Playoff Pick #4: Ivory Coast to win (2.30 Unibet)

On the last day of the round of 16 Ivory Coast faces Egypt in what promises to be an interesting game. In my opinion Ivory Coast have an edge in this match because from what I’ve watched in this competition they are the clear favorites to win it all. A front line of Haller, Pepe and Zaha/ Cornet is scary, especially when considering the level of the competition in AFCON.

Ivory Coast has breezed past their group with 2 wins and a draw that came only becausw of a blatant mistake from the goalkeeper. They showed their qualities against Algeria where Algeria was even lucky to score one. On the other hand Egypt finds it very hard to scorw and understandably so looking at their team with the only recognizable players being Salah and Elneny. On the other hand Ivory Coast, despite the players I mentioned, has also other good players such as Kessie, Seri, Aurier, Bailly etc. 

Most importantly all these good players have clicked together which will be very dangerous for Egypt. I expect Egypt to find it very hard to score today and Ivory Coast to control the midfield the whole game. Thus, I believe that Ivory Coast will take care of Egypt within regulation time today.