Kuwait – Cameroon Prediction & Picks (25.03.2018)

Kuwait and Cameroon meet at Jaber Al-Ahmad International Stadium, in what will be the first friendly match of the year for both teams. These two teams have never faced each other before, so this will be their first direct confrontation. In this match the home factor may be decisive, as Kuwait presents considerable differences in their results at home and as a visitor.

Kuwait:

The home team plays its first friendly of the year, after having played only 1 last year, which ended with the score: Bahrain (0-0) Kuwait. This is a team that usually gets better results in away matches than at home, since in the last 30 matches they register 5 wins, 5 draws and 5 losses in away matches, with 14 goals scored and 20 conceded; against 2 wins, 5 draws and 8 losses at their stadium, with 17 goals scored and 21 conceded. The team comes to this match after a draw at home with the United Arab Emirates by (0-0). In the last 3 home matches for all competitions, Kuwait have won 1 and lost 2. Their attack was not very effective, since they have not scored goals in 4 of the last 5 matches.

If you analyze the games played at home in the qualifying phase for the World Championship – Asian Zone, the Kuwait team, in 4 matches, won 1 win, 1 draw and 2 losses, scored a total of 9 goals and suffered 4 goals, with an average of 2.25 goals scored and 1 goal suffered per game, showing especially some offensive quality. In these games the best moment of the team is verified in the last 15 minutes of the game, period in which scored 4 goals, with highlights for strikers Yousef Al Salman and Bader Al Mutawa, with 4 goals scored each. We remember that the Kuwait team was left out of the next World Cup. Playing in their stadium, the team has a terrible performance, since it does not win six consecutive games.

Cameroon:

This will be the first friendly of the year of the visiting team, which played 5 last year. In these friendlies he registered the following results: Cameroon (0-4) Colombia, Cameroon (1-2) Guinea, Tunisia (0-1) Cameroon, Cameroon (1-1) Zimbabwe and Cameroon (2-0) DR Congo. This is a team that usually maintains its competitive levels in home and away matches, since in the last 30 matches they register 5 wins, 6 draws and 4 losses in away matches, with 15 goals scored and 17 conceded; against 6 wins, 5 draws and 4 losses at their stadium, with 16 goals scored and 14 suffered. In the last match they played, for the African Cup of Nations, they drew with Burkina Faso by (1-1). In the last 10 away matches Cameroon has won 4, tied 3 and lost 3. The team has conceded goals in 7 of the last 10 matches, so their defense needs to improve, but their attack has scored regularly, since they have scored goals in 7 of the last 10 matches. There is 1 period that stands out in the last 5 away matches for all competitions: they have suffered 3 of their 8 goals between minutes (16′-30 ‘).

If you analyze the matches played in the status of visitor to count for the qualification phase for the World Championship – African Zone, the Cameroon team, in 4 matches, won 1 win, 2 draws and 1 loss, scored a total of 6 goals and suffered 7, with an average of 1.5 goals scored and 1.75 suffered per game, showing some offensive quality, but many defensive difficulties in away games. If all the matches are taken into account, his best moment is between 30 and 45 minutes of play, during which he scored 4 goals, with a highlight for striker V. Aboubakar, with 3 goals and 1 assist. We remind you that the Cameroon team will not be present at the World Championship, in Russia. In the condition of visitor, the team has alternated between defeats and draws, being that it no longer wins 4 consecutive games.