Burkina Faso vs Djibouti Preview & Prediction | 2026 FIFA World Cup Qualifying (CAF

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Burkina Faso have declined in the last couple of years but still have a good chance of earning themselves FIFA World Cup qualification as they now take on a poor Djibouti side this week.

Kick-off date/time: Friday 21st March, 2025: UK – 4:00pm / US ET – 12:00pm / US PT – 9:00am

How to watch on TV: UK – Not televised / US – Not televised

How to watch online: UK – FIFA+ / US – FIFA+

Key Stats

• The only previous meetings between these teams were in the last World Cup qualifying campaign when Burkina Faso won both encounters (4-0 and 2-0, both played in Morocco in October 2021).
• Burkina Faso have lost only one of their last 11 World Cup qualifying matches (W5 D5).
• Burkina Faso have not failed to score in their last 13 World Cup qualifying matches.
• Djibouti have won only two of their previous 25 World Cup qualifying matches (D3 L20).
• Djibouti are without a win in their last 11 World Cup qualifying matches (D1 L10). Since a 2-1 victory against Eswatini in September 2019.

Burkina Faso vs Djibouti Prediction

Burkina Faso have reached the knockout stages in four of the last five CAF Africa Cup of Nations, making the semi-final in three of those tournaments, but they were knocked out in the Round of 16 of the 2023 tournament in 2024 in the Ivory Coast last year.

The Burkinabe national team has seemingly weakened with results in general, as shown by that decline in AFCON performance. Their most recent outing saw them follow up a 1-0 loss to Senegal in the November international break by being thrashed by Malawi by three goals to nil a few days later.

Djibouti, though, are one of the weaker sides on the African continent and they do sit at the bottom of Group A, having collected one point from their opening four FIFA World Cup qualifiers. Under the management of Abdourahman Okie Hadi, ‘the Shoreman of the Red Sea’, as they are nicknamed, are 191st in the FIFA World Rankings.

Despite the fact that Burkina Faso are hardly overly convincing at the moment, they will be expected to come out on top in this one at the neutral ground of Stade El Abdi in Morocco.

Burkina Faso vs Djibouti Tip: Burkina Faso to win