Our prediction for this Gold Cup match:
Panama
Match Time & Date:
17/06/2025
01:00
Prediction: 1-0
Guadeloupe
Panama take on Guadeloupe in the opening match of their 2025 Gold Cup campaign at Dignity Health Sports Park. Los Canaleros are seen as hot favourites to win their Group C opener, but boss Thomas Christiansen must warn his men against complacency. A man to keep an eye on in the home team will be captain Anibal Godoy, who has 148 caps for the Panama national team.
Les Gwada Boys, on the other hand, are eager to impress in their sixth appearance at the CONCACAF Championship, but they will have a mountain to climb in their opener. In their last meeting at the Gold Cup, back in 2011, Panama defeated Guadeloupe 3-2 and we predict that history is going to repeat itself. CSKA Sofia forward Matthias Phaeton, who has netted 11 goals in 31 appearances for Guadeloupe, is the most notable player in the away team.
Highlighted Player (Anibal Godoy):
Anibal Godoy is a professional footballer who plays for Panama national football team. The powerful midfielder was born on February 10, 1990 and he has been playing for los Ticos since March 4, 2010 when he made his debut for the national team.
Anibal Godoy played full 90 minutes in the 2-1 win over Venezuela and he scored his first goal for Panama four years late in a 3-1 victory over El Salvador. Speaking of his club career, Godoy played for Chepo of Panama from 2007 to 2010 and he moved to Europe in the summer of 2013, signing a deal with Hungarian outfit Honved.
After playing 24 league games (one goal) for Honved, Godoy signed for Major League Soccer club San Jose Earthquakes in August 2015. Anibal Godoy is a defensive midfielder and his preferred foot is left. His contract with San Jose should expire in December, 2017 and it has to be noted that he began his youth career Arsenal de Sarandi of Argentina.
Highlighted Team (Panama):
Norway are a Nordic side that participated three times at the FIFA World Cup finals (1938, 1994 and 1998). The Norwegians were producing fine performances at the 1998 FIFA World Cup in France, with the team setting up a meeting with Italy in the last 16 of the showpiece tournament thanks to a 2-1 win over Brazil in their last group match.
However, the Azzurri proved to be a big catch for Norway and thanks to Bobo Vieri’s goal the Italians made it to the quarter-finals. Norway only once qualified for the European Championship finals, with the team suffering elimination in the group stages of the 2000 tournament in Belgium and Netherlands. Ole Gunnar Solskjaer is the most famous Norwegian player and it is well known that he helped Manchester United beat Bayern Munich in the 1999 Champions League final.
The “Baby-faced” striker scored the winner for the Red Devils in the dying seconds of the match. Norway play their home games at Ullevaal Stadion, which was opened in September, 1926. The capacity of the venue is 28.000.
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