Egypt vs Mauritania Prediction: Mauritania will be thrashed in this fixture

Egypt will play Mauritania in round three of the Africa Cup of Nations qualifying matches at Cairo International Stadium. Heading into this game, Egypt are well favored as the home nation, while Mauritania are heavy underdogs. How will these two teams approach this game?

Egypt are coming off a 0-4 win over Botswana and will look to keep things running. Egypt scored twice in the first half in that encounter, with Trezeguet scoring a brace. However, Mohamed Salah found the back of the net in the 56th minute before a late-minute strike by Mostafa Fathi’s goal. In the meantime, Egypt opened their AFCON qualifier with a 3-0 win over Cape Verde and sit top of Group C standings. Egypt have an unbeaten run of four games into this fixture, winning three and drawing one. 

Mauritania are coming off a 2-0 defeat to Cape Verde and will look to turn the tables here. In that encounter, Mauritania conceded in each half, with Ryan Mendes putting Cape Verde in the lead from the spot before the break. However, the veteran strike, Ryan Mendes, got his brace in the 75th minute of the game, converting Helio Varela’s pass well. Heading into this game, Mauritania had only one win, a 1-0 encounter against Botswana. In other matches, Mauritania lost five, while drawing one. 

Mauritania have no chance in this game, looking at their performances into this game. While these two teams met only once, Egypt also ran into a riot in that game, and this should be the case here. Mauritania have not shown they can compete against a high-flying Egypt side, and I am backing Mohamed Salah’s side to win while scoring many goals.