As part of the final match of the Africa Cup, the players of the national teams of Senegal and Egypt will come face to face. Which side will win this match? LiveResult.Ru gives a forecast for this meeting.
Senegal
The Senegalese are close to heading to this year's World Cup in Qatar, as the team won the group ahead of Congo, Namibia and Togo. Cisse's team arrived at the tournament in Cameroon as a 2-time winner of silver awards at the main African football championship. The team held the group round of the tournament confidently, having managed to take the first place in the group. The first match in the playoffs brought a confident success in the game with Cape Verde. Then the Senegalese team gained momentum and pleased with the unconventional for the Africa Cup. In a productive match, the team was able to defeat Equatorial Guinea (3:1), and in the semifinals it was stronger than Burkina Faso (3:1).
Egypt
The Egyptian national team came to Cameroon after a failure at the Arab Cup, where the team lost to Tunisia in the main match. At this tournament, the 7-time winner KANG was considered the favorite from the first rounds, which he proved during the group stage, where he no longer lost after losing to Nigeria. In the playoffs, the team of Queiroz in a series of 11-meter strikes managed to send the Ivorians overboard of the tournament. In the match against Morocco, the Northerners beat their opponent (1:0 D.V.), then dealt with Cameroon (1:0). It is worth noting that the semi-final was also not without a penalty shootout.
Statistics and figures:
- Senegal is the favorite of the meeting;
- Senegalese have a 3-match winning streak;
- Egypt has not won in regular time in 3 meetings in a row;
- Senegal and Egypt last met in 2014;
- Then Senegal defeated the opponent with a score of 1-0.
Forecast
The Africa Cup is coming to an end, and the Senegal players held the CAEN tournament more confidently. They have played for victory and in the battle with exhausted Egypt they must win over the Egyptian national team.
