Ghana vs South Africa: Predictions, betting tips & odds | 2022 World Cup qualifiers

Published on: 14 November 2021
Ghana vs South Africa: Predictions, betting tips & odds | 2022 World Cup qualifiers
Jordan Ayew is tipped to excel in today's match

In the 2022 World Cup qualification in Africa, the last game in Group G between Ghana and South Africa is only about making it into the third round and this decisive clash in Cape Coast on Sunday will reveal who goes through from this group.

Only the group winners will reach the third phase of the World Cup qualification, in which a total of five tickets for the World Cup will be awarded to the African continent.

The South African national team goes into the match with corresponding good record, which, however , would be overtaken by Ghana in the event of a defeat at the new Cape Coast Stadium .

The Black Stars, who lost 1-0 in the first leg in Johannesburg two months ago, are favored in the second leg.

In the run-up to the encounter between Ghana and South Africa, the odds are in the direction of the home side.

Of the total of 16 international matches against the South African selection, Ghana was only able to win four games.

If the fifth victory for the Black Stars does not happen in duel number 17, the Ghanaian dream of returning to the World Cup will burst. Accordingly, the men of Milovan Rajevac must just win the game.

In our opinion, it is quite possible to play tip 1 in Ghana against South Africa. Bafana Bafana is likely to put together a concrete defence, which is why it should be a game of patience . Overall, however, the Ghanaians have the playful quality to ultimately decide the match for themselves.

Black Stars
Black Stars

Ghana - statistics & current form

The Ghanaian national soccer team has already qualified for the World Cup three times. The Black Stars were permanent guests on the world's largest football stage between 2006 and 2014 and even stormed the quarter-finals in South Africa in 2010.

After establishing themselves at the top of Africa, which was also strengthened by the fact that the four-time African champions always made it to at least the semi-finals of six consecutive African championships between 2008 and 2017, the Ghanaians then missed the 2018 World Cup in Russia.

With a home win safely in the third round

The Black Stars' wish to be back in Qatar in 2022 is all the greater, for which there is now a final chance to reach the playoffs. After losing to South Africa in the first leg (0: 1), the Black Stars are currently three points adrift of Bafana Bafana in Group G, in which only the group winners advance to the third qualifying round.

It is positive for Ghana that if there is a tie, the goal difference counts. Even with a win with one goal difference, this would be identical, before the direct comparison does not decide qualification as the number of goals scored decides it. Ghana does not need to pay attention to away goals or the like, they just have to win - no matter whether 1-0 or 4: 3.

In only two of the last 15 competitive games without a goal of their own

However, in Ghana against South Africa, the tip on the latter would be the right decision. After all, the guests from the Southern Africa bring a concrete defense with them. Bafana Bafana has only conceded one goal in the previous five qualifying games.

All the more it will depend on the many Ghanaian players like Jordan Ayew, Andre Ayew , Mohammed Kudus or Kamaldeen Sulemana break through the defensive bulwark of the guests. After all: In the last 15 competitive games, the Black Stars were only twice without a goal of their own ...

South Africa - statistics & current form

The South African national soccer team also took part in three World Cups. Bafana Bafana qualified for two consecutive finals in 1998 and 2002, before they hosted in 2010.

In all three cases, however, the men from the Southeast of Africa failed in the preliminary round before they missed the leap to a final three times in a row in the World Cup qualifiers.

Bafana Bafana

Avoid defeat at all costs

Although the 1996 African champion was able to reach the third qualifying round at the 2018 World Cup qualification, they failed there because of Senegal, Burkina Faso and Cape Verde. Accordingly, there is a great desire to do better this time, which we now have to do in Ghana.

The starting position is very simple for the nation trained by the Belgian Hugo Broos: The number 66 in the FIFA world rankings simply cannot lose in Cape Coast and would win the group with every draw and, of course, with an away win.

Only one goal conceded in the last eleven competitive games

A downright excellent run speaks for the South Africans. Since a 2-0 defeat against Sudan in qualifying for the Africa Cup of Nations in March 2021, Bafana Bafana has not lost a single international match. There are currently twelve international matches in a row without defeat (ten wins, two draws).

Particularly noticeable: In the last eleven games there was only one goal conceded, which had no consequences in the 3-1 away win in Ethiopia. Nevertheless, a lot of bookamers are offering odds of 3.90 for the away win of the Broos' men in Ghana against South Africa, which despite this defensive strength has no big names to offer.

Ghana - South Africa direct comparison / H2H record

Head to head: 4 - 6 - 6

There have been a total of 16 international matches between the two nations and Bafana Bafana leads the direct comparison with six wins.

The South African national team also recently won the first leg in Johannesburg 1-0.

KEY FACTS - GHANA VS. SOUTH AFRICA TIP

South Africa won the first leg in Johannesburg on September 6, 2021 1-0

Ghana have scored in 13 of their last 15 competitive games

South Africa only conceded a single goal in the last eleven competitive games

Betting prediction & Ghana Ghana - South Africa South Africa tip

In the case of Ghana against South Africa, the predction must take into account the starting position. The Black Stars need victory at all costs and Bafana Bafana has to avoid defeat by all means. Because the draw is enough for the guests, the South African selection should once again be concrete at the back , which recently worked extremely well. Broos' men only conceded a single goal in the last eleven competitive games.

However, Ghana have only played two of their last 15 competitive games without their own goals and have players of different international stature who are under contract with top clubs in European top leagues . Although the team play of the South Africans is coherent, the Ghanaian quality should ultimately assert itself.

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