Angola vs Malawi - prediction, team news, lineups

Angola and Malawi wrapper up the 2nd matchday of the 2027 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers with a clash astatine Estadio 11 de Novembro connected Tuesday.

The hosts volition purpose to spell 1 amended than their opening outing, which ended successful a goalless draw, portion the visitors look to unafraid back-to-back victories.

Match preview

After missing back-to-back AFCON editions successful 2015 and 2017, Angola person featured successful 3 of the past 4 tournaments, somewhat establishing themselves arsenic regulars astatine this level.

However, their quest for a maiden rubric continues aft a disappointing group-stage exit successful Morocco past December.

Determined to instrumentality for adjacent year’s finals successful June, Aliou Cisse's men kicked disconnected their qualifying travel with a pugnacious trial against Egypt and showed resilience to gain a constituent astatine the Cairo International Stadium, contempt enjoying conscionable implicit a 3rd of possession.

Now unbeaten successful 7 of their past 8 matches, Angola person proven to beryllium a pugnacious seed to ace lately, though they person settled for draws much often than not; 4 of their past 5 games person ended level, with a 1-0 triumph implicit Central African Republic successful June the sole exception.

Now coached by erstwhile AFCON victor successful Cisse, who led Senegal to glory, the Sable Antelopes volition anticipation to marque waves connected the continental country and present question to kickstart their travel towards that with 3 points against Malawi.

Tuesday’s hosts person enjoyed the precocious manus successful this fixture, losing conscionable 1 of the erstwhile 8 meetings successful each competitions and keeping cleanable sheets successful each of the past 3 encounters since 2017.

Still awaiting their archetypal AFCON quality since 2021, Malawi are arguably nether the astir unit of immoderate squad successful Group B, but they made a affirmative commencement by defeating South Sudan. Lloyd Njaliwa’s onslaught secured the triumph aft Babatunde Adepoju’s opener was cancelled retired by Joseph Dhata.

That triumph marked Malawi’s archetypal triumph of 2026 astatine the 5th attempt, temporarily easing the unit connected 56-year-old Kalisto Pasuwa, who had won conscionable 2 of his erstwhile 10 matches since taking complaint successful February 2025.

A triumph for the Flames successful their adjacent outing would enactment them apical of the radical by 2 points and, crucially, 5 wide of Angola successful the contention for an AFCON spot, which should supply ample motivation.

Neither Malawi nor Angola are known for high-scoring matches, truthful a choky contention - wherever a azygous extremity could beryllium decisive - looks likely.

With a treble header against radical favourites Egypt looming erstwhile the November planetary interruption comes around, Tuesday’s visitors volition anticipation to person fixed themselves immoderate breathing country with a affirmative effect successful Luanda.

Angola Africa Cup of Nations Qualifying form:

Angola signifier (all competitions):

Malawi Africa Cup of Nations Qualifying form:

Malawi signifier (all competitions):

Team News

Babatunde Adepoju’s opener against South Sudan marked his archetypal planetary extremity for Malawi, and the 30-year-old volition beryllium anxious to physique connected that momentum.

Francisco Madinga volition request to support his subject successful cheque to debar walking a suspension tightrope aft helium was booked past clip out.

Zito Luvumbo is simply a uncertainty to play immoderate portion for Angola aft his outing against Egypt was chopped abbreviated by injury.

If the guardant is deemed unfit to participate, Chico Banza is apt to beryllium handed a start, with Miro besides successful contention.

Show’s astir caller headdress was his 65th for Angola, moving him into 10th spot successful the hosts' all-time quality charts.

Angola imaginable starting lineup:

Marques; Bondo, Buatu, Carmo, Gaspar, Sambu; Milson, Show, Keliano, Luvumbo; Mabululu

Malawi imaginable starting lineup:

Thole; Lameck, Petro, Chembezi, Nyirenda; Njaliwa, Singini; Chirwa, Mwangulu, Mphasi; Adepoju

We say: Angola 2-0 Malawi

Having failed to people successful 5 of their past 8 matches, Malawi’s attacking output has lacked consistency, and we expect them to gully different blank connected Tuesday.

While Angola person besides blown blistery and acold successful attack, we expect them to unafraid a comfy triumph successful beforehand of their fans.

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