Egypt 2-0 Ethiopia

Timeline

Khaled Sobhy
36'
38'
Ramkel James
40'
Beneyam Belye Demte
Mohamed Hany
40'
Mohamed Salah1-0
41'
Omar Marmoush2-0
45'+2'
45'
Haider Sherefa
↓ Habtamu Tekeste
Ibrahim Adel
↓ Zizo
63'
Mohanad Lashin
↓ Omar Marmoush
63'
72'
Chernet Gugsa
↓ Suleman Hamid
72'
Ahmed Reshid
↓ Asrat Tonjo
Mostafa Mohamed
↓ Trézéguet
79'
Mahmoud Saber
↓ Osama Faisal
79'
83'
Mohammed Abera
↓ Kenean Markneh
83'
Bereket Waza
↓ Wogene Gezahegn
Nabil Donga
↓ Mohamed Salah
88'

Match info

Kick-off: Friday 5 September
Venue: Cairo International Stadium · Cairo, Egypt
Referee: Abongile Tom
Attendance: 37,000
Round: 2026 World Cup Qualifying - CAF, Group Stage

Form

EgyptWWLDD

DvsBotswana1-1
D@South Africa1-1
LvsSouth Africa3-1

Ethiopia3-5-2

1Nura

21↓Tonjo

3James

16Bayeh

11↓

Match ends, Egypt 2, Ethiopia 0.
90'+4'
Second Half ends, Egypt 2, Ethiopia 0.
90'
Fourth official has announced 3 minutes of added time.
88'
Substitution, Egypt. Nabil Emad Dunga replaces Mohamed Salah.
83'
Substitution, Ethiopia. Mohammed Abera replaces Kenean Markneh.
83'
Substitution, Ethiopia. Bereket Waza replaces Wogene Gezahegn.
79'
Substitution, Egypt. Mostafa Mohamed replaces Trézéguet.
79'
Substitution, Egypt. Mahmoud Saber replaces Osama Faisal.
72'
Substitution, Ethiopia. Chernet Gugsa replaces Suleman Hamid.
72'
Substitution, Ethiopia. Ahmed Reshid replaces Asrat Tonjo.
63'
Substitution, Egypt. Mohanad Lasheen replaces Omar Marmoush.
63'
Substitution, Egypt. Ibrahim Adel replaces Zizo.

#	Team	P	W	D	L	Goals	GD	Pts
1	Egypt	10	8	2	0	:	+18	26
2	Burkina Faso	10	6	3	1	:	+15	21

EthiopiaWLLLW

W@Congo DR2-1
LvsSudan2-0
L@Sudan2-1
LvsEgypt2-0
WvsDjibouti6-1

Head to head

EGY leads series 2-1

21 Mar 25Ethiopia0-2Egypt
8 Sept 23Egypt1-0Ethiopia
9 Jun 22Ethiopia2-0Egypt

1El Shenawy

2Sobhy

12Hamdy

5Rabia

3Hany

7↓Trézéguet

14Fathy

21↓Zizo

22↓Marmoush

9↓Faisal

10↓Salah

Substitutes · Egypt

18Mohanad Lashin↑
17Nabil Donga↑
11Mostafa Mohamed↑
15Ahmed Koka
13Ahmed Eid
4Hossam Abdelmaguid
16Mohamed Sobhy
19Amr El Gazar
6Mohamed Youssef
23Mostafa Shoubir
20Ibrahim Adel↑
8Mahmoud Saber↑

Substitutes · Ethiopia

13Ahmed Reshid↑
14Mohammed Abera↑
20Bereket Waza↑
15Nigatu Gebreselassie
17Chernet Gugsa↑
4Mignot Debebe
9Abdulkarim Worku
5Haider Sherefa↑
22Biniam Genetu
12Dawa Hotessa

45'

Substitution, Ethiopia. Hayder Sherefa replaces Habtamu Tekeste.

45'

Second Half begins Egypt 2, Ethiopia 0.

45'+4'

First Half ends, Egypt 2, Ethiopia 0.

45'+2'

Goal! Egypt 2, Ethiopia 0. Omar Marmoush (Egypt) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the centre of the goal.

45'

Fourth official has announced 3 minutes of added time.

41'

Goal! Egypt 1, Ethiopia 0. Mohamed Salah (Egypt) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the centre of the goal.

40'

Mohamed Hany (Egypt) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

40'

Beneyam Demte (Ethiopia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

38'

Ramkel James (Ethiopia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

36'

Khaled Sobhy (Egypt) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

Lineups are announced and players are warming up.

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