Egypt vs Botswana Prediction and Betting Tips | November 19th 2024
Egypt will host Botswana at the 30 June Stadium on Tuesday for the final round of the 2025 AFCON qualifiers. The hosts have very little to play for, having already secured qualification as winners of Group C.
Egypt will aim to complete their qualification round unbeaten, having won their first four games and only dropped points in a 1-1 draw against Cape Verde in their last outing. The Pharaohs of Egypt have been one of the best teams in the qualifiers, being six points clear at the top of their group, and they will be keen to end their campaign in style.
Botswana began the qualifying campaign poorly, losing their opening two games, but have since picked up the pace with back-to-back victories over Cape Verde followed by a 1-1 draw against bottom-place Mauritania in their last game. The visitors currently sit in second place but could be eliminated if they fail to pick up any points on Tuesday and Mauritania defeat Cape Verde elsewhere.
Egypt vs Botswana Head-to-Head and Key Numbers
- Tuesday's match will mark the seventh meeting between these two teams. Egypt are undefeated against Botswana with five wins and a draw in the previous editions of this fixture.
- Egypt have never conceded a goal against Botswana and have scored an impressive 10 goals in those six previous meetings.
- The hosts are the joint-third-highest-scoring team in the qualifiers so far with a goal tally of 11.
- The visitors have the joint-third worst offensive record in the qualifiers with only three goals scored in five games.
- Egypt are in 30th place in the FIFA World Rankings while Botswana are ranked 140th.
Egypt vs Botswana Prediction
The hosts are heavy favorites and should get a comfortable victory due to the gulf in quality between the two teams and their impressive home form. Hossam Hassan’s men will be confident in both their remarkable attacking and defensive numbers and are unlikely to drop points against the visitors.
Botswana have all the motivation to put up their best performance as qualification could hinge on them getting at least a draw. They have, however, failed to perform in this fixture historically and could lose this one.
Prediction: Egypt 2- 0 Botswana
Egypt vs Botswana Betting Tips
Tip 1 - Result: Egypt to win
Tip 2 - Goals - Over/under 2.5 - Under 2.5 goals (Four of the last five matches between the two teams have produced fewer than 2.5 goals)
Tip 3 - Both teams to score: NO (Both sides have found the back of the net in just one of their last five matchups)