Super Eagles of Nigeria are set to take on the Pharaohs of Egypt tomorrow evening at the Cairo International Stadium, Soccernet.ng reports.
Both sides come into the clash looking at it as a measure of their performance before the AFCON 2025 tournament kicks off on Sunday.
Egypt have been in questionable form of late. Four places above the Super Eagles in the FIFA rankings, the Pharaohs are without a win in their last five games, losing two and drawing three.
On the other hand, Eric Chelle's men have secured three victories from their last five games, although the World Cup play-off memories against DR Congo still linger.
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Facts about Egypt vs Nigeria
- Both nations have ten AFCON titles between them, with the Northern African national team housing seven (1957, 1959, 1986, 1998, 2006, 2010) of those – the most on the continent. The Super Eagles of Nigeria have won the tournament three times (1980, 1994, 2013).
- Egypt was one of the three debuting teams during the first edition of the first AFCON tournament in 1957, alongside Ethiopia and Sudan. The Super Eagles of Nigeria made their AFCON debut in 1963.
- The Pharaohs hold the record for the most points at the AFCON tournament, taking into account all of the games they've played since the inception of the competition in 1957. Egypt have accrued 60 wins, 24 draws, and 27 draws from 111 AFCON games, totalling 204 points. Nigeria are a close second with 195 points from 104 games – 57 wins, 24 draws, 23 losses.
- Egypt have scored the most goals at AFCON tournaments (175) while Côte d'Ivoire are second (152).
- Ghana, alongside Nigeria, have won the most silver medals at the AFCON tournament (5).
- The Super Eagles of Nigeria have won the most bronze medals in AFCON history (8).
- Nigeria have won the most medals in AFCON history, taking into account the position from 1st to 3rd, accumulating 16 medals, while Egypt are second with 13.
- Nigeria and Egypt share a record for the fastest goal scored in AFCON history: Hassan El-Shazly scored inside the first minute for Egypt in their 2-0 win over Ivory Coast in 1974, while Nigeria's Tijani Babangide replicated the feat at the AFCON 2000 in the Super Eagles' 2-0 win over South Africa.
- Nigeria and Egypt are the only African Nations to have produced individuals who won the AFCON as players and as coaches of their respective national teams: Mahmoud El-Gohary lifted the title in 1959 as a coach and in 1998 as a manager, while Stephen Keshi won the AFCON in 1994 as a player, and then in 2013 as a coach.
- The value of Egypt's AFCON 2025 28-man squad is €137.4m, and the most valuable on the list is Manchester City's Omar Marmoush (€65m). Of the 28 players, just six play their football outside of Africa.
- The value of Nigeria's AFCON 2025 28-man squad is €279.55m, and the most valuable on the list is Galatasaray's Victor Osimhen (€75m). None of the players in the squad plays club football in Nigeria. Two others ply their trade in Africa, while the remainder of the team play in Europe.
- Mohamed Salah is Egypt's record goalscorer. The Liverpool winger has scored 61 goals in 107 appearances for the Pharaohs.
