World Cup – Algeria vs Niger: Betting Preview

Algeria enjoy home advantage, as Niger swing by for a World Cup qualifying clash at the Mustapha Tchaker Stadium in Blida on Friday.

With 4 points to show for the first 2 matches, it has been a decent start in Group A for Algeria. The Desert Foxes sit level with Burkina Faso at the top of the table. Therefore, they’ll be gunning for another 3 points this time around.

But Niger only sit 1 point behind their latest opponents in third place and have no intention of making life easy, with a ticket to Qatar for the 2022 World Cup still very much a possibility.

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Facts and figures for Algeria vs Niger

Form Algeria vs Niger

The Desert Foxes look formidable.

Algeria keep brushing aside all resistance adding more points to their tally last time out. In their previous 3 matches, Djamel Belmadi’s side experienced a 5-1 win against Liberia and went on to an 8-0 victory over Djibouti. Their latest match served up a 1-1 draw with Burkina Faso.

Menas continue to look blunt.

Niger will enter the match hoping to finally end their dismal run of form in recent matches. In their last 3 matches, Jean-Michel Cavalli’s side played lost 3-0 to Sudan and then suffered a 2-0 defeat against Burkina Faso. Their most recent match brought a 4-2 triumph over Djibouti.

Algeria v Niger – Fixture history

The last match between these sides was a friendly back in 26 May 2012 and saw Algeria claim a 3-0 victory. The Desert Foxes are able to put a winning total of 100% on display for their last 1 encounter against Niger in the World Cup. The resulting total reads 1-0-0, with the latter winning 0%.

Primary goalgetter

When looking at the table of players with the most goals for each of the teams in the last 6 matches, we can see some interesting names including Sofiane Feghouli standing out from Algeria and Victorien Adebayor starring for the visitors. It is expected that the mentioned scorers could strike again for their teams in the upcoming match this coming Friday.