Egypt - Nigeria head to head game preview and prediction

On the 17 January 2026 at 16:00 UTC meet Egypt vs Nigeria in Africa in a game that we all expect to be very interesting. Both teams try to perform well in Africa Cup of Nations. This general info table below illustrates best the game details about the upcoming clash. Although everyone expects this to be a tight game it's predicted as 2 in our football predictions section.

Full time prediction: 2

General Info

KickOff: 2026-01-17 16:00

Competition:

Africa

League: Africa Cup of Nations

Egypt - Nigeria

Egypt last games: L W W D W

Nigeria last games: D W W W W

Team Standings

#	Team	MP	GD	P
...	...	...	...	...
1	Nigeria	3	4	9
...	...	...	...	...
1	Egypt	3	2	7
...	...	...	...	...

Nigeria performance highlights

Nigeria have received over 1.5 cards in their last 5 games.

Egypt last games

See below the last game results of Egypt and determine their current form and scoring ability.

KickOff	Home team - Away team	Results
2026-01-14	Senegal - Egypt	1 - 0 (HT: 0 - 0) L
2026-01-10	Egypt - Ivory Coast	3 - 2 (HT: 2 - 1) W
2026-01-05	Egypt - Benin	3 - 1 (HT: 0 - 0) W
2025-12-29	Angola - Egypt	0 - 0 (HT: 0 - 0) D
2025-12-26	Egypt - South Africa	1 - 0 (HT: 1 - 0) W

Nigeria last games

See below the last game results of Nigeria and determine their current form and scoring ability.

KickOff	Home team - Away team	Results
2026-01-14	Nigeria - Morocco	0 - 0 (HT: 0 - 0) D
2026-01-10	Algeria - Nigeria	0 - 2 (HT: 0 - 0) W
2026-01-05	Nigeria - Mozambique	4 - 0 (HT: 2 - 0) W
2025-12-30	Uganda - Nigeria	1 - 3 (HT: 0 - 1) W
2025-12-27	Nigeria - Tunisia	3 - 2 (HT: 1 - 0) W

H2H: Egypt - Nigeria

KickOff	Home team - Away team	Results	Competition
2025-12-16	Egypt - Nigeria	2 - 1 (HT: 1 - 1)	World - Int. Friendly Games

Egypt - Nigeria: Over 0.5 goals

Team	Total Games	Over 0.5 goals	Over 0.5 goals (%)
Egypt	11	10	91%
Nigeria	7	6	86%

Egypt - Nigeria: Over 1.5 goals

Team	Total Games	Over 1.5 goals	Over 1.5 goals (%)
Egypt	11	8	73%
Nigeria	7	6	86%

Egypt - Nigeria: Over 2.5 goals

Team	Total Games	Over 2.5 goals	Over 2.5 goals (%)
Egypt	11	5	45%
Nigeria	7	5	71%

Egypt - Nigeria: Over 3.5 goals

Team	Total Games	Over 3.5 goals	Over 3.5 goals (%)
Egypt	11	2	18%
Nigeria	7	3	43%

Egypt - Nigeria: Over 0.5 First Half Goals

Team	Total Games	Over 0.5 goals	Over 0.5 goals (%)
Egypt	11	6	55%
Nigeria	7	5	71%

Egypt - Nigeria: Over 1.5 First Half Goals

Team	Total Games	Over 1.5 goals	Over 1.5 goals (%)
Egypt	11	3	27%
Nigeria	7	2	29%

Egypt - Nigeria: Over 0.5 Team Goals Scored

Team	Total Games	Over 0.5 goals	Over 0.5 goals (%)
Egypt	11	8	73%
Nigeria	7	6	86%

Egypt - Nigeria: Over 1.5 Team Goals Scored

Team	Total Games	Over 1.5 goals	Over 1.5 goals (%)
Egypt	11	4	36%
Nigeria	7	5	71%

Egypt - Nigeria: Over 2.5 Team Goals Scored

Team	Total Games	Over 2.5 goals	Over 2.5 goals (%)
Egypt	11	2	18%
Nigeria	7	3	43%

Egypt - Nigeria: Over 0.5 Team Goals Conceded

Team	Total Games	Over 0.5 goals	Over 0.5 goals (%)
Egypt	11	9	82%
Nigeria	7	4	57%

Egypt - Nigeria: Over 1.5 Team Goals Conceded

Team	Total Games	Over 1.5 goals	Over 1.5 goals (%)
Egypt	11	2	18%
Nigeria	7	2	29%

Egypt - Nigeria: Over 2.5 Team Goals Conceded

Team	Total Games	Over 2.5 goals	Over 2.5 goals (%)
Egypt	11	1	9%
Nigeria	7	0	0%

Egypt - Nigeria: Scored in First Half

Team	Total Games	Scored in First Half	Scored in First Half (%)
Egypt	11	3	27%
Nigeria	7	5	71%

Egypt - Nigeria: Scored in Second Half

Team	Total Games	Scored in Second Half	Scored in Second Half (%)
Egypt	11	7	64%
Nigeria	7	5	71%

Egypt - Nigeria: Both Teams To Score

Team	Total Games	Both Teams To Score	Both Teams To Score (%)
Egypt	11	7	64%
Nigeria	7	4	57%

Egypt - Nigeria: Both Teams To Score Twice

Team	Total Games	Both Teams To Score Twice	Both Teams To Score Twice (%)
Egypt	11	1	9%
Nigeria	7	1	14%

Egypt - Nigeria: Win with more than 1 goal

Team	Total Games	Win with more than 1 goal	Win with more than 1 goal (%)
Egypt	11	1	9%
Nigeria	7	3	43%

Egypt - Nigeria: Win with more than 2 goals

Team	Total Games	Win with more than 2 goals	Win with more than 2 goals (%)
Egypt	11	0	0%
Nigeria	7	1	14%

Egypt - Nigeria last 2 months Goals Statistics details

The table below shows the extended goals stats for Egypt and Nigeria. The percentage numbers show the games with specific stats compared to the total games played by each team.

First four stats shown in the table illustrate the total number of goals scored in each football match when the team played.For example if team has 100% for over 0.5 goals, that means that at least 1 goal has been scored in their game.

The first half goals section specifies if there has been a goal or a number of goals scored in the first half of the match.

Team goals scored and team goals conceded show the percentage of games that Egypt or Nigeria has managed to score or concede a goal in their last games in the last 2 months.

Stats	Egypt	Nigeria	Egypt (%)	Nigeria (%)
Total Games	11	7
Over 0.5 goals	10	6	91%	86%
Over 1.5 goals	8	6	73%	86%
Over 2.5 goals	5	5	45%	71%
Over 3.5 goals	2	3	18%	43%
Over 0.5 First Half Goals	6	5	55%	71%
Over 1.5 First Half Goals	3	2	27%	29%
Over 0.5 Team Goals Scored	8	6	73%	86%
Over 1.5 Team Goals Scored	4	5	36%	71%
Over 2.5 Team Goals Scored	2	3	18%	43%
Over 0.5 Team Goals Conceded	9	4	82%	57%
Over 1.5 Team Goals Conceded	2	2	18%	29%
Over 2.5 Team Goals Conceded	1	0	9%	0%
Scored in First Half	3	5	27%	71%
Scored in Second Half	7	5	64%	71%
Both Teams To Score	7	4	64%	57%
Both Teams To Score Twice	1	1	9%	14%
Win with more than 1 goal	1	3	9%	43%
Win with more than 2 goals	0	1	0%	14%