Egypt vs New Zealand Prediction & Betting Tips - International Friendlies

Prediction published on 20/03/2024, 16:00  by Sridhar | Modified on 22/03/2024 at 08:00 in Football Predictions

Egypt will look to redeem their fortunes after a disastrous Africa Cup of Nations as they host New Zealand in an international friendly. This match will be played at the Cairo International Stadium on Friday. Egypt are still hurting from their poor Africa Cup of Nations performance, where they crashed out of the round of 16 without a win to their name and only four draws during regular time. This was the first time since 1992 that the team didn’t win a match in an African Cup of Nations campaign, highlighting how poor they have been in this edition. The focus would shift to the World Cup qualifiers in June, where they currently top Group A with two wins out of two. On the positive side, they come into this match having not lost nine straight matches during regular time.

New Zealand will hope they can make the best use of Mohamed Salah’s absence and keep Egypt’s chances to a minimum as they look to navigate through their own poor form. They have won just one of their last 12 matches in all competitions and friendlies, drawing four and losing seven. Eight of those 12 games have seen the Kiwis fail to score a goal, and that could be a challenge even here—to get on the scoreboard. They did hold Northern Ireland to a 1-1 draw last time out in November, but New Zealand needs to build up on this to gather momentum. Performances in the friendlies haven’t been impressive either, with New Zealand failing to win any of their last five international friendlies and failing to score in two.