On Saturday evening, Botswana hosts Libya at the Botswana National Stadium in Group J of qualifying for the African Cup of Nations.
Botswana form guideThe home team is on a woeful recent streak of results as they head into this encounter on the back of a nine-game winless international run. The poor run includes a four-game losing streak in all competitions.
Their recent outings have been relatively low-scoring, with under 2.5 goals scored in six of their previous eight international matches.
Botswana’s recent poor record in qualifiers for the African Cup of Nations, as they are winless in six games, having suffered five defeats in the run. Their poor results have ruled out qualification for the African Cup of Nations.
A lack of goals was their big problem in qualifying, as they failed to score in five of their last six qualifiers.
The visitors also have a poor recent home record in qualifiers, as they have won just one of their previous nine matches on home soil in qualifying.
Libya form guideLibya still has a slim chance of making the African Cup of Nations, as they head into this gameweek five clash six points behind second-place Equatorial Guinea. However, their rivals only need a point to book their qualification.
The visitor's recent international results have been poor, having suffered four defeats in their last five matches. Their recent games have been relatively high-scoring, with over 2.5 goals scored in three of their previous four games.
Libya has a genuinely awful recent record in qualifying for the African Cup of Nations, having suffered defeats in seven of their last eight matches while failing to score in four of their previous five games.
What am I backing?This game could be close, and this could be low-scoring. Therefore, I am backing the match to produce under 2.5 goals.
