MOZAMBIQUE vs. EGYPT Kickoff: 15.00 CLT World Cup African qualifiers Group G Venue: Estadio da Machava, Maputo MATCH FACTS -The last four matches between Egypt and Zimbabwe ended in the same result...2-0 Egypt. -Mozambique have never scored a goal against Egypt in their history of matches. -Mozambique are unbeaten in their last eight games in Maputo, conceding just two goals in the process. -Should they avoid defeat, Egypt will be the first nation to reach the final qualifiers in Africa. -Mohamed Salah's hat-trick against Zimbabwe took his average of goals per game with Egypt to 0.62...only Ahmed Belal has a better record during the last 20 years. -Egypt's Mohamed Abou-Treika is set to make his 99th international appearance. QUOTES
Salah is Egypt's man of the moment Mozambique interim coach Joao Chissano "If we can improve, especially in defense, then we will win this game. Egypt will have to sweat for the victory because we will not lame it easy. "We know that Egypt are a strong team and in this qualifiers they haven't lost and scored seven goals away from home, we respect them but we want to win this game and make history. "The players managed to compose themselves physically and psychologically for the game on Sunday and we want to keep the good results we have registered in games on the Machava Stadium." Egypt coach Bob Bradley "We have to defeat both Mozambique and Guinea if we want to have a better position in the FIFA rankings. "In the world cup, FIFA classifies teams and if we get a low rank, we will be hit by powerful teams like Brazil in the group stage." TEAM NEWS With the exception of goalkeeper Abdul-Wahed Al-Sayed, Egypt will take the same squad that faced Zimbabwe to the Machava Stadium. On the other hand, Zimbabwe new boss called up three new players including former Ismaili defender Dario Khan, who has been at loggerheads with ex-manager Gert Engels. The other three players are Clesio, Mexer and Sonito.
