Our prediction for this World Cup 2026 match:
Buoyed by back-to-back wins over Djibouti, Burkina Faso will look to stay in the race for a spot at the 2022 World Cup finals when they take on Niger on Friday. In-form attacker Abdoul Tapsoba will be the man to watch in the home team. You should know that the Standard Liege attacker has netted five goals in six appearances for Burkina Faso in the qualifiers for the showpiece tournament.
Niger, on the other hand, suffered three defeats in the previous four league fixtures. The Menas failed to qualify for the 2022 World Cup finals, and seeing that they have little to play for in Friday’s clash, we believe that there is a big value in betting on the home team. To make things even worse for the home side, midfielder Youssef Oumarou is out of contention through suspension.
Highlighted Player (Bertrand Traore):
Bertrand Traore is a pacey left-footed winger who plays for Ajax on loan from Chelsea. The Burkina Faso footballers scored 17 goals in 48 league appearances for Vitesse before joining Ajax on 12 August, 2016. Traore made his Ajax debut in a 2-2 draw with Roda, coming as a substitute in the second half of the game.
He made his Champions League debut for the Amsterdammers against Rostov on August, 2016. Bertrand, though, is still a Chelsea player and his contract with the Stamford Bridge outfit expires on 30 June, 2019. Traore a winger, but he is capable of playing as a centre forward as well.
The Burkina Faso footballer was born on 6 September, 1995 and he made his debut for the Burkina Faso national team on 3 September, 2011 in a friendly game against Equatorial Guinea. The same year he won the Africa under 17 championship with Burkina Faso as the Stallions defeated Rwanda in the final of the tournament.