The Central African Republic will face Morocco at the Honneur Stadium on Tuesday in another round of their 2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualification campaign. After beating Lesotho 3-1 in their group opener, Les Fauves have hit a rough patch in recent games and now find themselves third in the table with three points from three matches.
They were thrashed 5-0 by their midweek opponents in their reverse fixture on Saturday and will now return to the Honneur Stadium this week to exact some form of revenge and get their qualification campaign back on track as they target their first-ever AFCON appearance.
Morocco, meanwhile, saw off Gabon and Lesotho in their first two qualifying matches. They then faced Les Fauves on matchday three where they carried out a demolition job with four different players getting on the scoresheet including Real Betis winger Abdessamad Ezzalzouli who netted his maiden international goal.
The Atlas Lions now sit atop their group with nine points from an obtainable nine, although they have since confirmed qualification for the final tournament by virtue of being the host nation.
Central African Republic vs Morocco Head-to-Head and Key Numbers
- There have been six meetings between the two nations. Morocco are undefeated in all six of those games picking up four wins and two draws.
- The Atlas Lions have won their last four games in this fixture by an aggregate scoreline of 15-1.
- The Wild Beasts have failed to score any goals in five of their six games in this fixture.
- Morocco are the joint-highest-scoring side in the AFCON qualifiers so far with a goal tally of 10.
Central African Republic vs Morocco Prediction
Les Fauves are on a run of back-to-back defeats and have now lost three of their last four games across all competitions. They currently sit 114 places behind their midweek opponents in the FIFA rankings and have a difficult task ahead of them this week.
Morocco, meanwhile, are on a five-game winning streak and remain the highest-ranked African Nation according to FIFA. Despite being slated as the away team, Tuesday's game will see the Atlas Lions play on home turf where they are undefeated for over four years.
We are backing the Moroccans to win this one fairly easily.
Prediction: Central African Republic 0-3 Morocco
Central African Republic vs Morocco Betting Tips
Tip 1 - Result: Morocco to win
Tip 2 - Goals - Over/under 2.5 - Over 2.5 goals (Three of the last four matches between the two teams have produced more than 2.5 goals)
Tip 3 - Both teams to score: NO (Both sides have found the back of the net in just one of their last six matchups)