Senegal vs Egypt prediction: AFRICA: Africa Cup of Nations – Play Offs betting tips on match 2026-01-13 17:00.
[p]The first semi-final of the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) will be a rematch of the 2021 final when Senegal host seven-time champions Egypt. [/p]
[p]Match News and Current Form[/p]
[p]Senegal eventually triumphed on penalties in that 2021 AFCON final and have progressed much further this time around than their disastrous title defence two years ago when they only made the Round of 16, with this their third semi-final appearance across the last four editions. Perhaps assisted by quarter-final opponents Mali going down to ten men after Senegal took the lead with the only goal of their 1-0 triumph, they nonetheless continue to find a way to win in all kinds of circumstances, coming out on top in ten of their last 11 matches against African opposition (D1). Knowing they’ll need to step up another gear, head coach Pape Thiaw has demanded more efficiency in the final third from a side who’ve actually scored three goals in three separate matches already at this tournament. [/p]
[p]Egypt have qualified for the semi-finals for the third time in five editions and are hoping to go one better than their second-place finishes in 2021 and 2017 by lifting the trophy for the first time since 2010. Manager Hossam Hassan vowed his side will fix the defensive mistakes that led to the goals conceded in their 3-2 win over Ivory Coast, but with Egypt keeping a clean sheet in only two of their last 11 games (W6, D3, L2), promising a perfect defensive performance appears to be easier said than done. [/p]
[p]Head-to-Head History[/p]
[p]Senegal have won four of the five H2Hs to take place since 2014, including penalty shootout wins in both the AFCON 2021 final and the final stage of 2022 World Cup qualifying. Twelve of the 15 all-time H2Hs featured under 1.5 goals and only one saw both teams score! [/p]
[p]Hot Stats and Streaks[/p]
[p]Six of Senegal’s last seven wins were by a 2+ goal margin. [/p]
[p]Senegal led at half-time in seven of their last eight victories. [/p]
[p]Seven of Egypt’s last ten games saw both teams score. [/p]
[p]Five of Egypt’s last seven losses produced over 2.5 goals. [/p]
[p]Key Players to Watch and Missing Players[/p]
[p]Sadio Mané has contributed to Senegal’s success with a goal and three assists at this tournament and will be looking to replicate his goal in Senegal’s semi-final win of 2021. With a personal best of four goals at this AFCON, Egyptian star Mohamed Salah is now two strikes away from matching the national goalscoring record of his head coach Hassan. [/p]
[p]Senegal appear to have a clean bill of health for this game, whilst Egypt have lost defender Mohamed Hamdy to a knee injury.[/p]
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[p]Betting Analysis[/p]
[p]Senegal’s strong defence and the H2H history points towards under 2.5 goals. [/p]
[p][i]Author: Aaron Murphy[/i][/p]