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Egypt and Morocco meet at the Port Gentil Stade in Port Gentil in the quarterfinals of the 2017 African Nations Cup.
The history of clashes between the two countries is revealing great balance: in the four games played, the last in 2006, both teams won a win and two draws.
Egypt
The Egyptian national team comes to this game with a 1-0 home win against Ghana, thus stamping their way through this phase of the competition: team star Mohamed Salah scored the winning goal. It is important to remember that Egypt finished in the 1st position of Group D with 7 points won.
The performances of the players of Héctor Cúper in this competition, have been in a certain way, weak, being that in 3 disputed games they managed to score only 2 goals, however, they did not undergo no goal. It is noted that all games in Egypt in the group stage, finished with less than two goals on the scoreboard.
In addition, the Egyptians managed to open the scoring in 2 of the 3 games played, and in all these games won at the end of the 90 minutes. It seems that Egypt shows more concentration in the first and last 15 minutes of play, as the two goals scored were in this period.
Morocco
Similar to his opponent, Morocco come to this game with a win by the minimum margin over the Ivory Coast 1-0 in a game that Alioui made the only goal of the team. However, the Moroccans reached only 2nd place in Group C after having won 6 points, 1 less than the leading Congo.
Watching the 3 matches played in this African Cup of Nations it is possible to note that Morocco scored 4 goals and conceded 2 goals, showing quality in the offensive sector. It is important to note that 67% of the games played in the group stage, finished with less than 2.5 goals on the scoreboard.
In addition, the men led by Hervé Renard opened the scoring in only 1 of 3 games, however, they managed to win winners in that same game. There is a period when Morocco shows more concentration: between the 61 ‘to 75’ the team scored 2 goals and did not concede a goal.
Prediction: Egypt 1x @ 1.36