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Peter Green - January 9, 2022
Nigeria vs Egypt
Africa Cup of Nations
Date: Tuesday, 11 January 2022
Kick-off at 16:00 UK / 17:00 CET
Venue: Stade Omnisport Roumde Adija
Egypt were having a better shape before they conceded back to back defeats against Qatar and Tunisia on Arab Cup Play Offs on December.
They travels to Stade Omnisport Roumde Adija to face Nigeria who hosts them on the Match day 1 of Group D.
Nigeria is having a decent form in World Cup Qualification rounds and have snatched four wins out of their 6 recent Qualifier matches.
They both will enter this match with opposite spirits as they both follows different results from their previous matches.
The away team are likely to continue their lost form and walk away with the win when they clash against Nigeria on Tuesday.
They are unbeaten in 9 of the last 10 away games which will count really impressive when they face Nigeria. Their lone defeat came against Tunisia when Solia scored an own goal in the injury time.
Egypt have been a threat going forward of late, scoring 18 times in their last 10 away matches. That’s an average of 1.8 goals per game.
However, they are yet to register a win against Nigeria on road. They haven’t won a single game out of their 8 away matches against Nigeria since 1976. but that trend might not persist in this game.
Nigeria have conceded three defeats in the last five matches at home patch. In fact, they have been emerged victorious for only three times in their last 10 home matches.
Nigeria also had their issues at the back, leaking 14 goals in those 10 home outings. That’s never good.
Therefore, we are predicting a low scoring affair at Stade Omnisport Roumde Adija with Egypt scoring the vital goal that wins it.
