Stadium: BMO Field (Toronto, ON).
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New Zealand vs Ivory Coast: Prediction and odds on the Match on 08 June 2025
Prediction for the friendly game to take place on 08th June 2025 between two national teams that will most likely be part of the next World Cup. It's a chance for New Zealand to compete against a more experienced national team and finally end the bad run against African teams. A preview of the game and several betting options are available. It's a part of the Canadian Shield Tournament in which these teams are participants in Canada.
Claim Your Welcome Bonus!New Zealand: form and statistics
New Zealand are full of confidence before this match. They qualified for the FIFA World Cup for the third time in their history, after they were part of it in 1982 and 2010. With slow but secure steps, this nation grows into the best nation in their confederation. They are on a six-game winning streak, undefeated in their last seven matches. During this period, they scored an incredible 34 goals and conceded only two. Five of those matches were part of the World Cup qualifiers, and New Zealand won them all. They won against Malaysia in a friendly match and drew against the USA, also in a friendly match, in September. New Zealand are in 86th place in the FIFA rankings, having failed to win in the previous three encounters against African teams.
New Zealand: Team News and Lineup
New Zealand have some experienced players who play in English leagues, among which are Nick Zanew, Northampton's goalkeeper, Tyler Bindon who plays in Reading, but of course the biggest star in the team in Nottingham Forest striker Cris Wood who was main player in the historic season for Nottingham Forest scoring 20 goals and making 3 assists, helping the team qualify for European competition.
🔖 New Zealand starting lineup (4-3-3)
Crocombe - Cacace, Bindon, Cacace, De Vries - Bell, Singh, Stemanic - Garbett, Wood, McCowatt
👤 Head coach: Darren Bazeley
Ivory Coast: form and statistics
Ivory Coast can also be satisfied with how they are doing this period. Since Emerse Fae was appointed as manager at the AFCON 2023 right after the group stage, in a very sensitive period, in the knockout phase, the team plays like one of the best African teams. Fae led this team to their third AFCON title, qualified them for AFCON 2025 in Morocco, they are in 1st place in the World Cup qualifiers in group F with one point more than second-placed Gabon. The Elephants are in great form, winning 10 of their last 15 matches, drawing two, and losing three in all competitions.
Ivory Coast: Team News and Lineup
Ivory Coast's squad is composed of players who play in the best European Leagues. Among them are Nicolas Pepe, former Arsenal player, Simon Adingra from Brighton and Hove Albion, and of course Sebastien Haller who scored the winning goal in the AFCON Final 2023 against Nigeria. Frank Kessie from Al-Ahli and Badra Ali Sangare of South African team Sekhukhune United are the only players that play outside Europe in this squad.
🔖 Ivory Coast starting lineup (4-2-3-1)
Fofana - Singo, Gbamin, Kossounou, Operi- Sangare, Kessie - Pepe, M. Diomande, Adingra - Haller
👤 Head coach: Emerse Fae
New Zealand vs Ivory Coast: head to head statistics
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NEw Zealand vs Ivory Coast: Betting Tips & Odds
- New Zealand have won the last six meetings. In this fixture, New Zealand have a 4.4 odds on 1Xbet bookmaker.
- In three the four matches of Ivory Coast, the bet on under 2.5 goals has played. This option is offered on the Betway bookmaker website for odds of 1.64;
- In the last two matches of Ivory Coast, they lead at half-time. This option is offered on the Betway bookmaker website for odds of 2.25;
New Zealand vs Ivory Coast match prediction 08 June 2025
This is first encounter between these teams. Both are in good form and confident. New Zealand are still in celebration mode after reaching the World Cup, while Ivory Coast after winning the AFCON, now are among favorites from Africa to qualify for the World Cup 2026. Ivory Coast are more experienced in this international matches, and have more individual quality, but I think it will be very tight encounter and we will see goals from both teams.
Our match prediction: is Both Teams To Score (BTTS) for a coefficient of 2.1 in the Betway bookmaker.
Our betting tip on the match: is over 2.5 goals for a coefficient of 2.2 in the 1XBet bookmaker.
Our final betting tip on the match: is Ivory Coast to score over 1.5 goals for a coefficient of 2.1 in the Bet365 bookmaker.
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