World Cup

World Cup Qualifying - Africa | Group Stage

Nov 16, 2023 at 4pm UK

Cairo International Stadium

Egypt
6 - 0
Djibouti

Salah (17', 22' pen., 48', 69'), Mohamed (73'), Trezeguet (89')
Attia (40')

FT(HT: 2-0)

Aden Warsama (13'), Akinbinu (83')

Mohamed Salah breaks fresh scoring record with four-goal haul in Egypt rout

Liverpool forward Mohamed Salah breaks a fresh goalscoring record with a four-goal haul to help Egypt hammer Djibouti in their opening 2026 World Cup qualifier.

Nov 17, 09:12

The Match

Preview

Sports Mole previews Thursday's World Cup Qualifying - Africa clash between Egypt and Djibouti, including predictions, team news and possible lineups.

Form, Standings, Stats

Egypt

All competitions

Last Game: Egypt 1-1 Algeria
Monday, October 16 at 5pm in International Friendlies

Current Group B Standings		P	GD	PTS
1	Cape Verde	0	0	0
2	Ghana	0	0	0
3	Egypt	0	0	0
4	Mozambique	0	0	0

Djibouti

Last Game: Pakistan 1-3 Djibouti
Saturday, June 17 at 1pm in International Friendlies

The Egyptian side possesses genuine quality, with players applying their trade in some of the best leagues across the world. We feel they will be much too strong for this opponent and should run out as comfortable winners in this one. 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 93.14%. A draw had a probability of 5.6% and a win for Djibouti had a probability of 1.23%.

The most likely scoreline for a Egypt win was 3-0 with a probability of 16.74%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-0 (14.92%) and 4-0 (14.09%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 0-0 (2.63%), while for a Djibouti win it was 0-1 (0.71%). The actual scoreline of 6-0 was predicted with a 5.3% likelihood. Our team at Sports Mole and our data analysis both correctly predicted that Egypt would win this match.

Result
Egypt	Draw	Djibouti
93.14% ( 0.52)	5.64% ( -0.39)	1.23% ( -0.13)

Both teams to score 22.88% (

-0.5)

Goals

Over 2.5

Under 2.5

70.38% (

1.11)

29.62% (

-1.11)

Over 3.5

Under 3.5

49.26% (

1.34)

50.74% (

-1.34)

Egypt Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

96.55% (

0.25)

3.45% (

-0.25)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

84.93% (

0.84)

15.07% (

-0.84)

Djibouti Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

23.7% (

-0.59)

76.3% (

0.59)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

3.06% (

-0.16)

96.94% (

0.16)

Score Analysis

Egypt 93.13%

Djibouti 1.23%

Draw 5.64%

Egypt	Draw	Djibouti
3-0 @ 16.74% ( 0.01) 2-0 @ 14.92% ( -0.31) 4-0 @ 14.09% ( 0.31) 5-0 @ 9.49% ( 0.4) 1-0 @ 8.86% ( -0.38) 6-0 @ 5.32% ( 0.33) 3-1 @ 4.53% ( -0.13) 2-1 @ 4.04% ( -0.2) 4-1 @ 3.81% ( -0.02) 5-1 @ 2.57% ( 0.04) 7-0 @ 2.56% ( 0.21) 6-1 @ 1.44% ( 0.05) 8-0 @ 1.08% ( 0.11) Other @ 3.68% Total : 93.13%	0-0 @ 2.63% ( -0.17) 1-1 @ 2.4% ( -0.17) Other @ 0.6% Total : 5.64%	Other @ 1.23% Total : 1.23%