Egypt vs Mozambique Prediction and Betting Tips | January 14th 2024

Egypt will meet Mozambique at the Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny in their 2023 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) campaign opener on Sunday.

Egypt, the record seven-time champions and runners-up from the previous edition, have been in good touch recently and are on a five-game unbeaten run across all competitions. They warmed up for their campaign opener with a friendly against Tanzania last week, recording a 2-0 win.

Mozambique are back in the group stage of the continental competition after a 14-year hiatus. They have never made it past the group stage in their four appearances at the main event and will look to improve upon that record. They did well in their two friendlies earlier this month, defeating Lesotho 2-0 and playing out a 1-1 draw against Botswana.

The two teams have been drawn alongside four-time champions Ghana and Cape Verde in Group B. The Pharaohs are strong favorites to finish as the group toppers and will look to kick off their campaign with a win.

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Egypt vs Mozambique Head-to-Head and Key Numbers

• The two teams have locked horns five times in competitive games thus far. The Pharaohs have a perfect record in these meetings, scoring nine goals.
• They last met in the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifiers, with the 2021 AFCON runners-up recording a 3-0 win on aggregate in two meetings.
• Interestingly, Mozambique have crossed paths against the seven-time champions in three of their four appearances at the AFCON, suffering 2-0 defeats in the group-stage meetings of the 1986, 1998, and 2010 editions.
• Mozambique have endured a winless run in their 12 group-stage games across four editions of the AFCON, suffering 10 defeats. They have scored just four times in that period while shipping in 24 goals.
• Mozambique are one of the five Southern African teams playing in the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations. This is the first edition of the tournament in which five teams from the COFASA region have qualified for the group stage.

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Egypt vs Mozambique Prediction

The Pharaohs have finished as the runners-up in two of the last three editions of AFCON. They will be out for redemption after losing to Senegal in a penalty shootout in the previous edition. They have won 12 of their last 14 games, including friendlies, and are strong favorites.

They have kept clean sheets in their last three games and head coach Rui Vitória will expect another strong defensive performance from his team. Liverpool star Mohamed Salah picked up the assist for Trézéguet in the friendly win over Tanzania and will be the key player in this match.

Os Mambas have been in decent form ahead of their campaign opener and managed to avoid defeats in their two pre-tournament friendlies. They have yet to open their goalscoring account against the 2021 runners-up.

Interestingly, they have conceded at least two goals in their last seven games at the AFCON, while scoring thrice in that period.

Considering Egypt's impressive record in the AFCON thus far and a perfect record in five games against Mozambique, they are expected to register a comfortable win and the odds of a clean sheet also look good.

Prediction: Egypt 2-0 Mozambique

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Egypt vs Mozambique Betting Tips

Tip 1: Result - Egypt to win

Tip 2: Goals - Over/Under 2.5 Goals - Under 2.5 goals

Tip 3: At least a goal to be scored in the first half - Yes

Tip 4: Trézéguet to score or assist any time - Yes