Solomon Islands vs Vanuatu Prediction and Betting Tips | June 14th 2024

Solomon Islands and Vanuatu will kick-start their OFC Nations Cup campaign when they square off at the VFF Freshwater Stadium on Friday. Solomon Islands have not been in action since falling to a 2-0 defeat to Fiji in an international friendly in March.

Mohammed Raheem and Roy Krishna scored in either half to guide their nation to victory.

Vanuatu, meanwhile, fell to a 3-2 defeat to Brunei in a friendly. They twice took the lead through Bong Kalo and Joe Moses. However, goals from Syafiq Shariff, Nurikhwan Othwan drew the game level. Hakeme Said scored the match-winner in the second minute of injury time.

Vanuatu will turn their focus to the Nations Cup where they have been drawn alongside New Zealand and Solomon Islands in Group A.

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Solomon Islands vs Vanuatu Head-to-Head and Key Numbers

• This will be the 28th meeting between the two sides. Solomon Islands have 17 wins to their name, and Vanuatu were victorious on five occasions while five games ended in draws.
• Their most recent clash came in October 2023 when Solomon Islands claimed a 1-0 friendly victory.
• Vanuatu are winless in their last five games, losing their last four games on the bounce.
• There have been goals scored in both halves in each of Solomon Islands' last five games.
• Four of Vanuatu's last six games have produced three goals or more.
• Solomon Islands dropped one spot to 132nd place in the latest FIFA World Rankings. Vanuatu dropped two places to 172nd.
• Solomon Islands form guide: L-W-L-W-W Vanuatu form guide: L-L-L-L-D

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Solomon Islands vs Vanuatu Prediction

Solomon Islands enter this game as favorites and also have a strong record in this fixture. They have won four of the last five head-to-head games, including the last three on the bounce.

Vanuatu are co-hosts and will have strong home support behind them. However, their form heading into the tournament has not been great. New Zealand are overall favorites in the group, while New Caledonia had to withdraw from the tournament owing to political instability. This could leave Solomon Islands and Vanuatu to battle it out for second spot in the group.

We are backing the spoils to be shared in a low-scoring stalemate.

Prediction: Solomon Islands 1-1 Vanuatu

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Solomon Islands vs Vanuatu Betting Tips

Tip 1 - Result: Draw

Tip 2 - Both teams to score

Tip 3 - Over 1.5 goals