World Cup

World Cup Qualifying - Africa | Group Stage

Mar 21, 2025 at 9.30pm UK

Stade Municipal

Niger
1 - 2
Morocco

Oumarou (47')
Oumarou (8'), Oumarou (8'), Sosah (88'), Amoustapha (89'), (89')

FT(HT: 0-0)

Saibari (59'), El Khannous (90+1')
Hakimi (66'), Diaz (88')

The Match

Preview

Sports Mole previews Friday's World Cup Qualifying - Africa clash between Niger and Morocco, including predictions, team news and possible lineups.

Form, Standings, Stats

Niger

All competitions

Last Game: Ghana 1-2 Niger
Monday, November 18 at 4pm in Africa Cup of Nations Qualifying

Current Group B Standings		P	GD	PTS
1	Ghana	3	4	7
2	Mali	3	0	4
3	Congo DR	3	0	3
4	Niger	3	-4	1

Morocco

All competitions

World Cup Qualifying

Last Game: Morocco 7-0 Lesotho
Monday, November 18 at 7pm in Africa Cup of Nations Qualifying

Current Group F Standings		P	GD	PTS
1	Morocco	3	4	7
2	Congo DR	3	0	3
3	Zambia	3	-1	2
4	Tanzania	3	-3	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 Morocco win with a probability of 79.46%. A draw had a probability of 14.5% and a win for Niger had a probability of 6.08%.

The most likely scoreline for a Morocco win was 0-2 with a probability of 15.72%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 0-1 (13.11%) and 0-3 (12.56%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (6.66%), while for a Niger win it was 1-0 (2.78%). The actual scoreline of 1-2 was predicted with a 8% likelihood. Our team at Sports Mole and our data analysis both correctly predicted that Morocco would win this match.

Result
Niger	Draw	Morocco
6.08% ( -0.04)	14.46% ( -0.04)	79.46% ( 0.08)

	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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Niger	Draw	Morocco
1-0 @ 2.78% ( -0.01) 2-1 @ 1.69% ( -0.01) Other @ 1.6% Total : 6.08%	1-1 @ 6.66% ( -0.02) 0-0 @ 5.47% ( -0) 2-2 @ 2.03% ( -0.01) Other @ 0.3% Total : 14.46%	0-2 @ 15.72% ( 0.03) 0-1 @ 13.11% ( 0.01) 0-3 @ 12.56% ( 0.03) 1-2 @ 7.99% ( -0.02) 0-4 @ 7.53% ( 0.03) 1-3 @ 6.39% ( -0.01) 1-4 @ 3.83% ( -0) 0-5 @ 3.61% ( 0.02) 1-5 @ 1.84% ( 0) 2-3 @ 1.62% ( -0.01) 0-6 @ 1.44% ( 0.01) 2-4 @ 0.97% ( -0) Other @ 2.83% Total : 79.45%