Africa Cup of Nations

Africa Cup of Nations Qualifying | Group Stage

Oct 14, 2024 at 5pm UK

Orlando Stadium

Zimbabwe
3 - 1
Namibia

Musona (50', 61' pen.), Dube (89')
Hadebe (73')

FT(HT: 0-0)

Silveador Claudius Eiseb (90')
Ileni Amutenya (47')

The Match

Preview

Sports Mole previews Monday's Africa Cup of Nations Qualifying clash between Zimbabwe and Namibia, including predictions, team news and possible lineups.

Form, Standings, Stats

Zimbabwe

All competitions

Africa Cup of Nations Qualifying

Last Game: Namibia 0-1 Zimbabwe
Thursday, October 10 at 2pm in Africa Cup of Nations Qualifying

Current Group B Standings		P	GD	PTS
1	Senegal	3	1	5
2	Guinea	3	0	4
3	Malawi	3	0	4
4	Zimbabwe	3	-1	3

Namibia

All competitions

Africa Cup of Nations Qualifying

Last Game: Namibia 0-1 Zimbabwe
Thursday, October 10 at 2pm in Africa Cup of Nations Qualifying

Current Group E Standings		P	GD	PTS
1	Mali	3	2	5
2	South Africa	3	2	4
3	Namibia	3	-3	4
4	Tunisia	3	-1	2

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 Zimbabwe win with a probability of 35.07%. A win for Namibia had a probability of 33.35% and a draw had a probability of 31.6%.

The most likely scoreline for a Zimbabwe win was 1-0 with a probability of 14.28%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-0 (6.99%) and 2-1 (6.61%). The likeliest Namibia win was 0-1 (13.81%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 0-0 (14.61%). The actual scoreline of 3-1 was predicted with a 2.2% likelihood. Our team at Sports Mole and our data analysis both correctly predicted that Zimbabwe would win this match.

Result
Zimbabwe	Draw	Namibia
35.07% ( 0.18)	31.58% ( 0.06)	33.35% ( -0.24)

	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	PTS
C	Liverpool	38	25	9	4	86	41	45	84
2	Arsenal	38	20	14	4	69	34	35	74
3	Manchester City Man City	38	21	8	9	72	44	28	71
4	Chelsea	38	20	9	9	64	43	21	69
5	Newcastle United Newcastle	38	20	6	12	68	47	21	66
6	Aston Villa	38	19	9	10	58	51	7	66
7	Nottingham Forest Nott'm Forest	38	19	8	11	58	46	12	65
8	Brighton & Hove Albion Brighton	38	16	13	9	66	59	7	61
9	Bournemouth	38	15	11	12	58	46	12	56
10	Brentford	38	16	8	14	66	57	9	56
11	Fulham	38	15	9	14	54	54	0	54
12	Crystal Palace	38	13	14	11	51	51	0	53
13	Everton	38	11	15	12	42	44	-2	48
14	West Ham United West Ham	38	11	10	17	46	62	-16	43
15	Manchester United Man Utd	38	11	9	18	44	54	-10	42
16	Wolverhampton Wanderers Wolves	38	12	6	20	54	69	-15	42
17	Tottenham Hotspur Spurs	38	11	5	22	64	65	-1	38
R	Leicester City Leicester	38	6	7	25	33	80	-47	25
R	Ipswich Town Ipswich	38	4	10	24	36	82	-46	22
R	Southampton	38	2	6	30	26	86	-60	12
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Zimbabwe	Draw	Namibia
1-0 @ 14.28% ( 0.1) 2-0 @ 6.99% ( 0.05) 2-1 @ 6.61% ( 0) 3-0 @ 2.28% ( 0.02) 3-1 @ 2.15% ( 0) 3-2 @ 1.02% ( -0.01) Other @ 1.74% Total : 35.06%	0-0 @ 14.61% ( 0.1) 1-1 @ 13.5% ( -0.01) 2-2 @ 3.12% ( -0.02) Other @ 0.34% Total : 31.57%	0-1 @ 13.81% ( -0.02) 0-2 @ 6.53% ( -0.06) 1-2 @ 6.39% ( -0.05) 0-3 @ 2.06% ( -0.03) 1-3 @ 2.01% ( -0.03) 2-3 @ 0.98% ( -0.02) Other @ 1.56% Total : 33.34%