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Sunday 4 October 2026, 20:00 CEST

Egypt v South Africa

62%Egypt
24%Draw
14%South Africa

Egypt ahead.

Tested

Egypt win about 62 times in 100. The other 38: a draw (24) or a South Africa win (14).

Forecast by Vesta, published Saturday 3 October 2026, 12:53 CEST, before kickoff.

3 or more goals47%
Both teams score45%
Expected goals1.8 v 0.7
Most likely score1-013% chance

Goals in the match

Tested
1 or more goals92%
2 or more goals73%
3 or more goals47%
4 or more goals26%
5 or more goals12%

Exactly

0 goals8%
1 goal19%
2 goals26%
3 goals21%
4 goals14%
5 goals7%
6 or more goals5%

Goals by team

Tested
Egypt: 1 or more84%
Egypt: 2 or more54%
Egypt: 3 or more28%
South Africa: 1 or more52%
South Africa: 2 or more17%
South Africa: 3 or more4%
Both teams score45%
At least one team does not score55%

Winning margin

Tested
Egypt by 3 or more18%
Egypt by 219%
Egypt by 125%
Draw24%
South Africa by 110%
South Africa by 23%
South Africa by 3 or more1%

Result combinations

Tested
Egypt win or draw86%
Either team wins (no draw)76%
South Africa win or draw38%

Clean sheets

Tested
Egypt keep a clean sheet48%
South Africa keep a clean sheet16%
Egypt win without conceding39%
South Africa win without conceding8%
No goals at all8%

The first goal

Model estimate
Egypt score first65%
South Africa score first27%
No goals8%

When it comes

Minutes 1-1530%
Minutes 16-3021%
Minutes 31-45+16%
Minutes 46-6011%
Minutes 61-757%
Minutes 76-90+6%

Every score

Tested

Chance of each score in percent: Egypt goals down, South Africa goals across.

Chance of each exact score
Home goals down, away goals across012345
08.35.32.10.50.1·
113.511.13.80.90.2·
212.79.43.70.90.2·
37.75.72.10.60.1·
43.62.61.00.2··
51.31.00.40.1··

Halves

Model estimate
A goal in the first half68%
A goal in the second half76%
Egypt ahead at half-time44%
Level at half-time42%
South Africa ahead at half-time14%
Egypt win the second half50%
Second half level35%
South Africa win the second half15%
More goals in the first half30%
More goals in the second half43%
Same goals in both halves27%

Half-time and full-time

Model estimate
Egypt ahead at half-time, Egypt win39%
Level at half-time, Egypt win21%
South Africa ahead at half-time, Egypt win2%
Egypt ahead at half-time, draw4%
Level at half-time, draw15%
South Africa ahead at half-time, draw4%
Egypt ahead at half-time, South Africa win1%
Level at half-time, South Africa win6%
South Africa ahead at half-time, South Africa win7%

When the goals come

Model estimate

Expected goals in each 15 minutes.

1-15'
16-30'
31-45+'
46-60'
61-75'
76-90+'
EgyptSouth Africa

Tested: checked on past matches at this level of detail. Tested in aggregate: checked on a coarser measure. Model estimate: not checked on real data yet. How Vesta works