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Two time defending champions Egypt will be hoping for a perfect start to their African Nations Cup campaign when they face Nigeria who are their toughest opponent during the group stage on Tuesday. Watch the full match live and online with watchfootballnow.com the number 1 source for live African Cup action.
Both the teams are tipped to progress out of the group but defeat for either teams coupled with a win for Mozambique or Benin could throw open the group with the winner of the other match having a great chance of pulling off an upset by qualifying to the next round.
Egypt are missing two of their regular strikers with Amr Zaki out of the competition due to injury while Mido was not picked by coach Hassan Shehata. However Egypt are still the team to beat this time around with Mohamed Zidan coming into prominence following impressive displays during the Confederations Cup.
Meanwhile Nigeria coach Shuaibu Amodu was optimistic that his side can get a good result against Egypt and book their place in the next round as soon as possible. There are no injury concerns for Amodu with Obafemi Martins recovering from his shin injury and the Nigeria coach will be hoping for a good start to the campaign on Tuesday.