Morocco vs Niger Prediction & Betting Tips (5 September)

Under the status of semi-finalist of the World Cup, Morocco has a duty to return to the next event and with the ambition to find the last square, even better, become the first African selection to win the Grail. After 5 days of qualifying played in this group E, Hakimi's teammates are undefeated with five successes and a first place greatly mastered with 6 points ahead of Tanzania. Note that out of the 5 victories, each time the Moroccans allowed themselves to register minimum 2 goals. Faced with Tanzania during the very first day 0-2, Zambia 2-1, lightning the Congo 0-6 and in March against Niger in person 1-2 and for the reception of Tanzania 2-0. In August, the African Nations Championship was contested, won by the Atlas Lions after in particular a victory at the end of the penalty shootout against Senegal in the semi-final and a success two goals to three in the final against Madagascar.

 Niger has never obtained its ticket for a World Cup and can believe it this year since 2nd place, unlike the previous phases of playoffs, is a qualifying for playing a final dam. 4th with 6 points but above all a match less compared to Zambia and Tanzania, Niger did not make a large edition of the African Nations Championship in August by winning any of its group matches. The last qualification match for the World Cup now dates back to March 21 and a defeat against Moroccans 1-2. As a reminder, the 6 points gleaned were obtained at the expense of a Congo package in June 2024 and a nice success against Zambia 2-1. 

The Moroccan coach, Regragui selected no less than 27 players for this first rally of the 2025-26 season. Among the presents, we find defensive tauliers like Hakimi (PSG, 85 selections) and Aguerd (new OM player, 55 Sél) without forgetting the experienced Masina (Torino). In the middle, just landed in Bétis Seville at the very end of the transfer window, Sofyan Arambat (66 Sél) is very present alongside Ounahi (Girona, ex-OM), Brahim Diaz (Real Madrid), the lateral El Hilali (Espanyol Barcelona), Ilias Akhomach (Villarreal) or the center-center Sannadi. A well represented Spanish championship. The Lille Igamane (1 Sél) received the phone call from Walid Regragui as well as the former Monegasque Ben Seghir (Leverkusen) and Osama Al Azzouzi (Auxerre). Author of 23 goals in selection, Youssef En-Nesyri (Fenerbahce) and El Kaabi (Olympiakos, 16 realizations in selection including 3 in these qualifiers) were also summoned. In the radius of significant absences, the right side of Manchester United Mazraoui was injured while some players present in June were not renewed.

This is the case of the winger Ez Abde (Bétis), Rahimi (19 Capes), Lille Sahraoui (2 Sél) or Amir Richardson (Fiorentina, 8 Capes) and Targhalline (Feyenoord, 5 capes). Marseillais Nadir (no selection) has not been invited. The vast majority of players who make up this Niger list evolve in the local championship, a relatively low level. In addition, note that no player has scored at least 2 goals in these qualifications. A priori, on the attack front, we should find Daniel Sosah (Aktobe) author of 8 selection achievements. He is by far the main cartridge of Niger with the environment Youssef Oumarou, a scorer also against Morocco during the first leg.