Egypt vs Paraguay Prediction and Betting Tips | 2nd August 2024
Egypt and Paraguay lock horns at the Stade de Marseille in Bordeaux on Friday in the quarter-finals of the men's football tournament at the 2024 Olympics. For their third appearance in a row, Egypt have reached the last eight of the competition, but will be hoping to progress into the next round this time around.
The Pharaohs began their campaign with a disappointing goalless stalemate against Dominican Republic but recovered to beat Uzbekistan and Spain in their next two games.
With seven points in three group matches, the north African side won Group C and cantered into the knockout stages.
On the other hand, Paraguay are playing at the games for the first time since 2004, when they won the silver medal. However, their first game since then was one to forget, as Japan crushed the South American side 5-0 in the opening match.
La Albirroja then recovered to beat Israel 4-2 and get their campaign back on track, before seeing off Mali 1-0 in their last group fixture to confirm their spot in the last eight.
Egypt vs Paraguay Head-To-Head and Key Numbers
- The sides meet for the first time in Olympic football action.
- The last time both teams played in the same edition of the Olympic games was back in 1992, but they were in different groups and Egypt went out in the first round while Paraguay reached the quarter-finals.
- With just one goal conceded, Egypt had the best defensive record in the group stages of the 2024 Olympics after only hosts France and Japan (zero each). Paraguay had the worst (7) after only New Zealand (8).
- Paraguay's Marcelo Fernandez is the second highest scorer at the 2024 Olympics with three goals, behind only Morocco's Soufiane Rahimi (4)
- Egypt are into the quarter-finals of the Olympic football tournament for their third appearance in a row, the same as Paraguay, although the latter have qualified only three times in their history (1992, 2004 and 2024).
Egypt vs Paraguay Prediction
Egypt have proved to be a mean side with their stoic defensive displays and are likely to sit deep here to frustrate Paraguay.
La Albirroja have some quality options in attack but their lack of composure and stability in defense could cost them here.
Prediction: Egypt 2-1 Paraguay
Egypt vs Paraguay Betting Tips
Tip 1 - Result: Egypt to win
Tip 2 - Goals over/under 2.5: Over 2.5 goals
Tip 3 - Both teams to score: Yes