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Ivory Coast vs Sierra Leone Predictions - Elephants to thrash Leone Lions in San Pedro

John Eastwood

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Last updated: 05 Jan 2024

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Ivory Coast vs Sierra Leone Predictions for Saturday’s international friendly (19:00 BST)
Sierra Leone have leaked 2+ goals in 9 of their last 13 matches
Can The Elephants continue their strong goalscoring form at home?

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Ivory Coast's Sebastien Haller to fire his side past Sierra Leone in international friendly clash (Getty Images).

Ivory Coast vs Sierra Leone Predictions

The Elephants are very good on home turf when they have a full strength squad selected. Sierra Leone have been struggling for a while. I can only see a convincing home win in this match.
Ivory Coast vs Sierra Leone Predictions
Head to Head
Ivory Coast Form
Ivory Coast Injuries & Team News
Sierra Leone Form
Sierra Leone Injuries & Team News

Ivory Coast have won their last 8 home matches (AFCON & Qualifiers).
Ivory Coast have scored 2+ goals in 7 of their last 9 home matches (AFCON Qualifiers).
Sierra Leone have lost 8 of their last 13 matches.
Sierra Leone have conceded 2+ goals in 9 of their last 13 matches.

Head to Head

Ivory Coast hold a 2-0 advantage over Sierra Leone with three draws in five matches.

The sides last played in the AFCON in 2022 and drew 2-2.

Ivory Coast Form

Cote d’Ivoire reached the AFCON as they finished second in their qualifying group with four wins in six fixtures. They campaign ended with a 1-0 dead rubber home win over Lesotho.

In October, they played two friendly matches and drew both 1-1, at home to Morocco and South Africa.

In November, they began World Cup 2026 Qualifying with two wins. They thrashed Seychelles 9-0 at home and won 2-0 against Gabon in Tanzania.

Ivory Coast Injuries & Team News

French coach Jean-Louis Gasset has named his AFCON squad. Galatasary forward Wilfried Zaha and defender Eric Bailly have been left out.

Brighton winger Simon Adingra and right back Serge Aurier may not feature in this match. Both have been carrying injuries in recent weeks.

Goalkeepers: Badra Ali Sangaré, Charles Folly Ayayi, Yahia Fofana

Defenders: Serge Aurier, Willy Boly, Ismael Diallo, Ousmane Diomandé, Ghislain Konan, Evans N’dicka, Odilon Kossonou, Wilfried Singo

Midfielders: Jean-Thierry Amani Lazare, Idrissa Doumbia, Seko Fofana, Ibrahim Sangaré, Franck Kessié, Jean-Michael Seri

Forwards: Simon Adingra, Jonathan Bamba, Jérémie Boga, Sébastien Haller, Karim Konaté, Christian Kouamé, Jean-Philippe Krasso, Max-Alain Gradel, Oumar Diakité, Nicolas Pépé

Sierra Leone Form

Sierra Leone failed to qualify for the AFCON after finishing third in their qualifying group. They finished their group with successive losses, 3-2 at home to Nigeria and 2-1 at Guinea-Bissau.

The Leone Lions played two friendly matches in October 2023. They drew 1-1 at home with Benin and beat Somalia 2-0.

In November’s World Cup qualifiers, they began with a 0-0 draw at Ethiopia. A 2-0 home loss to Egypt followed.

Sierra Leone Injuries & Team News

Coach Amidu Karim has left out central defender Steven Caulker.

The Leone Stars have a full strength squad otherwise.

Goalkeepers: Donald Kamara, Francis Koroma

Defenders: Abu Bakarr Samura, Emmanuel Samadiya, Yusuf Sesay, Abduali Juma Bah, Edward Bello Yillah, Saidu Mansaray

Midfielders: Saidu Bah Kamara, Adebayo Black, Ibrahim Turay, Sallieu Bah, Joseph Cleveland, Mohammed Fofanah, John T. Kamara, Samuel Bekoe, Kwame Quee, Alpha Turay

Forwards: Musa Noah Kamara, Alie Conteh, Abu Komeh Musa

Verdict

Ivory Coast v Sierra Leone

I'm backing Ivory Coast to beat the -1 handicap and to score 2+ goals as a team.

Ivory Coast Win (-1)

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