Arena : Orlando stadium [South Africa]
Date : Thursday november 11th 2021
Kickoff: 1:00pm Ghana time
Preview :
Having watch their chances of qualifying to the Qatar 2022 Fifa world cup disappears in thin air, the Wallias Ibex of Ethiopia welcomes the Black stars of Ghana home away from home in south africa orlando stadium for their fifth group game at 1:00pm scheduled time tomorrow thursday 11 november 2021.
Ethiopia comes into the game with a 1-0 defeat to group leaders south africa the last time the two met back at the first national stadium Johannesburg when forward Gateneh Kedebe scored wrongly in his own net.
On the flipped side, the black stars of Ghana also won narrowly to Zimbabwe away at national stadium Harare where 31’minute strike by Arsenal mildfield marshall Thomas Teye Partey was enough to have secured all the three maximum points for the stars.
However, Ethiopia are looking to get their second win over the black stars in their last five meetings having won only one whiles the the black stars are victors with four wins over the Wallias Ibex.
Not witnessing a drawn game in the last five outings between the two, a recent 1-0 win for the black stars came when they hosted Ethiopia in their first group G encounter back at the Cape Coast sports stadium courtesy a Mubarak Wakaso’ blaze.
A win for the Ethiopians would mean the black stars fall short for a second sucessive time with their ambition to qualify to the world cup Qatar 2022 given South Africa thumbs Zimbabwe in the next group game as they trail Bafana Bafana with a point on the log thus making them a clear favorite to carry the day.
TEAMS NEWS – GHANA BLACK STARS
Captain fantastic, Andrew Ramy morgan Dede Ayew looks set to make his 99th appearance for Milovan Rajevac’s outfit as he erge closer to become the second player to reach a century of games for his country.
Thomas Partey after missing on the weekend with Arsenals win over Watford with a slight injury, is set to feature for the side should head coach calls on him.
Ajax star Kudus Mohammed alongside Abdul Fatawu Issahaku, Alexander Djiku, Daniel Amartey, Jordan Ayew and the rest of the players are all fit to make history with the stars.
TEAM NEWS – WALLIAS OF ETHIOPIA
Gateneh Kedebe will be looking to redeem himself with an extraordinary performance once scoring an own goal against south africa given coach Wubetu Abate would count on him.
All other players looks set also to make history with their country with a second win over the black stars for a sixth outing between the two.
Our prediction : Ethiopia 0-2 Black stars
