Egypt vs Ivory Coast live: Team news and line-ups from Afcon 2025 quarter-final tonight

Kick-off is in just over 15 minutes in Agadir, so here’s a final reminder on how you can watch this afternoon’s match.

Egypt v Ivory Coast will kick off at 7pm GMT on Saturday, 10 January, 2026 at the Adrar Stadium. The match will be shown live on E4.

These two sides are among the most successful in the competition’s history – in fact, Egypt are the outright most successful side at Afcon, having won it a record seven times.

The Pharaohs won the first two editions of Afcon in 1957 and 1959, but were forced to wait 27 years for their third win, which came in 1986.

Another win came 12 years later in 1998, before their period of dominance in the 2000s, in which they won three straight tournaments – 2006, 2008 & 2010.

They beat an Ivory Coast squad including Didier Drogba in 2006, before beating Cameroon in 2008 and then World Cup quarter-finalists Ghana in 2010!

The Ivory Coast – who won the last Afcon in 2023 – have also seen a fair bit of continental success, winning the tournament three times.

Those other wins came in 1992 and 2015, with the golden generation of Yaya Toure, Kolo Toure, Salomon Kalou and Seydou Doumbia finally delivering a win.

Brahim Diaz leads the way after his latest strike last night for Morocco but any of Lookman, Mahrez, Osimhen, Salah and Amad could close the gap today:

1. Brahim Díaz (Morocco) – 5 goals.

2. Ademola Lookman (Nigeria) – 3 goals.

3. Amad Diallo (Côte d’Ivoire) – 3 goals.

4. Ayoub El Kaabi (Morocco) – 3 goals.

5. Lassine Sinayoko (Mali) – 3 goals.

6. Mohamed Salah (Egypt) – 3 goals.

7. Riyad Mahrez (Algeria) – 3 goals.

8. Victor Osimhen (Nigeria) – 3 goals.

Here is the line-up so far for the semi-finals then:

Senegal vs Egypt/Ivory Coast – Tangier, 5pm GMT

Morocco vs Nigeria – Rabat, 8pm GMT

Egypt have made three changes to the side that beat Benin. Trézéguet, Ibrahim Adel and Mohamed Hamdy make way for Hossam Abdelmaguid, Emam Ashour and Ahmed Abou El Fotouh.

Ivory Coast boss Emerse Faé has named the same starting XI to the one that beat Burkina Faso in the last 16. Franck Kessié, Ibrahima Sangare and Christ Inao Oulai are deployed in midfield, with Amad Diallo, Yan Diomande and Evann Guessand leading the line.

Ivory Coast XI: Y. Fofana; Doue, Kossounou, Ndicka, Konan; Kessie, Sangare, Inao; Diallo, Guessand, Diomande.

Subs: Diomande, Michael, Zohouri, Fofana, Hakoun, Zaha, Boly, Philippe, Christopher, Diakite, Kone, Emmanuel, Alban, Diomande, Philippe.

Egypt XI: Shenawy; Hany, Abdelmegeed, Ibrahim, Rabia, Fatouh; Fathy, Attia, Ashour; Salah, Marmoush.

Line-ups will be cinfirmed in the next five minutes or so – here’s a reminder of the early team news for both sides.

Mahmoud Trezeguet Hassan is feared to have torn his ligaments in the win over Benin, meaning he, alongside Mohamed Hamdy, will be out for the rest of the tournament.

Christ Inao Oulai is out through suspension for the Elephants. Odilon Kossounou picked up a knock against Burkina Faso, with Ousmane Diomande likely to replace him if he can’t go.

The hosts Morocco sealed their first Afcon semi-final since 2004 with a convincing win over Cameroon.

Brahim Diaz scored for the fifth game in a row at the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations as hosts Morocco defeated Cameroon 2-0 in their quarter-final clash to keep alive their hopes of a first continental title in 50 years.

Ismael Saibari was also on target in another workmanlike display in which Morocco were efficient enough, but also created little in the way of chances, netting from two of their three shots on target.

Cameroon had a strong shout for a penalty in the second half after what looked like a foul on Bryan Mbeumo but they too battled in the final third and did not force home goalkeeper Yassine Bounou into a save in the 90 minutes.

Morocco, who have yet to concede a goal in open play at the finals, face the winner of this quarter-final between Algeria and Nigeria in the next round, a tie that will be played in Rabat on Wednesday.