Egypt vs Russia Predictions - Egypt to settle for a draw in World Cup warm-up

John Eastwood

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Egypt are unbeaten in 9 home matches, winning the last 5.
Russia have only 1 win in their last 4, often drawing vs African teams.
Egypt are favorites to win or draw this match.

Egypt vs Russia

Egypt vs Russia Predictions

Egypt are preparing for the World Cup in two weeks while Russia are filling the numbers and getting some game time while being banned from competition. Given the Egyptians home form, I am backing them to win this friendly.

Egypt vs Russia Predictions
Head to Head
Egypt Form
Russia Form
Egypt vs Russia Predicted Lineups

Egypt are unbeaten in their last 9 home matches.
Egypt have won their last 5 games at home.
Russia have drawn 3 of their last 4 friendlies against African teams.
Russia side have won only 1 of their last 4 matches.

Head to Head

Russia defeated Egypt 3-1 in their only previous encounter. That match took place at the 2018 FIFA World Cup - hosted by Russia.

Egypt Form

Egypt cruised to World Cup qualification and while not at their best when compared to a few years ago, they remain a very strong side, particularly on home soil.

At the last edition of AFCON, earlier this year, Egypt managed a fourth place finish, impressive given their chances going into the tournament. Resillience is part of Egyptian football and they showed that with a draw against Spain recently.

Their home form remains particularly impressive, with the Pharaohs unbeaten in nine straight matches on home soil, claiming eight wins in that run. Egypt head into this clash riding a five-game winning streak in Cairo and will be looking to at least extend their unbeaten status.

Russia Form

Russia was banned from competition so they will not feature at the World Cup, as they didn't feature in qualifying.

They have won five of their last 10 matches, but four of those victories were against teams below them in the FIFA Men’s Ranking. Russia, however, have slowed down a bit, with just one win and two draws in their last four fixtures, including a goalless stalemate against Mali in March.

Egypt vs Russia Predicted Lineups

Egypt (4-2-3-1): Mostafa Shobeir; Mohamed Hany, Hamdy Fathy, Yasser Ibrahim, Ahmed Fatouh; Marwan Attia, Mohanad Lasheen; Mahmoud Trezeguet, Emam Ashour, Ahmed Zizo; Omar Marmoush.

Hamdy Fathy, who was sent off against Spain, is expected to retain his place in the side. Nantes forward Mostafa Mohamed will miss the clash after being left out of Egypt’s World Cup squad, while Mohamed Salah could be rested following Liverpool’s weekend fixture, opening the door for Mahmoud Trezeguet to start.

Russia (4-3-3): Stanislav Agkatsev; Ilya Vakhania, Viktor Melekhin, Alexander Silyanov,

Danil Krugovoy; Ivan Oblyakov, Matvey Kislyak, Dmitri Barinov; Maksim Glushenkov, Aleksandr Golovin, Dmitriy Vorobyev.

Russia could stick with the same starting XI that played out a goalless draw against Mali in March, with no injury concerns reported ahead of this clash.