1 victory against Brazil in the friendly games. However, this does not change their quality in African football right now. With all their top-class players being available, they are anticipated to root their stay at the top of the group in this rematch with the Bafana Bafana at FNB stadium. Sofyan Amrabat, Achraf Hakimi, and Hakim Ziyech are available to start IX.

We are predicting a win for Morocco and scoring the opening goal of the match.

Main tip: Morocco Win (go to tip details)

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Head-to-Head stats South Africa vs Morocco

We look at the last 5 matches between these teams:

• South Africa has 1 win. Morocco has 2 wins. They drew 3 times
• On average, these matches scored 2.60 goals per match
• Morocco won 2-1 in their last match

Latest results South Africa

• 3 wins and, 2 draws in their last five matches
• 8 goals were scored in their last 5 games. Average 1.60 goals per game
• They had a 1-2 win against Liberia in their recent match

Latest results Morocco

• 3 wins and, 2 losses in their last five games
• 3 goals were scored in their previous 5 games. Average 0.60 goals per game
• They had a goalless tie with Cape Verde in the last friendly match

AFCON Qualifiers, Group K Standing and Latest Results

South Africa: rank 2nd – 3 match – 1 win – 1 draw – 1 loss – 4 points
Form Guide (most recent first): W-D-D-W-W

Morocco: rank 1st – 2 match – 2 wins – 0 draw – 0 loss – 6 points
Form Guide (most recent first): D-D-W-L-L

Possible squad South Africa

South Africa: Williams; Mobbie, Xulu, Mvala, Maela; Mokoena, Kekana; Morena, Tau, Mayambela; Lepasa

Out: None

Coach: Hugo Broos

Possible squad Morocco

Morocco: El Kajoui; Hakimi, Kandouss, Aguerd, Mazraoui; Louza, Amrabat, Sabiri; Ziyech, Hamdallah, Boufal

Out: None

Coach: Walid Regragui

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Our tip(s) and odds in detail

According to the statistics above and the odds of the bookmakers, we suggest the following:

1) Bet on Morocco Win

Melbet offers competitive odds for the bet “Morocco Win”
The odd of 2.21 means that the bookmakers are calculating with a likelihood of approx. 45% chance that Morocco will win in this match.

Odds for Morocco Win

Melbet – odd 2.21
Betika – odd 2.15

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2) Bet on 1st Goal Morocco

• Morocco registered 2 recent clean sheets in the friendly games
• They scored the opening goal in a recent friendly match against Brazil

Bet365 offers competitive odds for the bet “1st Goal Morocco”
The odd of 1.72 means that the bookmakers are calculating with a likelihood of approx. 58% chance that Morocco will score the first goal of the match in this fixture.

Odds comparison for 1st Goal Morocco

Bet365 – odd 1.72
1xBet – odd 1.72

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