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Evening all, and welcome to DR Congo v Egypt!

TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations / Group Stage
Cairo International Stadium / 26.06.2019
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Dan Quarrell

Updated 26/06/2019 at 22:54 GMT+1


20:41
20:38
Looking ahead, thes runner-up in this group play the runner-up in Group C next, and that could be a toughie - most likely, it'll be Algeria, but could also be Senegal. The group winner plays a third-place finisher.
20:33
Oh my days!
20:29
DRC, who played 4-1-4-1 the other day, will play 4-3-3 tonight. They leave out Masuaku, who's replaced at left-back by Ngonda; in midfield, Moke and Mputu come in forMbemba and M'Poku, while Bolasie and Elia are also left out, with Maghoma and Bolingi coming in. Bakambum who played centre-forward against Uganda, is now on the left of the attack.
20:28
Back to our teams, Egypt will play 4-2-3-1 and are unchanged.
20:21
I love this man.
19:58
So, who do I think will win this thing, I do not hear you ask. I've gone for Cote d'Ivoire, who have the best players and by a distance, but there are plenty of teams capable of giving them aggravation.
19:55
19:52
Uganda-Zimbabwe has finished 1-1, and Uganda have got away with one here. They took the lead but were outplayed over the 90 minutes, so to escape with a draw is a result for them. Assuming Egypt win tonight and beat Uganda, Zimbabwe will need to beat DRC - by two goals will be enough, but one might be too, depending.
19:51
Looking at that Egypt team, it's not entirely easy to fathom why they're favourites to win the thing. They've got Salah, obviously, but they've not got loads else beyond a settled side and a home advantage. It might be enough, but if they meet Senegal or Cote d'Ivoire on a good day, they'll have a problem.
19:48
19:44
19:43
19:42
Apologies - some technical issues kept me from you. A-N-G-E-R. But hopefully we're now all good.
19:26
Let's have some teams!
19:25
Uganda, who beat DRC in the first round of matches - to the surprise of everyone, probably even themselves - are currently drawing 1-1 with Zimbabwe, whom Egypt struggled to beat. I doubt we'll see many goals tonight, but I'd expect Egypt to shade it.
19:22
This should be an absolute belter - every Egypt home game is - but this one, in a tournament, with qualification to the knockouts up for grabs? Inject it deep into my veins!