Cape Verde vs Egypt prediction and betting tips on January 22, 2024
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Game Prediction
The Africa Cup of Nations is traditionally held in winter. Having started in the middle of this month, teams are now approaching the third and final round of the group stage. On Monday, the national teams of Cape Verde and Egypt will play in this framework. An exclusive forecast for the decisive match on January 22, 2024, is available to the site's audience.
Cape Verde aims to surpass the previous tournament's result
The "Blue Sharks" have not made a significant impression. They have never qualified for the World Cup. Moreover, this is only the fourth Africa Cup of Nations appearance for the national team. The peak was the debut edition in 2013, reaching the quarterfinals. However, two years later, after three draws, they went home after the group stage. In the last cup, they were eliminated in the round of 16. This time, under Bubista's guidance, they started with a sensation, securing a late victory over strong Ghana with a goal in the 92nd minute by Rodrigues. Then they convincingly defeated Mozambique 3-0 - the team has already advanced to the playoffs.
Egypt hopes to achieve a new bright success at least now
The "Pharaohs" are one of the most successful national teams on the continental level. They have won the Africa Cup of Nations six times, but the last time was in 2010, when the local mega-star Salah was still playing youth football. Mohamed has won practically everything at the club level; he is a living legend at Liverpool. However, with the national team, despite incredible popularity, he has only managed to return to the World Cup once in 2018. Even then, with the leader injured, the team failed, losing to Saudi Arabia. The breakthrough could have come in the penultimate year, but Senegal defeated them twice on penalties, first in the final of the last Africa Cup of Nations and then in the play-off for a spot in the World Cup. In the new cup, now under the guidance of Rui Vitoria, the Egyptians, despite quickly opening the scoring against Mozambique, salvaged a draw only through a late penalty converted by Salah. Then Ghana led twice with a brace from Kudus, but the match ended in a 2-2 draw, now without the captain - he was replaced due to injury.
Previous matches
Representatives of the same continent, they did not to cross paths on the field.
Free prediction for the Cape Verde - Egypt match on January 22:
The "Pharaohs" are obligated to win. However, they play quite spectacularly, so we bet on "total over 2.0 goals" here (odds - 1.666).