Match Report
6 points and 1 places separated them: Egypt 1st with 14, Botswana 2nd with 8. Botswana had been under-performing their position — 19th on five-round form against 2nd in the table. Scoring rates set the scale: Egypt 2 scored and 0.33 conceded per game, Botswana 0.67 and 1.17, with the league averaging 1.1.
Egypt carried a 7-game unbeaten run into this, having scored in 15 consecutive games. Recent form was uneven: 13/15 points for Egypt, 7/15 for Botswana.
GioScore's database holds 4 meetings between the two: 2 for Egypt, 0 for Botswana and 2 drawn, at 1.75 goals per meeting. Only 25% of these meetings ended in a home win. Only 25% of the meetings produced more than two goals.
30 June Air Defence Stadium in Cairo, capacity 22,000, hosted the game. It was 1-1 at the break — the second half brought no more goals and it finished 1-1.
Goal scorers
Egypt: Trézéguet (15') · Botswana: Omaatla Kebatho (8')