Factbox: Who won the most in Egypt-Cameroon’s matches?

But looking into history, which team won the most in previous matches?

The Egyptian and Cameroonian national football teams met in 27 matches.

The Pharaohs won 16 matches, lost 6 ones and equaled in 6.

Both teams also met in the African Cup of Nations 17 times and the Pharaohs won 7 matches.

They encountered in African Cup of Nations final in 1986, 2008 and 2017.

– Egypt clinched the title in 1986 and 2008, and Cameroon clinched it in 2017.

-The first encounter between them was in AFCON in 1984; the Pharaohs scored 1 goal in the group stages. Then, both teams encountered in 1986, where Egypt won by penalties.

-Cameroon team won 3 sequence matches in group stages, in 1988, 1996 and 2002.  The results were 1-0 , 2-1 and 1-0 .

-In 2004, they encountered again, and the match ended in a scoreless draw.

-The Pharaohs won in group stages in 2008, 4-2. They also clinched the title in the same year after scoring 1 goal.

-In quarter final 2010, the Egyptian national football team won, 3-1.

-The last encounter between them was in 2017 AFCON, and the match ended with 2-1 for untamed lion.