Africa Cup of Nations · Saturday 8 March 1980 · Lagos, Nigeria
Egypt 2–1 Ivory Coast (8 Mar 1980): Result & Goals
Goals
- 7'
Ani GomeIvory Coast - 8'
Maher HammamEgypt - 20'Mokhtar MokhtarEgypt
Pre-match prediction
49%29%22%
Egypt winDrawIvory Coast win
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Match facts
- This is meeting number 3 between Egypt and Ivory Coast.
- Head-to-head before this game: Egypt 2 wins, Ivory Coast 0, 0 draws.
- Previous meeting: Egypt 2–0 Ivory Coast on 6 March 1974 (Africa Cup of Nations).
- Egypt won 3 of their last 5 matches before this game, scoring 10 goals.
- Ivory Coast won 1 of their last 5 matches before this game, scoring 8 goals.
- Elo ratings before kick-off: Egypt 1658, Ivory Coast 1577 — Egypt were favourites.
Egypt: last 5 matches
- 3–0 vs Kenya13 Jul 1979 · AFCON Qualification
- 1–3 vs Kenya30 Jun 1979 · AFCON Qualification
- 1–0 vs Libya22 Jul 1978 · All-African Games
- 4–1 vs Malawi18 Jul 1978 · All-African Games
- 1–1 vs Algeria13 Jul 1978 · All-African Games
Ivory Coast: last 5 matches
- 4–4 vs Morocco12 Feb 1980 · International Friendly
- 1–1 vs Tunisia30 Jan 1980 · International Friendly
- 1–1 vs Cameroon27 Jan 1980 · International Friendly
- 2–0 vs Congo20 Jan 1980 · International Friendly
- 0–2 vs Congo19 Jan 1980 · International Friendly