Egypt vs Morocco Predictions and Betting Tips

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North Africans, Egypt and Morocco, square off in the AFCON quarterfinals as both look look to secure book a place in the last four this Sunday. Read on for our expert tips and predictions.

In a similar situation in the 2017 installment of the Africa Nations Cup, the Egyptians secured themselves spot in the semifinals via a late goal from Kahraba.

Highly-anticipated encounter on the cards

It was a disappointing start to the tournament for the seven-time winners Egypt as they went on to lose their first game of the group stage. This put them under a lot of pressure and as the top sides do, they responded in kind with two wins in their remaining two group games. Six points from a possible nine was only enough for second place, however, setting up a mouth-watering encounter with the Elephants of the Ivory Coast. In what was a highly-competitive 120 minutes, The Pharaohs of Egypt emerged victorious via a penalty shootout- Mohammed Salah netting the decisive spot-kick.

, Unlike their opponents, Morocco kicked off their Africa Cup of Nations on the best possible note, Ghana and Comoros on matchdays one and two respectively before playing out an entertaining four-goal stalemate in their final group game against Gabon. Heading into the knockouts as group winners, they were pitted against a tricky Malawi side who stunned the Atlas Lions by taking the lead just seven minutes into their Round of 16 ties. However, an En-Nesyri equalizer on the stroke of halftime followed by a sumptuous free-kick from Achraf Hakimi completed a comeback win for the Moroccans.

Egypt vs Morocco Team News

Egypt possible starting XI:

Gabaski; Fatouh, Abdelmoneim, Hegazy, Kamal; Elneny, Al-Sulaya, Fathi; Salah, Trezeguet, Marmoush

Morocco possible starting XI:

Bono; Hakimi, Saiss, Aguerd, Masina; Boufal, Amrabat, Amallah, Louza; En-Nesyri, El Kaabi

Egypt vs Morocco Prediction: 1-1

Both sides head into this game following hard-fought wins in the Round of 16 and although we could say that Morocco is the side with a spring in their step, Egypt isn't so far off. As such, we would be sitting on the fence for this encounter with these evenly matched teams expected to be separated by a shootout.