Algeria vs Niger - prediction, team news, lineups

Algeria and Niger volition reason their September/October docket with a affable brushwood astatine Hocine Ait Ahmed Stadium connected Tuesday evening.

Both teams are looking to get backmost to winning ways disconnected the backmost of frustrating results successful their 2nd Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers past clip out.

Match preview

After opening with a broad 3-1 triumph implicit the Chipolopolo of Zambia, the Brahim Hemdani epoch deed its archetypal setback arsenic Algeria were held to a disappointing 2-2 gully by Burundi connected Tuesday astatine Stade Intwari.

Some whitethorn reason Algeria were fortunate to salvage a point, having started dilatory and fallen 2 goals down wrong the opening 12 minutes earlier responding with goals successful either fractional from Mohamed Belloumi and Adil Boulbina.

That effect denied the Fennec Foxes back-to-back wins for the archetypal clip since January, and they person present claimed conscionable 3 victories successful competitory matches successful 2026 (D2, L3) aft finishing 2025 with 3 consecutive wins.

However, Algeria person been astir flawless successful friendlies of late, going unbeaten successful their past six warm-up matches since November, with 5 victories coming either broadside of a goalless gully against Uruguay successful March.

Having mislaid conscionable 1 of the past 12 meetings, Algeria person plentifulness of crushed for optimism heading into Tuesday’s clash connected location soil, wherever they person not been beaten successful implicit 2 years since a 2-1 decision to Guinea successful the 2026 World Cup qualifiers.

Facing your location federation from the opposing dugout is 1 of the astir gruelling affectional rollercoasters an planetary caput manager tin experience, and Nabil Neghiz present faces that unenviable task.

Neghiz, who concisely managed Algeria successful 2016 - winning his lone crippled successful complaint - and was precocious an adjunct to Vladimir Petkovic is present acceptable to instrumentality successful his 3rd lucifer arsenic Niger brag since succeeding Zaki Badou past month.

After travelling to Gabon successful precocious spirits pursuing a 2-1 triumph implicit Lesotho, the Menas fell to a 2-0 decision connected Tuesday successful circular 2 of the 2027 AFCON qualifiers, leaving them 3rd successful Group A up of their clash with Algeria.

As a result, Niger person managed conscionable 1 triumph from their past 8 matches, keeping lone 1 cleanable expanse and failing to people successful 4 of those games, highlighting issues astatine some ends of the pitch.

Tuesday’s visitors person besides failed to triumph immoderate of their past 12 distant friendlies implicit the past 5 years and are dense underdogs against Algeria, truthful adjacent avoiding decision would beryllium considered a positive.

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Team News

Himad Abdelli was forced disconnected with an wounded conscionable earlier the interval past clip out, casting uncertainty implicit his engagement connected Tuesday.

Regardless, the midfielder is improbable to start, with Adem Zorgane acceptable to regenerate him successful the starting XI for his 26th cap.

Mohamed Belloumi’s extremity against Burundi means helium has present been straight progressive successful 5 goals successful his past six appearances for nine and country, making the Hull City antheral 1 to watch.

Aboubacar Camara shook disconnected an wounded scare to diagnostic against Gabon, but the right-back is apt to marque mode for Najeeb Yakubu here.

Oumar Sako has scored 3 of Niger’s past 4 goals and volition look to supply a spark for a broadside lacking successful potent attacking options.

Algeria imaginable starting lineup:

Ramdane; Hadjam, Touba, Abada, Redouani; Chaibi, Zorgane; Boulbina, Maza, Belloumi; Kebbal

Niger imaginable starting lineup:

Kassali; Yakubu, Abdouramane, Sako, Alhassane; Mohamed, Oumarou; Amoustapha, Badamassi, Wonkoye; Sosah

We say: Algeria 4-1 Niger

Algeria boast a formidable location grounds and a importantly higher level of attacking talent, making it hard to spot immoderate result different than a location win.

We expect the Fennec Foxes to dispatch Niger with comparative ease, scoring plentifulness of goals successful the process.

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