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Match info:

AFRICA CUP OF NATIONS – GROUP D
WED, 25 JAN 2017 | @ 21:00 Cairo Local Time
Venue: Stade de Port-Gentil

Seven-time champions Egypt face Ghana in Port-Gentil on Wednesday needing only a point to qualify for the quarter-finals alongside the Black Stars.

Egypt can even go through regardless if Mali fail to beat Uganda in the other Group D match.

But a win for Egypt would allow them to leapfrog Ghana and advance as group winners.

That might not be what they want, however – the group winners will remain in Port-Gentil for the quarter-finals while the runners-up must up sticks to Oyem in the north of the country.

An awful pitch in Port-Gentil has had an adverse impact on the quality of the football played there and heavy rain in the city since the weekend will only add to the problem.

“Everyone wants to play in the other city. No one wants to play in this stadium,” Egypt’s Ahmed Elmohamady said.

“But for us we need to win, we want to win the group. It’s about getting the points, it’s not about the stadium.”

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