Egypt host South Africa in Cairo friendly

Recent form points different ways

Egypt's last five matches show one win, three draws and one loss. The win was emphatic, 5-0 against South Sudan in late September, but the three draws include a goalless result against Angola and two 1-1 stalemates before that. South Africa's last five tell a sharper story: three wins, one draw and one loss. Two of those victories arrived by 5-0 margins, the most recent against Eritrea. The market-implied probability gives Egypt a 55.0 per cent chance of winning at home, South Africa 19.2 per cent and the draw 25.8 per cent.

Head-to-head has been close

The five meetings above contain nine goals in total, fewer than two per match. Egypt won the most recent, 1-0 in December 2025, but lost the two before that and drew one of the earlier fixtures. South Africa have won three of the five. None of the results was a rout; four of the five were decided by a single goal. Sunday's friendly offers both teams a chance to test themselves outside competitive windows, though neither lineup had been announced at the time of writing.

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