World Cup Qualification · Sunday 17 August 1997 · Cairo, Egypt
LiberiaEgypt 5–0 Liberia (17 Aug 1997): Result & Goals
Goals
- 21'
Hady Khashaba penEgypt - 24'Hesham HanafyEgypt
- 46'Abdel Sattar SabryEgypt
- 68'Samir KamounaEgypt
- 77'Hazem EmamEgypt
Pre-match prediction
72%19%9%
Egypt winDrawLiberia win
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Match facts
- This is meeting number 4 between Egypt and Liberia.
- Head-to-head before this game: Egypt 1 wins, Liberia 2, 0 draws.
- Previous meeting: Liberia 1–0 Egypt on 6 April 1997 (World Cup Qualification).
- Egypt won 3 of their last 5 matches before this game, scoring 12 goals.
- Liberia won 2 of their last 5 matches before this game, scoring 4 goals.
- Elo ratings before kick-off: Egypt 1637, Liberia 1427 — Egypt were favourites.
Egypt: last 5 matches
- 8–1 vs Ethiopia27 Jul 1997 · AFCON Qualification
- 2–0 vs Senegal13 Jul 1997 · AFCON Qualification
- 0–1 vs Morocco21 Jun 1997 · AFCON Qualification
- 2–0 vs Ghana16 Jun 1997 · Korea Cup
- 0–0 vs Serbia14 Jun 1997 · Korea Cup
Liberia: last 5 matches
- 1–0 vs Tanzania27 Jul 1997 · AFCON Qualification
- 0–4 vs Togo13 Jul 1997 · AFCON Qualification
- 2–1 vs DR Congo22 Jun 1997 · AFCON Qualification
- 1–2 vs Namibia8 Jun 1997 · World Cup Qualification
- 0–2 vs Tunisia27 Apr 1997 · World Cup Qualification