Ethiopia vs Malawi Prediction: Both sides will be pleased with a point here

On Tuesday, Ethiopia will square off with Malawi at the Estadio Nacional do Zimpeto Stadium. Both teams occupy the last spots on the log, and a winner must emerge here to challenge Guinea for the second spot.

Ethiopia (3rd)

Last four games: LWLL

The home side have had a terrible start to the qualifying round, having gone four games with three points. It’s looking like a mission impossible for them after their home defeat against Guinea-Bissau. Ethiopia have lost three times over their previous four matches. Their only victory was against a strong Egypt side when they scored twice without a response from the visitors. Ethiopia are missing three key players for this encounter, and it’ll be interesting to see how they adjust. Ethiopia have picked up two points from a possible twelve.

Malawi (4th)

Last three games: WLLL

Since their opening game victory against Ethiopia, Malawi have lost their last three games. They have scored twice while conceding eight times and are now fourth on the log. More recently, Malawi were totally outplayed as Egypt scored four times to take all the points. The Flames failed to have any shot on target and had 25% of the ball.

Malawi are mathematically out of the race for a top-two finish after conceding eight times in their first four games.

Expert Betting Tips

Over their last three games, Malawi have won twice and shared the spoils once against Ethiopia. Their most recent meeting ended in a (2-1) victory for Malawi at home. Ethiopia will have to play this game in Mozambique after CAF disqualified their national stadium from hosting this encounter. It’s not great news for them as they won’t have the luxury of home support. Malawi haven’t been great in this tournament; in fact, Ethiopia have shown more potential than them. Both sides will be pleased with a point apices for 2.88.

It’s a dicey game, but we expect both sides to get a goal apiece here for 2.25.

Both sides have a terrible defensive record, and we expect an open encounter with a total of over 2.5 goals for 2.70.

Good luck!