Boasting an incisive attack, Egypt have put together a good run of results and should carry that momentum into this quarter-final, where they can take advantage of a Paraguayan defence that shipped seven goals during the group stage.
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Data Analysis
Our analysis of all available data, including recent performances and player stats up until an hour before kickoff, suggested the most likely outcome of this match was a Egypt Under-23s win with a probability of 64.1%. A draw had a probability of 20.5% and a win for Paraguay Under-23s had a probability of 15.41%.
The most likely scoreline for a Egypt Under-23s win was 2-0 with a probability of 11.23%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 1-0 (11.06%) and 2-1 (9.88%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (9.73%), while for a Paraguay Under-23s win it was 0-1 (4.8%).