Mauritius vs Mozambique Prediction: Expect a competitive contest

On Wednesday, Mauritius and Mozambique will play each other in the final Group C game of the 2023 COSAFA Cup at the Princess Magogo Stadium. Both teams need a victory to keep pace with the rest of the group; currently, Mauritius has three points and Mozambique has one.

On Monday, thanks to a goal from Aurelien François in the eighth minute, Les Dodos shocked Angola and kept their prospects of advancing to the knockout stage alive. Prior to that, Mauritius was unable to get off to a winning start after losing their opening group game to Lesotho by a score of 2-0. If Fidy Rasoanaivo's team wants to advance out of their group, they not only have to win this game, but they also need to pick up a point in the other group matchup.

Mozambique was eliminated from the competition on Monday after suffering a 1-0 defeat at the hands of Lesotho. Prior to that, Chiquinho Conde's team battled back from a goal down to draw 1-1 in the weekend's opening game at the King Zwelithini Stadium. The only win for the Os Mambas in their past eight games in all competitions came on June 18, when they defeated Rwanda 2-0 in a qualifying match for the Africa Cup of Nations. Since then, the Mambas have lost seven of their last eight games.

Mozambique has won six of the past nine times the two teams have competed against each other. The only victory for Mauritius came in September 2015, when they defeated Os Mambas in the AFCON qualifiers at the Djamal Aden. The final score was 1-0. Since May 2018, Mauritius has lost 13 of their past 15 competitive matches, going winless in 14 of those contests. Since the beginning of the year, Mozambique has played six away games across all competitions, and they have won only one of those games while losing four of those contests.

Despite having a campaign that is easily forgotten, Mozambique will strive to end on a positive note. They face Mauritius, who have not won any of their last eight matches; thus, the Mauritius team should be able to walk away with all three points and put an end to Les Dodos' chances. As a result of the fact that both of these offensive units are below average, we should generally anticipate a match with few goals scored.