Gabon and Gambia meet at Stade de Franceville (new), in a match for this phase of the Africa Cup of Nations Qualification (Group Stage). There is no recent record of direct confrontations between these two teams, who have not played a game in the last 3 years. The last time they met was on 07‑06‑2011, in a match that ended with the final score: Gabon (0‑1) Gambia. Particular attention is needed for the home / away condition, as both teams present significantly different results at home and away.
Gabon:
After 1 victory and 1 draw, the home team comes to this 3rd round in 2nd position in Group D, with 4 points won. The previous round, they won (2‑1) at home against Angola, after in the first match of this group stage having drawn (0‑0) away against DR Congo. This is a team that curiously tends to achieve more positive results as a visitor than at home, since in the last 30 games they have registered 5 victories, 5 draws and 5 defeats as a visitor, with 15 goals scored and 17 suffered; against 2 victories, 8 draws and 5 defeats in his stadium, with 9 goals scored and 13 suffered. In the last 5 home matches for all competitions, Gabon won 2, drew 1 and lost 2. Their attack has scored regularly, scoring goals in 7 of the last 10 matches.
Gabon enters this round sharing the lead with its opponent. If you achieve victory you have the isolated leadership and taking an important step to take one of the vacancies of the group. What can be expected of the team is the improvement and the search for the scoreboard until the last minute, since it does not have great technical qualities. But it will try to make the home factor a differential.
Gambia :
After 1 victories, 1 draw and 0 defeats, the visiting team reaches this 3rd round in the 1st position of Group D, with 4 points won. The previous round, they drew at home against DR Congo by (2‑2), after in the first match of this group stage having won by (1‑3) away against Angola. This is a team that curiously tends to achieve more positive results as a visitor than at home, since in the last 30 games they have recorded 4 victories, 4 draws and 7 defeats as a visitor, with 14 goals scored and 21 suffered; against 2 victories, 8 draws and 5 defeats in his stadium, with 10 goals scored and 15 suffered. In the last 6 away matches for all competitions, the Gambia won 2, drew 3 and lost 1.
For this competition, they did not lose any of the last 4 matches. Their defense has not been very solid, since they have conceded at least one goal in each of the last 4 matches, but their offense has scored regularly, since they have scored at least one goal in each of the last 4 matches for this competition. This is a team that tends to find it difficult to score first. In fact, he only opened the scoring once in the last 12 games. In 12 games, they conceded the first goal 6 times and never got the comeback.
In favor of the Gambia team is their attack, which has been very productive, helping the team in the dispute for place in their group. The team has been undefeated in some games and will try to maintain that mark. Playing as a visitor he has had good games, always balancing the opposing net. He arrives as the leader by tiebreaker criteria, but with the same number of points as his rival.
