Gambia vs Madagascar

The Gambia will play Madagascar at Stade Ben Ahmed El Abdi on Monday afternoon in the penultimate gameweek four matchup in Group A of the Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers.

Three days ago, these two faced off in Casablanca and ended up drawing 1-1. Both goals came late in stoppage time at the end of each half.

Even though Gambia had 22 shots on goal and controlled the game from the first whistle, it took until the very last kick of the game for them to score. Gambia entered last week's encounter as the slight favorites.

Despite Clement Couturier's opening goal in the second minute of stoppage time at the end of the first period, Brighton & Hove Albion's Yankuba Minteh scored in the seventh minute of added time past the ninety to spare the Scorpions' blushes.

Johnny McKinstry was even more disappointed after Comoros' unexpected victory over Tunisia in Rades last week. If his team loses here, they will have to defeat both of those teams in their final two group games in order to have a chance of placing in the top two.

Naturally, it does not help that McKinstry's team must play their "home" games at a neutral location, in this case Morocco, because the venues in the Gambia do not match FIFA criteria.

Nevertheless, the Scorpions' new manager has two advantages: his team has only lost to Gabon and Tunisia since he took over (W1 D2 L2), and they have scored in each of his first five games as manager.

However, the Scorpions' new boss has two advantages: they have scored in each of his first five games as manager, and they have only lost to Tunisia and Gabon since he took over (W1 D2 L2).

After suffering the same fate in their opening encounter against Tunisia, Barea endured heartbreak in stoppage time for the second time in this competition last week. On matchday two, they gained an early lead against Comoros but lost shortly before the half and had to settle for a point.

However, the team has only lost three of its last ten games (W4 D3 L3) under Romuald Rakotondrabe's leadership, and those losses have come against tough opponents in Ghana, Rwanda, and Tunisia. This clearly indicates a significant improvement.