World Cup

World Cup Qualifying - Africa | Group Stage

Mar 21, 2025 at 1pm UK

Francistown Stadium

Botswana
1 - 3
Algeria

Kopelang (70')
Sesinyi (37'), Setsile (71')

FT(HT: 0-1)

Gouiri (44'), El Amine Amoura (52', 74')
Zorgane (42')

The Match

Preview

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

Form, Standings, Stats

Botswana

Last Game: Egypt 1-1 Botswana
Tuesday, November 19 at 3pm in Africa Cup of Nations Qualifying

Algeria

All competitions

World Cup Qualifying

Last Game: Algeria 5-1 Liberia
Sunday, November 17 at 4pm in Africa Cup of Nations Qualifying

Current Group D Standings		P	GD	PTS
1	Angola	3	3	7
2	Burkina Faso	3	-1	4
3	Mauritania	3	-1	3
4	Algeria	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 Algeria win with a probability of 55.59%. A draw had a probability of 26.1% and a win for Botswana had a probability of 18.35%.

The most likely scoreline for an Algeria win was 0-1 with a probability of 15.89%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 0-2 (11.99%) and 1-2 (8.89%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (11.78%), while for a Botswana win it was 1-0 (7.81%). The actual scoreline of 1-3 was predicted with a 4.5% likelihood. Our team at Sports Mole and our data analysis both correctly predicted that Algeria would win this match.

Result
Botswana	Draw	Algeria
18.35% ( -0.15)	26.06% ( -0.14)	55.59% ( 0.29)

	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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Botswana	Draw	Algeria
1-0 @ 7.81% ( -0.09) 2-1 @ 4.37% ( -0.02) 2-0 @ 2.9% ( -0.03) 3-1 @ 1.08% ( -0) Other @ 2.19% Total : 18.35%	1-1 @ 11.78% ( -0.05) 0-0 @ 10.53% ( -0.11) 2-2 @ 3.3% ( 0.01) Other @ 0.44% Total : 26.05%	0-1 @ 15.89% ( -0.06) 0-2 @ 11.99% ( 0.05) 1-2 @ 8.89% ( 0.03) 0-3 @ 6.03% ( 0.07) 1-3 @ 4.47% ( 0.05) 0-4 @ 2.28% ( 0.04) 1-4 @ 1.69% ( 0.03) 2-3 @ 1.66% ( 0.02) Other @ 2.68% Total : 55.58%