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The African Cup of Nations continuous today in group D as Nigeria will take on the Pharaoh's of Egypt at the Roumdé Adjia Stadium in Camera where this year tournament is holding amidst covid-19 while Guinea-Bissau and Sudan meet in the other group D match. Group D is regarded as one of the toughest group of the tournament as two powerhouses of Africa clashes. Egypt have won the tournament a record five times more than any other country in the continent will lock horns with their Nigerian counterparts who have won it three times.

Both sides are not new to each other as they've met a couple of times in the past. Nigeria and Egypt have faced each other in the tournament record 10 sometimes with Nigeria winning 4 , Egypt 3 and 3 ended in stalemate.

Overall, the Super Eagle's have met with pharoah's of Egypt a record 18 times with the pharaohs of Egypt trailing their counterpart behind with 8-5 wins and 5 draws. The last match between the two side was in 2019 where Nigeria won 1-0 in an international friendly match led by Super Eagles late coach Stephen Keshi. Nigeria has only recorded 1 win against Egypt 3 wins and 1 draw in the last 5 meetings.

Nigerian and Egypt are favourites to qualify from this group but who tops the group will remain the major talking point. Mohamed Salah; the Liverpool super forward who has been in the form of his life remain Super eagle's threat going into this game with the Egyptian international netting 43 goals in his 73 international appearances for his country while Nigeria we bank on their strong defensive midfielder of Wilfred Ndidi and Samuel Chukwueze at the wing.

Nigerian forward and captain Ahmad Musa has taken a social media hit at Mohamed Salah threat at goal saying that Nigeria has good players in their squad to combat the threat Salah may pose while Salah has has refused to join words with Nigerian captain saying that he is aware of the type of players in the Super Eagles team and will do his best for his country.

The match which will be played at 17 GMT has already generated a lot of fuse in the social media as fans of both countries look forward to the game in the evening.

Who comes out top of the two side remains to be seen later in the evening as many betting sites are predicting the game to end in a stalemate of 1-1 or 2-2. However, l will give the Egyptians a 52% chance to Nigerians 48% to win the game.