We said: Egypt 3-0 Mauritania
Egypt have a wealth of talent in their ranks, which is likely to prove too much for Mauritania to handle, and the hosts have demonstrated their ruthlessness in the AFCON qualifying campaign over the years, which is why we are predicting a home victory.
Read more.Data Analysis
Our analysis of all available data, including recent performances and player stats up until an hour before kickoff, suggested the most likely outcome of this match was a Egypt win with a probability of 63.59%. A draw had a probability of 22.4% and a win for Mauritania had a probability of 13.96%.
The most likely scoreline for a Egypt win was 1-0 with a probability of 14.96%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-0 (13.36%) and 2-1 (9.27%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (10.37%), while for a Mauritania win it was 0-1 (5.81%). The actual scoreline of 2-0 was predicted with a 13.4% likelihood. Our team at Sports Mole and our data analysis both correctly predicted that Egypt would win this match.