Comoros vs Senegal - prediction, team news, lineups

The Stade Velodrome will play big to Comoros and Senegal arsenic they look disconnected successful an planetary affable connected Sunday afternoon.

Both teams travel into this first-ever gathering disconnected the backmost of victories and volition beryllium anxious to physique connected their astir caller successes.

Match preview

After coming wrong touching region of a spot successful the World Cup past 16, Senegal endured 1 of the biggest collapses successful World Cup history, losing 3-2 to Belgium, and it was nary astonishment they parted ways with Pape Thiaw contempt his AFCON exploits earlier this year.

Out of enactment since leaving Genoa successful November 2025, Patrick Vieira was handed the reins but could lone mastermind a 1-1 gully against Mozambique successful his opening assignment, though helium has since overseen a 1-0 triumph implicit Ethiopia connected Tuesday.

Despite collecting 4 points from his archetypal 2 matches, Vieira’s commencement has been deemed somewhat underwhelming by some.

As a result, the 50-year-old is improbable to instrumentality Sunday’s affable lightly, adjacent against a broadside 90 places beneath Senegal successful the FIFA rankings.

The Lions of Teranga won their opening 2 warm-up matches of 2026 but person since failed to unafraid triumph from immoderate of the consequent two, astir precocious playing retired a goalless gully with Saudi Arabia successful their last pre-World Cup outing.

Given the attacking endowment astatine Senegal’s disposal, fans volition beryllium hoping for much goals pursuing a brace of laboured attacking displays since the assignment of Vieira - a manager nary alien to disapproval for his perceived pragmatism.

Having antecedently managed Togo, Sudan and Burkina Faso, Hubert Velud is nary alien to African football, truthful it was small astonishment erstwhile Comoros turned to him pursuing the extremity of Stefano Cusin’s three-year tenure earlier this year.

Facing Cameroon distant was ever going to beryllium a pugnacious opening duty for the 57-year-old, truthful fewer volition person been discouraged by a 3-1 defeat. However, Velud’s location debut brought a 1-0 triumph implicit Namibia, courtesy of Benjaloud Youssouf’s decisive strike.

That effect marked Les Coelacantes’ archetypal competitory triumph successful 10 months, the erstwhile coming via a punishment shootout against Yemen to seal Arab Cup qualification in November 2025, a effect that preceded a mediocre agelong of conscionable 2 victories successful 11 matches.

A triumph implicit Senegal would fertile among Comoros’ astir awesome achievements, but the Southern Africans are nary strangers to upsets, having famously won distant astatine Tunisia successful the 2024 AFCON qualifiers contempt being fixed conscionable a 6.7% accidental of triumph astatine kick-off.

After 5 games without a goal, Comoros person scored successful each of their past 3 matches - albeit conscionable erstwhile per crippled - highlighting a request for greater attacking output if they are to person a realistic accidental of occurrence this weekend.

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Team News

Benjaloud Youssouf has been straight progressive successful some of Comoros’ goals during this planetary break, with the 32-year-old proving to beryllium a potent attacking menace from right-back.

Yannick Pandor endured a hard outing successful the decision to Cameroon but responded with a composed show against Namibia, truthful helium is expected to support his spot successful goal.

Since Edouard Mendy’s status from planetary football, Yehvann Diouf has cemented his presumption arsenic Senegal's first-choice goalkeeper, though Mory Diaw could diagnostic from the commencement here.

Ibrahim Mbaye netted his 5th extremity successful 17 appearances with his caller onslaught against Ethiopia, and the Aston Villa winger continues to impressment connected the planetary stage.

Record quality holder Idrissa Gana Gueye volition beryllium pushing for a commencement aft making his 138th planetary quality disconnected the seat past clip out.

Comoros imaginable starting lineup:

Pandor; Youssouf, Omari, Kari, Abdallah; Bourhane, Mohamed; Ahmed, Youssef; Ahmed, Youssef, Hadji; Aboubacar

Senegal imaginable starting lineup:

Diaw; Diouf, Koulibaly, Sane, Sy; I Gueye, P Gueye; Sima, Sarrr, Mbaye; Jackson

We say: Comoros 0-3 Senegal

Senegal person much than capable prime to flooded Comoros; the question is whether they volition present a connection performance.

We are backing Vieira’s men to tally retired comfy winners astatine the extremity of the 90 minutes successful Marseille.

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