Haiti vs Nicaragua Prediction & Betting Tips (19 November)

Everything is still possible for this Haitian team which has never been so close to qualifying for a World Cup since its only participation in this competition, in 1974. The Grenadiers occupy 2nd place in this group with the same number of points on the clock as the leader, Honduras, who has, at the same time, a perilous trip to Costa Rica. In October, Frantzdy Pierrot's partners were able to win quite comfortably against Nicaragua 0-3 before falling to Honduras 3-0. But last week, they had an excellent operation by dismissing Costa Rica 1-0.

 For its part, Nicaragua has already given up on its hopes of being able to compete in the first World Cup in its history. A tone below the other teams present in this group, the 139th nation in the Fifa ranking brings up the rear in the ranking after having suffered 3 defeats in a row against Honduras 2-0, Haiti 0-3 and finally against Costa Rica 4-1 last month. However, the Pinoleros still pulled off a nice coup last week by knocking out Honduras to everyone's surprise 2-0.

We find several fairly well-known faces in this Haiti team like the goalkeepers Placide (Bastia, 78 sel) and Pierre (Sochaux, 12 sel), the defenders Arcus (Angers, 50 sel), Lambese (Fleury, 23 sel) and Expérience (16 sel) and the attacker Casimir (Auxerre). We also find other elements who are used to working with the high level such as defenders Delcroix (Burnley) and Thermoncy (Young Boys) and midfielders Pierre (Vizela), Jean Jacques (ex Metz, Philadelphia Union, 27 sel, 6 goals) and Bellegarde (Wolverhampton, ex Strasbourg). On the offensive level, we also find some great performances embodied in particular by the duo composed of Duckens Nazon (Esteghlal, 73 sels, 44 goals, ex Laval and QRM) and Frantzdy Pierrot (AEK Athens, 46 sels, 33 goals, ex Guingamp). He also scored the only goal for his team against Costa Rica. It is still necessary to point out the absence of the important Duverne (La Gantoise, ex-Brest, Lens) and the striker Mikael Cantave (Makedonikos, long-term injured).

On the Nicaraguan side, the group is much more modest and composed mainly of players who play in the weak domestic championship. Among the rare players to have tried their luck in Europe, we can cite midfielder Jacob Montes (11 selections, 4 goals) who plays in Belgian D2, in Molenbeek, or goalkeeper Miguel Rodriguez who plays in Finland. Otherwise, captain Barrera (94 sels, 26 goals) is available as is striker Moreno (43 sels, 14 goals) who plays in Indonesia and who found the fault last week against Honduras.