Kenya vs Burundi Prediction: Kenya expected to get the job done

Bingu National Stadium will host the World Cup qualifying encounter between Kenya and Burundi. Let's preview this game and make a prediction.

Kenya's last encounter was a friendly one against Zimbabwe, and this team sealed a 1-3 win on the road. In that game, the top number 9, Michael Olunga, netted three goals, with his first in the last minutes of the first half, before scoring twice in the second half. However, Kenya have a decent run of three wins into this game, two others being against Malawi and Seychelles. 

In their World Cup qualifier campaign, Kenya have three points from two matches, defeating Seychelles and losing to Gabon.

Burundi will look to get a better result here following a winless run of games that has extended to four. In their last match, this team played Botswana and settled for a goalless draw in a friendly encounter. However, their prior encounters to that draw did see Burundi lose to Madagascar and Algeria in games that ended 1-0 and 0-4, respectively. 

In their World Cup qualifying campaign, this team picked three points from two matches, losing to Gabon and defeating the Gambia 3-2.

This is going to be a very close one with a lot of expectations from both teams. However, their last encounter was in 2017, in which Kenya won after extra time in the CECAFA Championship. In the meantime, Kenya seems to have improved over the years, and we can expect them to be the better team at home. Also, Michael Olunga has been a consistent scorer for the Kenya team, and while he is expected to lead the line once again, we can trust him to score in this game.