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Lesotho vs Nigeria Prediction & Betting tips
Some experts continue to say firmly that there are no football gnomes left. What else do we think of as an attribute for the team from Lesotho? Footballer developing country? Maybe. Outsider and underdog? For sure. In any case, the team of Thabo Senong is not a candidate that you would have to participate in the African Cup 2021 on the slip.
The small kingdom, which is located as an enclave in the middle of South Africa, has sporty to this day still nothing to show. Since 1972, Lesotho has participated in the Olympic Games and has never brought a medal home. The crocodiles, as the footballers of the country are called, have never qualified for a tournament.
It would be presumptuous to give the team from Lesotho a chance to participate in the Africa Cup 2021 in Cameroon, where the group L could offer quite their options. After the first matchday, Nigeria are at the top of the ranking with three points. Sierra Leone and Lesotho each have a counter after a draw and Benin is still without a point.
Perhaps the crocodiles can compete with the teams from Sierra Leone and Benin. Second place would be enough to qualify for the African Cup. However, Thabo Senong’s side would not be in a duel with the Super Eagles on Sunday. In the game between Nigeria and Lesotho, the prognosis is clearly in the direction of a home victory.
The Nigerians are among the best select teams on the black continent, while Lesotho is at the other end of the bar. It would be a sensation if the outsider could score on Sunday.
The games against the two other opponents should have priority for the crocodiles. In the duel between Nigeria and Lesotho we have no hint on the success of the guests over the lips.
The trend is clearly in the direction that the Super Eagles with their second win in the second game, at least at the top of this pool, will ensure clear conditions. The qualifier for the Africa Cup 2021 between Lesotho and Nigeria in the Setsoto Stadium in Maseru will start on 17.11.2019 at 16:00.
Lesotho:
Lesotho is one of those nations that have not appeared in football so far. As a team, there are no achievements anyway, but no single player has already brought it to fame and honor. It is interesting that with Antoine Hey, a former Bundesliga player has provided training as a coach.
In general, we know relatively little about the Thabo Senong team. Most of the players are active in the home country and kick off at clubs like Lesotho Mounted Police Service, Bantu or Matlama.
Even for many football crazy Lesotho is a blank spot on the map of world football. After all, there have been five players from the current squad to be signed in South Africa.
The current shape of the crocodiles points to two sides of the coin. In the last eight internationals there was only one defeat. On the other hand, Thabo Senong’s side have been waiting for victory for six games.
There were five draws in that period only five times. Before the kick-off between Lesotho and Nigeria, we can obviously confidently ignore the odds for an away win.
An away win was what Lesotho aimed for last Wednesday. However, at the start of qualifying in Sierra Leone, the crocodiles were only happy to take a counter. In a match without spectators Sierra Leone went with 20 minutes before the end 1-0 lead. With the final whistle Jane Thabantso but still managed the acclaimed compensation.
These are the games in which Lesotho must score if at the end of the second place should jump out. First place in a group with Nigeria seems to be far out of reach. However, coach Thabo Senong does not rate the situation as drastically. He has the attitude that everything is possible in football.
Seems almost like the coach of the crocodiles hopes on Sunday for another point win. It is difficult to say how it looks like in Lesotho, because the players in Central Europe are all largely unknown. What is certain is that with John Mohai an injured actor is not available.
Nigeria:
In Africa, it is even more common that everyone feels entitled to talk to the coach in his daily work. For example, Gernot Rohr is criticized for not nominating a single player from the Nigerian league for the current squad, except keeper Ikechukwu Ezenwa. However, there are very good reasons for this.
The Premier League in Nigeria has just begun in early November, so that the instructor criticized the fitness state of the domestic league. However, he can easily justify his selection, because many Nigerians are in good to very good teams in Europe under contract, so that the squad is very heavily manned.
In general, the Super Eagles have a terrific team for African standards. In the last six games there was only one defeat, and this in the African Nations Championship, where the legionnaires are not eligible to play. Therefore, in the match between Lesotho and Nigeria, we agree with the forecast of the bookmakers on a victory of the guests.
On Wednesday, however, the team of Gernot Rohr did very hard. At home you had to compete against the selection from Benin and was already behind in three minutes in arrears. Only gradually took the Super Eagles the oar and could keep the upper hand with the goals of Victor Osimhen and Samuel Kalu 2-1.
The short-term achievements are important to qualify for the Africa Cup, but the goals of the Super Eagles are greater. Despite the recent criticism, Gernot Rohr makes it clear that he really wants to win the AFCON 2021 with the Nigerians. After third place this year you have to set the goals a bit higher and there is almost only the title win.
As already mentioned, there are almost without exception actors in the squad who are under contract in Europe. However missing in Lesotho some sonorous names of the Super Eagles. John Obi Mikel and Odion Ighalo have resigned from the national team. The new captain Ahmed Musa is missing as injured as Tyronne Ebuehi. Leon Balogun or Kalechi Iheanacho are not in the squad.