Egypt vs D.R. Congo Prediction & Betting Tips (28 January)

The next round of 16 encounter at the Africa Cup is approaching: Egypt will face the Republic of Congo on January 28th at 9:00 p.m. The game will be played at the Laurent Pokou Stadium in San Pedro, Cote D’Ivoire.

It will be the second meeting for both teams. The question remains whether Egypt can beat DR Congo 2-0 again by 2019.

Impossible to start without mentioning the withdrawal of Mohamed Salah (98 salts, 56 goals), suffering from a strained thigh, and will not be able to participate in this meeting. His teammates will have the difficult task of making people forget his absence, with boys like Trezeguet (ex-Aston Villa), Elneny (Arsenal) and Nantes player Mohamed (3 goals in this CAN) at the head of the pack. Let's not forget to mention the interesting Marmoush (Frankfurt, 5 goals in 27 caps) who also crashed against Ghana. Regarding the pre-CAN absentees, Hamdy (26 selections, 2 goals), Rabia (24 selections, 3 pawns), El Said (6 goals in 55 selections), Magdy (5 goals in 19 selections) and the attackers Sherif (18 caps) and Sobhi (37 caps) are not in the group. On the other side of the median, we still find an extremely coherent group with many residents or ex-residents of Ligue 1, such as the goalkeepers Mpasi (Rodez) and Bertaud (Montpellier) without forgetting to mention the captain of the selection, Chancel Mbemba (OM, 78 caps), Kalulu (Lorient), Batubinsika (Saint-Étienne), Moutoussamy (Nantes) and Kakuta (Amiens, 3 goals in 22 caps). Top scorer in his selection with 16 goals in 50 caps, Cédric Bakambu (Galatasaray) should be renewed after starting on the bench against Tnazanie. Mvumpa (Stuttgart) is there, as is the recently naturalized Simon Banza (Braga, top scorer in the Portuguese championship, 14 goals).

Scorer in the first match, the faithful Brentford striker Wissa could also start. The probable line-ups for Egypt - DR Congo: Egypt: El Shenawy - Kamal, Hegazy, Abdelmonem, Hamdi - H. Fathi, Elneny - M. Fathi, Ashour , Marmoush - Mohamed. DR Congo: Mpasi-Nzau - Kalulu, Mbemba, Batubinsika, Masuaku - Pickel, Moutoussamy - Bongonda, Kakuta, Wissa - Bakambu.