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Saudi Arabia vs Egypt, Worldcup 2018 GROUP STAGE

FIFA World Cup · 2018
Saudi Arabia
2 – 1
Full Time
Egypt
Mon 25 Jun 2018 · 14:00 UTC HT 45' · FT 45'
Y 45' Aly Gabr
Y 86' Ahmed Fathy

Overview

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Saudi Arabia vs Egypt — Worldcup .

Match Details

  • Referee Wilton Pereira Sampaio
  • Referee Tiago Martins
  • Referee Hiroshi Yamauchi
  • Referee Artur Soares Dias
  • Referee Carlos Astroza
  • Referee Wilmar Roldan
  • Referee Alexander Guzman
  • Referee Christian de la Cruz
  • Referee Ricardo Montero
19 games this season 🟨 3.3/game ⚽ 12.0 goals/game 🟥 3 total

Standings

# Team P Pts
1 Mexico 3 9
2 South Africa 3 4
3 South Korea 3 3
4 Czechia 3 1
5 Switzerland 3 7
6 Canada 3 4
7 Bosnia-Herzegovina 3 4
8 Qatar 3 1
9 Brazil 3 7
10 Morocco 3 7
11 Scotland 3 3
12 Haiti 3 0
13 United States 3 6
14 Australia 3 4
15 Paraguay 3 4
16 Turkey 3 3
17 Germany 3 6
18 Ivory Coast 3 6
19 Ecuador 3 4
20 Curacao 3 1
21 Netherlands 3 7
22 Japan 3 5
23 Sweden 3 4
24 Tunisia 3 0
25 Belgium 3 5
26 Egypt 3 5
27 Iran 3 3
28 New Zealand 3 1
29 Spain 3 7
30 Cape Verde Islands 3 3
31 Uruguay 3 2
32 Saudi Arabia 3 2
33 France 3 9
34 Norway 3 6
35 Senegal 3 3
36 Iraq 3 0
37 Argentina 3 9
38 Austria 3 4
39 Algeria 3 4
40 Jordan 3 0
41 Colombia 3 7
42 Portugal 3 5
43 Congo DR 3 4
44 Uzbekistan 3 0
45 England 3 7
46 Croatia 3 6
47 Ghana 3 4
48 Panama 3 0

Head-to-Head

1
Saudi Arabia 1 games · Avg 3.0 goals Egypt
Last 5 meetings
2018-06-25 Saudi Arabia 2–1 Egypt

Recent Form

Saudi Arabia
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
25 Jun Egypt H 2–1 W
20 Jun Uruguay A 0–1 L
14 Jun Russia A 0–5 L
19 Aug MSV Duisburg H 0–2 L
Egypt
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
25 Jun Saudi Arabia A 1–2 L
19 Jun Russia A 1–3 L
15 Jun Uruguay H 0–1 L
19 Aug VfL Wolfsburg H 0–5 L

Season Stats

Saudi Arabia Egypt
#32 Position #26
2 Points 5
3 Played 3
0 / 2 / 1 W / D / L 1 / 2 / 0
1 Scored 5
5 Conceded 3
-4 GD +2
0.67 PPG 1.67
0% Win % 33%

Key Stats

100% Both Teams to Score
H2H (1 games)
100% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history
33% Clean Sheets
Saudi Arabia this season
0% Clean Sheets
Egypt this season

Saudi Arabia are 32nd (2 pts). Egypt are 26th (5 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Saudi Arabia
0-15
–/1
16-30
–/2
31-45
1/–
46-60
–/–
61-75
–/–
76+
–/1
■ Scored ■ Conceded
Egypt
0-15
3/2
16-30
1/–
31-45
–/–
46-60
1/–
61-75
2/–
76+
1/3
■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Egypt
Mostafa Ziko 2 G 1 A
Emam Ashour 2 G

Events

Match Events

  • 0' The ball is rolling at . Saudi Arabia are looking to make home advantage count against Egypt.
  • 5' Saudi Arabia are keeping things exceptionally tight at the back. It will take something special to break them down.
  • 10' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Saudi Arabia needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
  • 15' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Saudi Arabia that had 10 games and scored 8 goals.
  • 20' Egypt fans have not had much to celebrate tonight. Their side is struggling to get forward.
  • 22' Mohamed Salah doubles the advantage! 0-1 and this game is slipping away from the opposition.
  • 27' A moment of individual brilliance could settle this. Both teams are waiting for that decisive action.
  • 32' It is a cagey affair so far. Saudi Arabia in their trying to find a way past Egypt's compact .
  • 37' Tarek Hamed, a Egypt , has 0 bookings this season and will need to keep his discipline tonight.
  • 42' The midfield battle is intense right now. Both Saudi Arabia and Egypt are fighting for every inch of the pitch.
  • 45' Against the run of play, Salman Al Faraj has scored! This game has turned on its head.
  • 45' The referee calls foul for Aly Gabr. He receives a Yellow card.
  • 45' A tactical swap from Egypt — Amr Warda on, Abdulla El Said off on 45 minutes.
  • 50' Egypt seems to be on a short break. The game is mainly concentrated in the center. It’s high time they got back to action. Otherwise, it looks like a goalless game.
  • 51' Salman Al Faraj is having a superb {COMPETITION} campaign — that is 0 goals this season for the .
  • 56' Ramadan Sobhi is a natural and has been asked to do a very specific job for Egypt tonight.
  • 61' A tactical chess match is unfolding here. The question is which manager blinks first.
  • 64' The supporters are chanting for Ramadan Sobhi. He replaces Marwan Mohsen on 64 minute.
  • 65' Saudi Arabia make a change. Hattan Babhri trudges off to be replaced by Muhannad Asiri on 65 minutes.
  • 70' has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 0 of the last 0 meetings.
  • 75' looks like a favorite considering 0 games won in last 0 matches with its main striker scoring goals.
  • 79' Yahia Al Shehri is ready to make an impact after coming on for Fahad Al Muwallad at the 79 minute mark.
  • 81' Another substitution for Egypt to replace Trezeguet by Kahraba on 81 minute.
  • 86' Egypt player sees a Yellow card in front of him.
  • 90' GOAL! Salem Al Dawsari fires home to make it 3-1!
  • The final score is 2-1.

Lineups

Saudi Arabia Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Pizzi

Egypt Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Hector Cuper

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
2 / 4
1.12 Saudi Arabia xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
1.48 Egypt xG
I would bet for: Saudi Arabia or Egypt 73%

Match Result

✗ Wrong
Saudi Arabia36% Draw27% Egypt37%
Actual: Saudi Arabia win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct
Yes52% 0% No48%
Avg goals/match: 2.6
Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 90%
10%
± 1.5 73%
27%
± 2.5 47%
53%
± 3.5 27%
73%
± 4.5 13%
87%

Double Chance

Saudi Arabia or Draw
63%
Draw or Egypt
64%
Saudi Arabia or Egypt
73%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct
Saudi Arabia21% Draw48% Egypt31%
Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
1 – 1
13.3%
0 – 1
10%
0 – 0
9.5%
1 – 2
8.8%
0 – 2
7.9%
1 – 0
7.3%
2 – 1
Actual
2 – 2
5%
2 – 0
4.6%
1 – 3
4.3%
0 – 3
3.8%
2 – 3
2.5%

Asian Handicap — Saudi Arabia

Handicap Saudi Arabia covers Push Egypt covers
-2.5 3% — 97%
-2 3% 8% 89%
-1.5 11% — 89%
-1 11% 16% 73%
-0.5 27% — 73%
+0.5 56% — 44%
+1 56% 22% 22%
+1.5 78% — 22%
+2 78% 13% 9%
+2.5 91% — 9%

Clean Sheet

Saudi Arabia keeps clean sheet
24% ✓
Egypt keeps clean sheet
33% ✓

Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.