Zambia vs Togo Prediction & Betting Tips

Recent Form: A Mixed Read For Both Sides

Zambia's recent sample spans friendlies, Africa Cup of Nations finals football and qualifiers, and it's not a flattering one on the surface. Across sixteen matches they've won four, drawn four and lost eight, shipping thirty goals against just fourteen scored, including some heavy defeats like the 5-0 loss to Argentina and the 3-0 reverse against Morocco at the finals.

Zambia: 16 completed matches; Togo: 10 completed matches.

Zambia

16 matches

Win

25% 4 / 16

Draw

25% 4 / 16

Loss

50% 8 / 16

Scored

14

Conceded

30

Difference

-16

Togo

10 matches

Win

30% 3 / 10

Draw

40% 4 / 10

Loss

30% 3 / 10

Scored

16

Conceded

14

Difference

+2

Togo's ten-match sample is a touch more balanced. Three wins, four draws and three losses, with sixteen scored and fourteen conceded, suggests a side capable of scoring but still prone to leaking goals themselves.

Neither side's wider form sample points to a team arriving full of confidence, even if Zambia's qualifying section results look better in isolation.

Comparative Team Statistics: Zambia vs Togo

Where They Stand In This Qualifying Section

Zambia currently sit top of this qualifying section with ten points from five games, built on three wins, a draw and a single loss, and a healthy five scored against four conceded.

Togo are third with five points from six matches, a record of one win, two draws and three losses, and a shakier goal difference having scored seven but conceded ten. These figures only cover the two teams involved here, so it's not the full picture of the group, but the gap in points per game and defensive record is clear enough.

Zambia have been the tidier side in this specific qualifying section, even if their broader recent form elsewhere has been rockier.

How This One Could Play Out

Zambia arrive with home advantage and a stronger qualifying record in this section, but their wider form sample shows they can be got at defensively when facing more direct or clinical opposition.

Togo have conceded regularly too, and their away matches in the broader sample have swung between comfortable wins and heavy defeats. That inconsistency, on both sides, makes a low-scoring, cagey qualifier just as plausible as a more open one.

Key player statistics: Zambia vs Togo

Zambia:

Best assist providers:

David Simukonda - 1

Togo:

Best assist providers:

S. Zuberu - 1

Penalty cards:

S. Zuberu x 1

K. Boma x 1