Egypt – Colombia Prediction & Picks (01.06.2018)

Egypt and Colombia meet at Stadio Atleti Azzurri d’Italia, in a friendly match. This will be the 4th of the year for Egypt, after the previous ones played against Kuwait, Greece and Portugal. In the case of Colombia, this is their 3rd friendly of the year, after having already faced Australia and France. These two teams have never faced each other before, so this will be their first direct confrontation. In this game the home factor may be decisive, since both teams present considerable differences in the results achieved at home and as a visitor.

Egypt:

The team of the house disputes its 4th friendly of the year. In the previous friendlies he registered the following scorecards: Kuwait (1-1) Egypt, Egypt (0-1) Greece and Portugal (2-1) Egypt. This is a team that usually makes good use of the home advantage, stronger with the help of its supporters, since in the last 30 matches they register 3 wins, 5 draws and 7 losses in away matches; against 11 wins, 2 draws and 2 losses at their stadium. In the last 10 home matches Egypt has 7 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses. The team has conceded goals in 9 of the last 10 matches, so their defense needs to improve, but their attack has scored regularly, since they have scored goals in 7 of the last 10 matches. In their home matches there is a tendency for few goals, since 8 of the last 14 matches have ended with Under 1,5 goals and 11 out of 14 have ended with Under 2,5 goals.

Observing their 3 friendly matches in 2018, Egypt won 1 draw and 2 losses, scoring a total of 2 goals and suffering 4, remaining with an average per game of 0.67 goals scored and 1.33 suffered, showing great difficulties in both sectors. However, the Egyptian team had their best time in the game time, period in which scored 2 goals, with goals from Mohamed Salah and Ayman Ashraf. It is important to note that Egypt was classified by the African qualifiers for the next World Cup in Russia, being in first place in Group E, with 13 points added. For this match the Argentine coach Hector Cúper will not be able to count on the great star of Liverpool and the Egyptian national team, Mohamed Salah, who was injured in the final of the Champions League.

Colombia:

This is the 3rd friendly match of the visiting team’s year, after previous friendlies in which they registered the following results: Colombia (0-0) Australia and France (2-3) Colombia. This is a team that, oddly enough, was better outside than at home, as in the last 30 matches they register 7 wins, 4 draws and 4 losses in away matches; against 6 victories, 5 draws and 4 defeats in his stadium. In the last 10 away matches Colombia has 4 wins, 3 draws and 3 losses. Their attack has scored regularly, since they have scored goals in 8 of the last 10 matches. In 15 matches, they only got 1 comeback in the 6 matches in which they suffered the first goal.

Analyzing their 2 friendly matches in 2018, Colombia won 1 win and 1 draw, scoring a total of 3 goals and suffering 2, leaving an average of 1.5 goals scored and 1 suffered, showing a better offensive performance than defensive. The Colombian team had its best performance in the game time, scoring 2 goals, with J. Quíntero, R. Falcao and L. Muriel each having 1 goal scored. It is important to note that Colombia qualified for the next World Cup in Russia, placing fourth in the table of their group in the South American qualifiers. For this game the Argentine coach Jose Pekerman must align his team with a starting eleven very similar to the last friendly match against Australia, when they drew 0-0.