Egypt vs Dominican Republic Prediction and Betting Tips | July 24th 2024

Egypt and the Dominican Republic will square off at Stade de la Beaujoire in their maiden game at the Paris 2024 Olympics Games football tournament on Wednesday. The Egyptians are here as runners-up at the 2023 Africa U-23 Cup of Nations, progressing to the final without conceding a single goal.

The Pharaohs finalized preparations for this tournament with a 2-1 victory over Iraq in a friendly last week. Ibrahim Adel scored a brace for the Egyptians, with his goals coming either side of Zaid Tahseen to guide his nation to victory.

Dominican Republic, meanwhile, are here as runners-up in the 2022 CONCACAF U-20 Championship. Their last pre-tournament friendly came in a 7-0 bashing at the hands of hosts France. Team captain Alexandre Lacazette is one of three overaged players in the French squad and the Lyon man starred with a hat-trick in the rout while Michael Olise added a brace.

Spain and Uzbekistan complete the quartet of teams in Group C of the tournament.

Egypt vs Dominican Republic Head-to-Head and Key Numbers

This will be the first meeting between the two sides.
Egypt are unbeaten in their last eight games in regulation time (five wins), scoring in the first half on five occasions.
Egypt have the second-highest number of players playing club football in their home nation in this tournament (15).
Four of Egypt's last five games have witnessed goals at both ends.
Egypt made it out of the group stage in their last two appearances at the Olympic football tournament.

Egypt vs Dominican Republic Prediction

Egypt are competing in the Olympic football tournament for the 13th time in their history. However, the North Africans are yet to make the podium, with their best performance coming in their fourth-placed finish in Tokyo 1964. They will be led by 55-year-old Rogerio Micale and the Brazilian is experienced at this stage, having ended his nation's agonizingly long wait for an Olympic gold medal in 2016.

Dominican Republic, for their part, are unknown quantities at this level and have little to no expectations of making a mark in the tournament. Los Quisqueyanos will be banking on the experience of Junior Firpo. The former Barcelona man recently pledged his international future to the Dominican Republic and was included in this squad as one of two overaged players.

We are backing Egypt to claim a comfortable victory with goals at both ends.

Prediction: Egypt 3-1 Dominican Republic

Egypt vs Dominican Republic Betting Tips

Tip 1 - Egypt to win

Tip 2 - Both teams to score

Tip 3 - Over 2.5 goals

Tip 4 - Egypt to score over 1.5 goals