South Sudan vs Egypt - prediction, team news, lineups

After a disappointing Africa Cup of Nations qualifying opener past week, Egypt look to get disconnected the people erstwhile they question to Juba to look South Sudan connected Tuesday afternoon.

The Pharaohs were held to a goalless gully by Angola successful Cairo, leaving them 2 points down aboriginal Group B leaders Malawi, who began their run with a 2-1 triumph implicit the Bright Stars, presently sitting bottommost of the section.

Match preview

For a broadside that had recovered the nett successful each of their erstwhile 7 matches crossed each competitions, Egypt's goalless gully against Angola came arsenic a surprise, peculiarly aft Hossam Hassan's men dominated possession and created capable chances to assertion each 3 points.

Mostafa Ziko thought helium had breached the deadlock successful the archetypal fractional earlier his effort was ruled retired for offside, portion Omar Marmoush saw a precocious effort saved arsenic the Pharaohs' nonaccomplishment to crook their power into goals outgo them 2 invaluable points.

The effect besides means that Egypt person present failed to triumph immoderate of their past 4 matches wrong 90 minutes, having drawn with Iran connected matchday 3 of the World Cup radical signifier earlier beating Australia connected penalties aft different stalemate, past suffering a dramatic 3-2 decision to Argentina successful the past 16.

Currently ranked 24th successful the FIFA World Rankings, the Pharaohs are 145 places supra South Sudan, but that sizeable spread could number for small if the seven-time African champions neglect to accommodate to the artificial aboveground astatine Juba National Stadium, peculiarly with Mohamed Salah rested for the travel due to the fact that of concerns implicit the playing conditions.

There is besides greater unit connected Egypt to rediscover their qualifying signifier aft they went unbeaten passim their erstwhile AFCON campaign, winning 4 and drafting 2 to decorativeness apical of a radical containing Botswana, Mauritania and Cape Verde.

Meanwhile, South Sudan person ne'er reached the finals of the continental contention since gaining independency successful 2011 and joining FIFA successful 2012, portion their astir caller AFCON qualifying run ended with them bottommost of Group K aft 1 triumph and 5 defeats.

Last week's decision astatine Malawi came contempt Stephen Joseph Dhata cancelling retired Babatunde Adepoju's opener earlier Lloyd Njaliwa restored the hosts' vantage successful the 2nd fractional to permission South Sudan empty-handed.

That decision means South Sudan person won conscionable 1 of their past 11 matches (D3, L7), dating backmost to precocious December 2024, with that solitary triumph coming successful this year's AFCON qualifying preliminaries, wherever they recorded a 4-0 triumph implicit Djibouti earlier losing the instrumentality limb 1-0 and progressing to the radical stage.

Tuesday's contention represents different large trial for caller caput manager Christian Nsengi-Biembe, who was appointed successful August, though helium tin instrumentality immoderate encouragement from the mode his broadside performed successful spells against Malawi.

South Sudan volition anticipation location vantage tin assistance them origin Egypt problems, though determination is small to gully connected from the head-to-head record, with the Pharaohs winning 3-0 successful their lone erstwhile elder gathering successful June 2023.
 

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Team News

Egypt skipper Salah is unavailable for the travel due to the fact that of the hazard of wounded connected the artificial aboveground astatine Juba National Stadium, portion Osama Faisal has been added to the travelling squad pursuing the former's withdrawal.

Marmoush is apt to commencement aft coming connected arsenic a substitute successful the archetypal fractional past clip out, portion Zizo is besides pushing for a spot successful the starting lineup aft replacing Salah against Angola.

Mohamed Abdelmonem volition besides miss retired aft aesculapian proposal from Nice raised concerns astir the demands of playing connected an artificial aboveground pursuing his erstwhile ACL injury.

On a affirmative note, Marwan Attia is disposable again aft serving his suspension and could regenerate Mahmoud Saber, who was withdrawn successful the archetypal fractional against Angola.

South Sudan are led by caller caput manager Nsengi-Biembe, who could support the bulk of the broadside that produced a spirited show successful Malawi, with Dhata hoping to origin problems from the close helping aft scoring past clip out.

Valentino Kuach Yuel, Keer Majak, Joseph Malish and Jackson Dwang are besides pushing for starts aft coming disconnected the seat successful the erstwhile outing.

South Sudan imaginable starting lineup:

Mawith; Atendele, Angier, Laku, Bakosoro; Dhata, Chan, Jawa, Gama; Iluya, Albano

Egypt imaginable starting lineup:

Shobeir; Hany, Abdelmaguid, Rabia, Aboul-Fetouh; Attia, Lasheen; Zizo, Ashour, Haissem Hassan; Marmoush

We say: South Sudan 0-2 Egypt

Egypt's conflict successful beforehand of extremity past week could marque this much awkward than the ranking spread suggests, but the Pharaohs should person capable acquisition and prime to yet find a mode past South Sudan and cod their archetypal 3 points of the qualifying campaign.

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