Uzbekistan vs Egypt Prediction: Egypt to redeem their poor start with a win

The Olympic Football Games continue, and in this encounter, Uzbekistan will play Egypt at Stade de la Beaujoire. In their respective opener, the two teams could not secure a win. How will they respond here?

Uzbekistan started their Olympic campaign with a defeat against Spain and will come here hoping to redeem themselves. In that game, Uzbekistan settled for a draw at the end of halftime, giving them good chances of something positive thanks to Eldor Shomurodov's goal from the strike. However, Uzbekistan conceded a penalty in the second half, which was saved until Sergio Gomez gave Spain the lead. Heading into this game, Uzbekistan are seated at the bottom of the Group C standings, the only side without a point.

Egypt have to step up their game if they want to qualify for the next round of this competition. In their game against the Dominican Republic, Egypt could only pull 48 percent of the possession, creating 12 shots on goal, while three were on target, which they could not convert. Heading into this game, Egypt have just one win in recent matches, coming against Australia in round 3 of the 2021 Olympics. 

Uzbekistan did not impress enough in their opener, but there is positivity to take from their performance. However, Egypt slacked in its attack against the Dominican Republic, which I think they will improve on while they maintain their defensive strength. Overall, this should be a low-scoring encounter, but Egypt are tipped to take maximum points here.