Egypt vs South Africa Preview & Prediction | 2026 International Friendly
by Alex Sarwar ·
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Superstar Mohamed Salah will not be involved for Egypt in this friendly encounter with South Africa.
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How to watch on TV & online: UK – Not televised / USA – Not televised
Will both teams score in this match?
Open poll and resultsEgypt vs South Africa prediction
After featuring for Egypt in their AFCON qualifier against Angola, Mohamed Salah won’t play any part of this friendly, which has a big impact when taking into account the quality that Salah provides, not to mention his penchant for goals and assists. Rumours of a rift between Salah and Egypt head coach Hossam Hassan have been rife following his reaction to being subbed off early vs Angola, which was followed by him not playing at all against South Sudan.
Egypt played extremely well without Salah, defeating South Sudan 5-0, but South Africa should provide far sterner opposition. Bafana Bafana have made the perfect start to a new era post Hugo Broos, beating both Guinea and Eritrea under new boss Pitso Mosimane. They are more than capable of stifling an Egyptian side minus Salah, so back them to avoid defeat at the very least.
Egypt vs South Africa tip: Double chance - draw/South Africa
