AFCON 2021: Egypt v Sudan – confirmed lineups and match facts
The pharaohs of Egypt will lock horns with Sudan in the final round of Group D fixtures, 20.00 today. A win for Sudan will see them finish above Egypt and qualify to the next round. Egypt crash out of the tournament if Guinea-Bissau also defeat Nigeria. So, this is a game the seven-time AFCON champions must not lose.
Match information
Group: D
Match
Egypt vs Sudan
Date
19 January 2022
Time
20:00 local time (19:00 GMT)
Venue
Ahmadou Ahidjo Stadium, Yaoundé
Egypt v Sudan – Head to head, records and confirmed Lineups
Sudan and Egypt are meeting for the sixth time at the CAF Africa Cup of Nations. Egypt won six of the encounters, one draw and one loss.
The first ever fixture of the CAF Africa Cup of Nations was Sudan V Egypt, which took place in Khartoum, Sudan capital, on 10th February 1957.
Egypt are yet to lose the final round of their group phase fixtures since Burkina Faso, 1998 when they lost 0-1 to Morocco.
Player in focus: Liverpool’s Mo Salah has been directly involved in 7 out of Egypt 11 goals since the 2017 AFCON edition.
Egypt vs Sudan -confirmed lineups
Egypt
El Shenawy, Ashraf, Hegazy, Abdelmoneim, Kamal, Elneny, Said, Elsolia, Salah, Mohamed, Marmoush
Sudan
Mohamed, Alfadni, Mustafa, Elsadig, Mazin, Diaa Mahjoub, Walieldin, M Alrashed, Abdelrazig, Mohamed, M Zorga
