Egypt is the organizing country and the favorite team to start with a victory at the Nations Cup 2019 edition. On Friday, June 21, Cairo International Stadium will be playing the game that opens the Africa Cup on Nations, the 2019 edition and where Egypt, the host country, meets Zimbabwe.

Egypt: Form of the moment, latest results, statistics

Winning Africa’s Nations Cup in seven rows, Egypt has appointed coach Javier Aguirre in August last year. With him on the bench, the “pharaohs” took second place in Group J of the Nations Cup qualifiers, but he was the host team anyway and was qualified. On the other hand, it was not the host from the beginning, because Cameroon was originally supposed to host this edition. Thus, the team returns home after just a few days of the match he held in front of Guinea, by cre 3-1 in a training match.

Zimbabwe: Form of the moment, latest results, statistics

With the second chance in this game, Zimbabwe’s national status could be the first team defeated in the Nations Cup of Nations 2019. Sunday Chidzambwa is the man who needs to find an optimal solution for this not to happen. As a result, we should expect it to have less possession. Besides, she did not perform well in the last confrontations, in 2019, failing to win in the last four games. However, Zimbabwe has managed to win Group G in the preliminaries, taking on national bands like DR Congo, Liberia and Congo.

Egypt vs Zimbabwe Picks

Mohamed Salah is the man that links Egypt to this competition. I say this because the Egyptian is the best player in the Nations Cup of Africa. At the same time, over the last 27 years, Egypt has been the national who has always defeated Zimbabwe when they duel. On the other hand, I think things will be the same and now, but I expect to see a bigger determination of the team that is the host, so to impose at least two goals difference.

Our Prediction: 1

Odds: 1.76