Bahamas vs Saint Martin - prediction, team news, lineups

Bahamas and Saint Martin statesman their 2026-27 Concacaf Nations League League C campaigns against each different connected Wednesday, with some sides looking to marque an aboriginal connection successful Group C.

The fixture is the archetypal of 2 meetings betwixt the teams successful this radical phase, with a instrumentality lucifer scheduled for 6 October, portion some nations volition besides look the U.S. Virgin Islands doubly successful the aforesaid group.

Match preview

Bahamas caput into this crippled looking to extremity a mediocre streak of losses that has been ongoing since October 202 erstwhile they bushed the United States Virgin Islands.

The Baha Boyz mislaid 1-0 to the Cayman Islands successful a CONCACAF Series clash backmost successful March, the aforesaid period they besides mislaid 3-1 to Anguilla. 

Those defeats extended their tally of losses to seven, a streak that started with a 6-2 nonaccomplishment to Barbados successful the Nations League, earlier conceding 14 goals crossed defeats to Grenada (6-0) and Costa Rica (8-0).

Those were followed by a 2-1 decision to Aguilla and a 6-0 nonaccomplishment to the British Virgin Islands successful the CONCACAF Series past November.

The hosts volition beryllium playing the Nations League for the 5th play and volition anticipation they tin adhd to their 5 wins from 19 matches successful the competition, with their champion show coming during their maiden quality successful 2019-20 erstwhile they won 3 of 4 matches and earned promotion to League B. 

Saint Martin, by contrast, get successful Nassau afloat of assurance having beaten Bonaire 3-0 successful the CONCACAF Series successful March, a effect that followed a 3-1 triumph implicit Barbados successful the aforesaid month.

They person present won 3 of their past 4 matches, with the different triumph coming against Dominica, portion their lone decision successful that play came against Belize (1-0).

Saint Martin are not FIFA members and truthful cannot vie for World Cup qualification, but they stay progressive wrong CONCACAF competitions, having archetypal entered competitory shot successful the 1990 Caribbean Cup qualifiers, wherever they bushed the British Virgin Islands 3-0 successful their inaugural fixture.

This volition beryllium their 2nd gathering with Bahamas, with the visitors winning the erstwhile gathering 2-0, a feat they volition anticipation to repetition erstwhile some sides instrumentality to the transportation connected Wednesday.

Jean-Claude Darcheville's broadside caput into the radical signifier having precocious been moved into this conception of the competition, a reshuffle that followed the withdrawal of respective determination nations from the earlier qualifying series, and Saint Martin volition spot this recently configured radical arsenic a genuine accidental to progress.

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Team News

Bahamas manager Kevin Davies has a 21-player squad listed by Concacaf for the Nations League, including goalkeepers Michael Butler and Vance Wheaton.

Defenders Jamario Charles, Junior Kelly, Justin Minns, Lamond Cross and Miguel Thompson are successful the team, portion they person attacking options specified arsenic Robert Holcombe, Lothario Milfrise and Nahum Johnson.

Bahamas person nary reported wounded concerns heading into the match, with Davies expected to prime from the aforesaid excavation of players progressive successful the caller affable decision to the Cayman Islands.

Saint Martin besides person nary fittingness concerns of enactment pursuing their triumph implicit Bonaire, with Darcheville apt to prime a akin radical to the 1 that scored 3 times successful that fixture.

The manager has a squad containing respective players with acquisition successful the French little divisions, portion the existent Concacaf roster includes Leo, Romuald Lacazette, Rahim Denis, Randy Gentes, Keelan Lebon and Yoann Vardin.

Bahamas imaginable starting lineup:

Butler; Charles, Kelly, Minns, Cross; Rahming, Ene, Taylor, Archer; Milfrise, Holcombe

Saint Martin imaginable starting lineup:

Vardin; Raga Rigobert, Dumas, Fonrose, Petchy; Lebon, Marchal, Denis; Gentes, Leo, Lacazette

We say: Bahamas 1-2 Saint Martin

Bahamas person location vantage lone nominally successful this fixture, with the lucifer being staged astatine the Bethlehem Soccer Complex successful St Croix alternatively than successful the Bahamas. 

Saint Martin's superior caller attacking signifier and past of scoring freely against Caribbean opposition, gives them the borderline implicit hosts who person struggled for goals.
 

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