FIFA World Cup
World Cup 2018: Saudi Arabia vs Egypt Preview
Saudia Arabia will be targeting their first World Cup victory since 1994. While Egypt will be hoping to end their World Cup adventure on a high note against the Green Falcons.
Perhaps this will be the match that the rest of the world will not be watching but Egyptians and Saudis will be very attentive to see as both nations have already been eliminated from World Cup contention.
Team News:
The Pharaohs will start veteran goalkeeper Essam El-Hadary. This will make him the oldest player in World Cup history to start a match at age 45. However, the Saudis will be without Taiseer Al Jassam, Omar Hawsawi and Mansour Al-Harbi due to injuries.
Juan Antonio Pizzi’s men have yet to score in this tournament but have left a good taste of football tactics when they played Uruguay. On the other side, Egypt boss Hector Cuper is trying to lead his team to its first victory ever in a World Cup tournament.
Possible line-ups
Saudi Arabia: Yasser Al-Mosailem; Ali Al-Bulaihi, Osama Howsawi, Mohammed Al-Breik, Yasser Al-Shahrani; Salman Al-Faraj, Abdullah Otayf, Housain Al-Mogahwi, Salem Al-Dawsari, Hattan Bahebri; Muhannad Asiri
Egypt: Essam El-Hadary; Ali Gabr, Ahmed Hegazi, Ahmed Fathy, Mohamed Abdel Shafy; Tarek Hamed, Mohamed Elneny, Mahmoud Trezeguet, Abdallah Said; Mohamed Salah, Marwan Mohsen
Prediction:
Egypt has a slight edge over Saudi Arabia given the talent they have. However, everything will depend on Mohamed Salah’s health and how well the team plays around him. Despite this, Egypt will likely come on top easily.
Saudi Arabia 1 – 3 Egypt
