Tokyo Olympics 2020 U-23 Football ¼ finals: Brazil vs Egypt. Prediction and Preview. Probable Lineups, Team News, Stats and more

Brazil and Egypt will meet in the quarter-finals of the Tokyo Olympics. The match will take place on 31 July. Kick-off time: 15:30 IST.

The Brazilians are aiming to take the gold medal, but now Egypt are standing in their way. Will it be an easy ride, or will the Pharaohs put up a decent fight and we’ll see a sensation?

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Brazil U23 News & Current Form:

The Brazilian team have three star players competing at the Tokyo Olympics. They are the experienced Barcelona player Dani Alves, Everton’s Richarlison, who has already scored five goals in the group stage becoming the tournament’s top scorer, and Malcom. The Brazilian team also has Sevilla’s Diego Carlos and Reinier, who was recently purchased by Real Madrid, plus a number of other notable names.

The Brazilian national team started the tournament by beating Germany 4-2. Then, they failed to beat Côte d’Ivoire (0-0). In the final round of the group stage the Brazilians dealt with Saudi Arabia, winning 3-1.

In Group D, the Brazilian national team scored 7 points and finished first. The Brazilians had 7 goals scored and 5 conceded. They beat their nearest pursuer Côte d’Ivoire by 2 points.

Egypt U23 News & Current Form:

The Egyptians drew with Spain (0-0), then lost minnally to Argentina (0-1) before beating Australia 2-0 in the decisive match.

Egypt’s 4 points total gave them second place behind Spain (5 points) and they beat Argentina (4 points too) by a goal difference (2-1 against 2-3).

Egypt are out of the group, a very difficult group that included the Spanish and the Argentinians, and this is of course a huge success for Egyptian football! However, there is reason to expect that the Africans will not be able to do anything with an aggressive attacking team as all their previous opponents have scored little and played defensively.

Brazil U23 vs Egypt U23 Head-To-Head Record: 

The sides met once at the 2012 London Olympics, where Seleccao ran out 3-2 victors. Just look at the names: Mohamed Salah, Alexandre Pato, Alex Sandro, Hulk, Neymar, Marquinhos, Elneny etc.

Brazil U23 last matches (all competitions): W-L-W-W-D-W

Egypt U23 last matches (all competitions): D-L-W

Brazil U23 vs Egypt U23 Predicted XI: 

Brazil U23 (4-2-3-1): Santos; Dani Alves, Nino, Diego Carlos, Guilherme Arana; Douglas Luiz, Bruno Guimaraes; Antony, Mathues Cunha, Claudinho; Richarlison. 

Egypt U23 (3-5-2): Mohamed El Shenawy; Osama Galal, Ahmed Hegazi, Amar Hamdy; Karim El Eraki, Taher Mohamed, Akram Tawfik, Ramadan Sobhi, Ahmed El Fotouh; Salah Mohsen, Ahmed Rayyan.

Brazil U23 vs Egypt U23 Prediction: 

Richarlison alone has scored five goals so far. In the quarter-finals, we don’t think the South Americans will have too much trouble against Egypt, who have unexpectedly reached the quarter-finals and are unlikely to progress further in the tournament.

Given how bright the Brazilians look offensively, we think it’s safe to bet on the Brazilians with a handicap (-1). If Brazil lead by one in the end, the Egyptians will try to get back into the game, go all out and have all the chances to concede again. The Brazilians have already beaten Germany in that style (they scored a fourth goal in the 90th minute when the score was 3-2) and the same happened in their last match against Saudi Arabia (2-1 in the 90th minute and another Brazilian goal after that).

ParimatchNews staff prediction: 

We say: Handicap — Brazil (-1) (Parimatch offers 1.70 for this scenario).

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