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The Egyptian team prepares to face their Kenyan counterpart at 6:00 p.m. next Thursday as part of the qualifiers for the next African Cup of Nations, which wears the number 33 and is scheduled to be held in Cameroon in the summer of 2021 with the participation of 24 teams for the second time.
The draw resulted in the Egyptian team falling into Group G, accompanied by Kenya, Togo and Jarz al-Qamar, where the qualifiers were divided into a preliminary round with 4 clashes, and then the group stage with 4 teams in 12 groups, the first and second classification of each group.
Egypt tops the Group G standings with 8 points, on goal difference with the Comoros Islands, while Kenya is third with 3 points and Togo is fourth with one point.
We shed light on the history of the fighting between Egypt and Kenya in the following report.
– Egypt faced Kenya 4 times in the African qualifiers. The Pharaohs won twice, the Kenyan team won once and the match ended in a 1-1 draw.
– The Egyptian national team faced their Kenyan counterpart at the African Cup of Nations once in Morocco in 1988, with the Pharaohs winning three with no response.
In total, the two teams met in another 12 approved international matches, the national team won 8 matches and drew 4, the Egyptian team scored 20 goals, compared to just 4 for Kenya..
– The first meeting between Egypt and Kenya was on March 25, 1965, in the qualifying rounds of the African Games in Nairobi, and ended with a 4/3 victory for Egypt.
– The last friendly match between the two teams was on August 30, 2014, which ended with the victory of the Egyptian team, with a goal, scored by Amr Gamal.
– The last official meeting between the two teams was on November 14, 2019 and ended in a positive draw with one goal for each team at the start of the current tie, with the Pharaohs scoring Kahraba’s goal.
– The first player to score against Kenya was Ali Khalil in the 1977 World Cup qualifiers, and Egypt won 1-0, while Egypt’s last official goal was Mahmoud Kahraba in 2019.
– Hussam Hassan, Osama Khalil and Jamal Abdel Hamid are the historical scorers of the Pharaohs’ clashes against Kenya, each having two goals against Kenya..
