Our prediction for this World Cup 2026 match:
Saturday’s World Cup qualifier at Estadio Municipal Aderito Sena pits together Cape Verde Islands and Central African Republic. Cape Verde have revived their qualification hopes thanks to back-to-back wins over Liberia, but they need to keep on making progress if they are to overtake Nigeria in top position. Al Nasr winger Ryan Mendes, who scored the winner in the last group game, will be the man to keep an eye on in the home team.
Central Africa, on the other hand, have slim chances of securing their place at the next year’s showpiece tournament, which is probably the main reason why home win should be considered. The bad news for the visiting side is that important defender Steve Niamathe misses out through injury. You should bear in mind that under 2.5 goals have been netted in each of Central Africa’s first four group games.
Highlighted Player (Garry Rodrigues):
Garry Rodriguez is a Cape Verde international who was born in Rotterdam on November 27, 1990. Rodrigues started his youth career at his hometown club Feyenoord and in 2007 he moved to Real SC. The pacey winger made his senior debut as a XerxesDZB player during the 2009/2010 season and after scoring two goals in 15 appearances in the league, he left the club in 2011.
The Cape Verde footballer played for the likes of Rostocker, Boshuizen, Den Haag, Dordrecht, Levski Sofia, Elche and PAOK before joining Galatasaray in 2017. Rodrigues quickly established himself as a first team regular at Gala and he played an important role in Fatih Terim’s team that won the Turkish Super Lig in the 2017/2018 season.
Speaking of his international career, Garry Rodrigues made his debut for Cape Verde national team in August, 2013 against Gabon. The Galatasaray winger represented Cape Verde at the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations in Equatorial Guinea.