Date: Thursday 17th January, 2024
Time: 9:00 pm
Stadium Felix Houphouet-Boigny
Referee
Goal Scorer:
Egypt
Salah was involved in both goals against Mozambique on Sunday, including his 56th international goal, and the Liverpool man will certainly be one to keep an eye out for.
The 31-year-old, who has four goal involvements in his last two games for Egypt, has also been on song for Liverpool this season, scoring 14 goals and setting up eight more in the Premier League, where the Red currently sit top of the table.
Salah should spearhead the Pharaohs' attack once again, alongside Mohamed and Trabzonspor man Mahmoud Trezeguet, who made his 62nd international appearance at the weekend.
Arsenal man Mohamed Elneny, who has seen just 12 minutes of Premier League action this season, should retain his role in the centre of the park, forming the midfield trio with 29-year-old Hamdi Fathi and Zamek's Zizo.
Egypt failed to impose themselves at the defensive end of the pitch against Mozambique last time out but we expect Vitoria to name an unchanged back four on Thursday.
That said, Mohamed Abdelmonem and former West Bromwich Albion man Ahmed Hegazy should form the centre-back pairing once again, with Mohamed Hany and Pyramids' Mohamed Hamdi taking up the full-back roles.
Egypt possible starting lineup:
El-Shenawy; Hany, Hegazy, Abdelmonem, Hamdi; Zizo, Elneny, Fathi; Salah, Mohamed, Trezeguet
Ghana
As for Ghana, they continue to sweat over the fitness of West Ham United forward Mohammed Kudus, who was a notable absentee in their opening-day defeat against Cape Verde.
Kudus has been in fine form for West Ham, scoring 10 goals and providing one assist across all competitions since his arrival from Ajax in the summer.
Andre Ayew came off the bench in the 62nd minute against Cape Verde to become the first player to feature in eight different AFCON finals and the 34-year-old should start from the bench once again.
Ghana possible starting lineup:
Ofori; Odoi, Dijku, Salisu, Mensah; Ashimeru, Baba, Paintsil, Konigsdorffer, J Ayew; Semenyo
Prediction: Egypt 2-1 Ghana
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