Preview: Cameroon vs. Uganda – prediction, crew information, lineups

Cameroon and Uganda will face off in a world pleasant on the Marrakech Stadium on Friday night as a part of their preparation for the return of the 2026 World Cup qualifiers in September.

Each groups have been in good condition main as much as this fixture, and matches between these sides have been tightly contested, with all three earlier encounters ending stage.

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Cameroon are set to reassemble for the primary time in simply over two months, after they took 4 factors from their two CAF World Cup qualifiers in opposition to Eswatini (0-0) on March 25 and Libya (3-1) per week later.

Vincent Aboubakar bagged a brace within the victory over the Mediterranean Knights both facet of a Bryan Mbeumo strike, which earned the crew their third win of their WCQ marketing campaign after six video games.

With these outcomes, the Indomitable Lions have now received seven, drawn 4 and misplaced solely certainly one of their final 12 matches throughout all competitions, relationship again to their exit on the Africa Cup of Nations firstly of final 12 months.

Nonetheless, Marc Brys‘s facet’s preparation for this match has not gone as easily as he would have hoped, as studies on Tuesday revealed that solely 17 gamers had attended their first coaching session in Marrakech, with the likes of Patrick Soko, Ignatius Ganago and Boris Enow being amongst those that had been absent.

The final time these sides met was again in January 2023 in a world pleasant that ended 1-1 at that remaining whistle, with Kemajou Dibami and Moses Ndhondhi getting on the scoresheet for his or her sides.

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In the meantime, Uganda had blended outcomes throughout their World Cup qualifiers in March, dropping their first match on the street to Mozambique 3-1, earlier than securing a 1-0 victory over Guinea in Kampala.

The Cranes have now received seven of their final 10 video games throughout all competitions (D1 L2), a interval throughout which they secured qualification to the AFCON later this 12 months, ending second of their group, only one level behind South Africa.

Uganda are additionally nonetheless within the operating to qualify for the 2026 World Cup, however could should accept the spot within the second spherical of qualifying, provided that they path group leaders Algeria by six factors with 4 video games to play, however are solely three factors off second-placed Mozambique.

Notably, the Cranes should make do with out head coach Paul Put for this match because of sickness, with assistant coach Sam Ssimbwa set to steer the crew within the Belgian tactician’s absence.

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Group Information

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Brys has opted to make use of this month’s friendlies as a chance to establish rising abilities by omitting a number of of the crew’s star gamers, together with the likes of Andre Onana, Bryan Mbeumo, Carlos Baleba and Frank Anguissa.

Serge Daura, Florent Batoum, and Boris Mfoumou are the regionally based mostly gamers who’ve acquired call-ups, whereas Hatayspor ahead Vincent Aboubakar will captain the Indomitable Lions this week.

Uganda had been dealt a reasonably important blow within the lead-up to this match, with striker Steven Mukwala compelled to withdraw from the squad after sustaining an harm whereas that includes for Tanzanian outfit Simba SC.

The Cranes squad options 4 gamers from the Uganda Premier League and Uganda Cup champions Viper SC, together with defender Nico Wadada, who has earned a primary nationwide crew call-up since 2021.

Cameroon doable beginning lineup:
Epassy; Dibango, Ndjeungoue, Nagida, Castelletto; Atemengue, Namaso, Younoussa; Soko, Aboubakar, Ganago

Uganda doable beginning lineup:
Watenga; Wadada, Bwomono, Sibbick, Capradossi; Byaruhanga, Semakula, Oyirwoth, Mutyaba, Okello; Shaban

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We are saying: Cameroon 1-1 Uganda

Whereas Cameroon are thought of favourites forward of this contest, they’ve opted to go away out nearly all of their worldwide gamers, which may stage the taking part in subject considerably. Uganda have been in superb kind over the past 12 months, and we really feel there will likely be nothing to separate these two on the remaining whistle.

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