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Liverpool's Mohamed Salah suffers injury for Egypt at Africa Cup of Nations
Liverpool's Mohamed Salah suffers an apparent hamstring injury during Egypt's Africa Cup of Nations Group B clash with Ghana.
Jan 18, 20:50
Egypt boss plays down severity of Mohamed Salah injury
Egypt coach Rui Vitoria is hopeful that Mohamed Salah's injury is not serious following his early withdrawal in Thursday's Africa Cup of Nations clash with Ghana.
Jan 18, 23:55
The Match
Preview
Sports Mole previews Thursday's Africa Cup of Nations clash between Egypt and Ghana, including predictions, team news and possible lineups.
Form, Standings, Stats
Africa Cup of Nations
Last Game: Egypt 2-2 Mozambique
Sunday, January 14 at 5pm in Africa Cup of Nations
Sunday, January 14 at 5pm in Africa Cup of Nations
| Current Group B Standings | P | GD | PTS | |
| 1 | Cape Verde | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | Egypt | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | Mozambique | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | Ghana | 1 | -1 | 0 |
Africa Cup of Nations
Last Game: Ghana 1-2 Cape Verde
Sunday, January 14 at 8pm in Africa Cup of Nations
Sunday, January 14 at 8pm in Africa Cup of Nations
| Current Group B Standings | P | GD | PTS | |
| 1 | Cape Verde | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | Egypt | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | Mozambique | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | Ghana | 1 | -1 | 0 |
We said: Egypt 2-1 Ghana
Having both failed to win their opening game, Egypt and Ghana know that Thursday's result is pivotal in their push for a place in the knockout stages. Egypt are unbeaten in their last four games against the Black Stars and we are backing them to take the positives from Sunday's draw and come away with a narrow victory at the Stade Felix Houphouet-Boigny. Read more.Data Analysis
Our analysis of all available data, including recent performances and player stats up until an hour before kickoff, suggested the most likely outcome of this match was a Egypt win with a probability of 67.09%. A draw had a probability of 20.8% and a win for Ghana had a probability of 12.07%.
The most likely scoreline for a Egypt win was 1-0 with a probability of 14.64%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-0 (13.96%) and 2-1 (9.21%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (9.66%), while for a Ghana win it was 0-1 (5.07%). The actual scoreline of 2-2 was predicted with a 3% likelihood.
| Result | ||
| Egypt | Draw | Ghana |
67.09% ( -0.01) | 20.83% ( 0) | 12.07% ( 0.01) |
| Both teams to score 41.13% ( 0.01) |
| Goals |
| Over 2.5 | Under 2.5 |
