Mali – Kenya

Mali will battle Kenya at the Stade Ardar in a World Cup qualifier on Thursday. The match will be played in Morocco, owing to political instability in Mali. The ‘home’ side come into the game off the back of a goalless draw away to Uganda on matchday two of last month’s qualifiers. Kenya also shared the spoils in a 1-1 draw away to Rwanda. That draw left the Harambee Stars in second place in Group E, having garnered two points from as many games. Mali are two points better off at the summit of the standings.

This will be only the third meeting between the two sides and Kenya are yet to register a win against Mali. The West Africans have one victory to their name while one previous match ended in a share of the spoils. The East Africans are currently unbeaten in six games, with three draws and three wins recorded apiece in this sequence. Mali have just one win from their last five matches. We are backing Mali to triumph with a narrow victory.