Ethiopia vs Egypt Predictions - Egypt set for win to nil

John Eastwood

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Last updated: 20 Mar 2025

John Eastwood 20 Mar 2025

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Ethiopia seeks vital win in World Cup qualifier against Egypt.
Ethiopia has lost 6 of their last 7 matches, struggling at home.
Egypt, led by Salah, tops Group A but has recent match draws.

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Egypt have drawn 3 of their last 4 matches. (Getty Images)

Ethiopia vs Egypt Predictions

Ethiopia will be desperate for three points as that is the only thing that keep their qualification hopes alive. However, Egypt has a strong side available, so I can see the visitors winning to nil.

Ethiopia vs Egypt Predictions
Head to Head
Ethiopia Form
Ethiopia Injuries & Team News
Egypt Form
Egypt Injuries & Team News

Ethiopia have lost 6 of their last 7 matches.
Ethiopia have lost their last 4 home matches.
Ethiopia have lost their last 4 home matches to nil.
Egypt are winless in their last 4 matches.
Egypt have drawn 3 of their last 4 matches.

Head to Head

These two have met twice before, in 2022 and 2023. Each have won their home fixture with the last one going Egypt’s way in 2023.

Ethiopia Form

Ethiopia are fifth in Group A of the Africa World Cup qualifiers despite only losing one of their four games. They have drawn the other three.

While Ethiopia have not played in 2025 as yet, they did lose six of their final seven matches in 2024. They will hope to end that poor run against Egypt.

In their final two AFCON qualifiers, Ethiopia lost 2-0 at home to Tanzania before beating Congo DR 2-1 away from home. In the Africa Nations Championship, Ethiopia lost both legs, both home and away to Sudan.

Ethiopia Injuries & Team News

Ethiopia will be quite defensive, even at home, but they do struggle to score goals, which will be a major concern in this must-win fixture.

Egypt Form

Egypt were expected to feature towards the top of Group A and after four games, they are four points clear of second place. They have won three and drawn one of their four fixtures in the World Cup qualifiers.

However, recent form has not been strong for Egypt with then drawing three of their last four games. They lost their last fixture 3-1 at home to South Africa.

Those three successive draws came against Cape Verde away, Botswana at home and South Africa away. All those games ended 1-1.

Egypt Injuries & Team News

Mohamed Salah will be the key figure as he is currently the top goal scorer in the qualifiers.

Verdict

Ethiopia v Egypt

Egypt are backed to win this fixture to nil in Ethiopia.

Egypt

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Graduated from the University of Portsmouth in 2008 with a BA in English Literature before completing MA in Journalism. Began his career as a sports journalist in London before moving to the Middle East to work as a sports editor for national media companies in Dubai and Abu Dhabi. Favourite Sports: Tennis, Boxing, Golf.