Mens Olympic Football - Egypt v New Zealand

Group C opened up with two predictable results with both favourites winning. Today's opponents both sit without a point but all is not lost, at least from Egypt's prospective. We will run down the betting available on this match.

London 2012 Mens Olympic Football - Game Day 2 - Match 9

Egypt U23 v N Zealand U23 (12:00 Manchester) Best Match Odds 1.72 3.85 6.40. Best Outright Tournament Winner- Egypt 101 & New Zealand 501.

Group C Table:

1. Brazil               P1 W1 D0 L0 Pts 3 GF3 GA2 GD+1
2. Belarus           P1 W1 D0 L0 Pts 3 GF1 GA0 GD+1
3. Egypt              P1 W0 D0 L1 Pts 0 GF2 GA3 GD-1
4. New Zealand   P1 W0 D0 L1 Pts 0 GF0 GA1 GD-1

 Group Top Scorers: Neymar 1,Damiao 1,Rafael 1,Aboutreika 1,Salah 1,Baga 1.

Last Game Analysis - Egypt opened up with a frankly shocking 1st half performance where they looked like they had never played football before. All over the place defensively they allowed time and space continually to the grateful Brazilian offence who scored three goals in the space of 30 minutes. However they re-grouped at half time and looked impressive 2nd half. Captain Aboutreika was excellent and dragged his team along. Subsitute Ghaly made a big difference too, just a shame they were 3 goals down. New Zealand played a decent passing and possession based game for most of the game, without actually troubling Belarus. The Kiwi's forward line is a decent pairing but they were given little ammunition and were isolated for most of the time. Young goalkeeper O'Keefe made several excellent saves but was unfortunate to make a big mistake for the Belarus goal, his in-experience telling.    

Betting Analysis - Egypt simply must win this game, they also have to hope Brazil win their two remaining games. It may be said that Brazil's attacking intent and nerves got the better of them for 30 minutes, and contributed to Egypt's collapse. Something we can gauge better when Brazil play their match. New Zealand played nice football but didn't look dangerous at all. Betting Tip for this game is: Egypt win in 90 minutes @ 1.72.