Senegal has never won the AFCON competition but has made it to the final 2 times, while Egypt has won the competition seven (7)times.
The two countries with the two best players from Africa are playing the AFCON 2021 final on Sunday 6th of February 2022.
The Teranga Lions have reached the final again for the second time in a row. The West African country reached the final of the 2019 edition which they lost to Algeria. Meanwhile The Pharoahs are hoping to win the competition for the eight (8) time.
The two countries started poorly in the competition, but picked up in the round of 16. Egypt won the host country Cameroon in the semi-final with a 3-1 penalty shout-out, while Senegal won Burkina Faso with a 3-1 scoreline to reach their second final in a row.
The star players for these countries are Mo Salah and Sadio Mane. They are both Liverpool teammates, which will make it an interesting match for both Liverpool fans and the country fans.
Egypt and Senegal has played each other 12 times in the AFCON competition and out of these 12 times , Egypt has won six 6 and Senegal has won four 4 with 2 draws.
Senagal has never won AFCON in their history with 2 features in the final in 2002 and 2019, this will be their 3rd final , let’s see if they can make history.
