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World · 2023/24 season

World Cup - Qualification Africa Football Predictions

In the World Cup - Qualification Africa, Tunisia leads with 28 points after 256 matches played this season, averaging 2.52 goals per match. With 44% of matches going over 2.5 goals and 38% seeing both teams score, predictions could change if the scoring patterns shift or if teams perform unexpectedly.

Teams 54 in the 2023/24 season
Matches played 256 of 273 scheduled this season
Prediction pages 0 fixtures in our publication window
Fixtures predicted 0 so far this season

World Cup - Qualification Africa fixtures

No World Cup - Qualification Africa fixtures are currently inside our publication window. So far this season 256 of 273 matches have been played across 54 clubs.

World Cup - Qualification Africa table

2023/24 season · computed from played results — ranked by points, then goal difference, then goals scored. Form: last five, newest first.

World Cup - Qualification Africa table from played results
#TeamPWDLGFGAGDPtsForm
1 Tunisia 10 910 220 +22 28
2 Ivory Coast 10 820 250 +25 26
3 Egypt 10 820 202 +18 26
4 Congo DR 12 822 177 +10 26
5 Ghana 10 811 236 +17 25
6 Algeria 10 811 248 +16 25
7 Gabon 11 812 2313 +10 25
8 Morocco 8 800 222 +20 24
9 Senegal 10 730 223 +19 24
10 Cape Verde Islands 10 721 168 +8 23
11 Burkina Faso 10 631 238 +15 21
12 Nigeria 12 561 2010 +10 21
13 Cameroon 11 542 176 +11 19
14 Madagascar 10 613 1712 +5 19
15 Mali 10 532 176 +11 18
16 South Africa 9 531 156 +9 18
17 Uganda 10 604 149 +5 18
18 Mozambique 10 604 1417 -3 18
19 Benin 10 523 1211 +1 17
20 Libya 10 442 1210 +2 16
21 Guinea 10 433 118 +3 15
22 Sierra Leone 10 433 1210 +2 15
23 Comoros 10 505 1213 -1 15
24 Gambia 10 415 2718 +9 13
25 Sudan 10 343 86 +2 13
26 Kenya 10 334 1814 +4 12
27 Angola 10 262 98 +1 12
28 Namibia 9 333 1010 0 12
29 Liberia 9 333 1011 -1 12
30 Niger 7 403 810 -2 12
31 Equatorial Guinea 7 322 86 +2 11
32 Rwanda 10 325 59 -4 11
33 Burundi 10 316 1313 0 10
34 Malawi 9 315 810 -2 10
35 Guinea-Bissau 10 244 810 -2 10
36 Botswana 10 316 1216 -4 10
37 Ethiopia 10 235 914 -5 9
38 Lesotho 9 234 612 -6 9
39 Togo 10 154 510 -5 8
40 Central African Republic 10 226 1124 -13 8
41 Tanzania 7 214 37 -4 7
42 Mauritania 10 145 413 -9 7
43 Zambia 7 205 710 -3 6
44 Mauritius 10 136 717 -10 6
45 Zimbabwe 10 055 512 -7 5
46 South Sudan 10 055 319 -16 5
47 Eswatini 10 037 619 -13 3
48 Sao Tome and Principe 10 109 526 -21 3
49 Congo 5 014 415 -11 1
50 Somalia 10 019 320 -17 1
51 Chad 10 019 524 -19 1
52 Djibouti 10 019 533 -28 1
53 Seychelles 10 0010 253 -51 0

P = played, GD = goal difference, Pts = points. Not an imported table: it is rebuilt from the results in our database, so it may lag the official one by a match.

World Cup - Qualification Africa trends

How World Cup - Qualification Africa matches actually ended in the 2023/24: 256 played matches. A record of results, not a forecast.

Home wins 43% 111 of 256 matches 0 pts vs 2022/23 (158)
Away wins 34% 87 of 256 matches +6 pts vs 2022/23 (158)
Over 2.5 goals 44% 112 of 256 matches +8 pts vs 2022/23 (158)
Both teams scored 38% 97 of 256 matches -3 pts vs 2022/23 (158)

Change is in percentage points against the 2022/23 season (158 played matches).

Top World Cup - Qualification Africa teams by model rating

The attack and defence rates our model feeds into every prediction, as of the last update. Net = attack − defence, in goals per match.

#1
Net rating
+0.90
Attack
2.41
Defence
1.51
Form
Net rating
+0.87
Attack
1.72
Defence
0.85
Form
#3
Net rating
+0.84
Attack
1.54
Defence
0.70
Form

Rates are decay-weighted over each team’s last 15 completed matches — xG where the window is xG-backed, goals otherwise — and shrunk towards the league average; a higher attack and a lower defence rate are better. Form: last five results, newest first.

Top scorers in World Cup - Qualification Africa

From the World Cup - Qualification Africa scoring charts this season — goals first, then assists. Not a full squad list.

  • Mohamed SalahEgypt 6 G
  • M. AmouraAlgeria 5 G
  • D. BouangaGabon 5 G
  • TrézéguetEgypt 5 G
  • K. DoumbiaMali 5 G
  • J. AyewGhana 5 G
  • L. TraoréBurkina Faso 5 G
  • R. RavelosonMadagascar 4 G

Recent World Cup - Qualification Africa results

Last 6 played — what we predicted and what happened.

Recent World Cup - Qualification Africa results with our pre-match pick
DateMatchOur pickOur probScorePick
Nigeria vs Congo DR — — 1–1 no pick
Cameroon vs Congo DR — — 0–1 no pick
Nigeria vs Gabon — — 4–1 no pick
Congo DR vs Sudan — — 1–0 no pick
Gabon vs Burundi — — 2–0 no pick
Ivory Coast vs Kenya — — 3–0 no pick

Our pick = the 1X2 selection we published before kick-off, with the probability we gave it; Correct/Missed compares that pick with the final result.