Botswana vs Mozambique Prediction: This match will end in stalemate

At the Francistown Stadium, the qualifying round for the CAF 2026 World Cup will get under way on Thursday with a clash between Botswana and Mozambique. After getting back on track with a victory in their most recent match, the home team will aim to extend their winning streak, while the opposing team will look for their first victory in any of the three games they've played in since the home team's most recent match.

When Botswana and Eswatini squared off against each other in a friendly clash at the Lobatse Stadium on October 16, Botswana emerged victorious with a 2-1 score after a tough battle. Tumisang Orebonye gave the team managed by Didier Gomes Da Rosa the lead with a goal just four minutes before the half-hour mark, but Neliso Myeni responded with an equalizer. After that, Lemogang Maswena scored the game-winning goal. Since overcoming the challenge posed by Eswatini in the group stages of the COSAFA Cup back in July, the Zebras had not tasted victory in their previous five matches until this one. The next challenge will come from an adversary team that has only lost one of the most recent five iterations of this fixture while winning three of the other four times it has been played. The team that will be playing at home on Thursday has shown signs of improvement in front of their supporters as of late, as evidenced by the fact that they have won two of their past three matches at home and drawn one of those matches. As a result, they will be optimistic about their chances of securing a victory here.

On October 16, the Super Eagles of Nigeria defeated Mozambique by a score of 3-2 in the Estádio Municipal de Albufeira in Portugal. Mozambique was on the losing end of the match. Chiquinho Conde's team took an early lead thanks to Geny Catamo, but Terem Moffi, Frank Onyeka, and Moses Simon goals left them trailing 3-1 at the break. Faisal Bangal's goal brought them within striking distance, but they ultimately fell short. As a direct result of this, the Os Mambas have now suffered their first loss in four matches across all competitions, and it has also occurred in their first friendly since the start of the year. The away team will be eager to get off to a strong start in their World Cup qualifying adventure, as they have a challenging matchup against Algeria to look forward to after Thursday's match.

Going into this one, there is not much of a difference between the two teams, and the outcome of Thursday's match is now up in the air. Over the course of the game's allotted ninety minutes, we observe both teams maintaining a level of play that eventually leads to a split of the winnings.