Uganda Cranes will tussle it out with Egypt’s Pharaohs Tuesday evening in the city of Alexandria in the return leg of the duo’s world cup qualifier campaign.

Last Thursday, Uganda beat Egypt one nil, Uganda’s second win against the Pharaohs since 1965 when Ali Kitonsa (RIP) shone in an international friendly, scoring a hat trick.

Tonight’s game will be 20th encounter between the two national teams.

We look at the head-to-head record of the two teams in the past 19 games:

January 18,  1962: Egypt 2-1 Uganda (African Cup of Nations)

March 01, 1974: Egypt 2-1 Uganda (African Cup of Nations)

April 04, 1965 Uganda 5-1 Egypt (Friendly)

March 03, 1976: Egypt 2-1 Uganda (African Cup of Nations)

January 21, 1995: Uganda 0-0 Egypt (African Cup of Nations qualifiers)

July 30, 1995: Egypt 6-0 Uganda (African Cup of Nations qualifiers)

August 20, 2002: Egypt 2-0 Uganda (friendly)

January 8, 2005: Egypt 3-0 Uganda (friendly)

December 27, 2005: Egypt 2-0 Uganda (friendly)

January 8, 2010: Egypt 1-0 Uganda (friendly)

January 17, 2010: Egypt 3-1 Uganda (friendly)

March 29, 2012: Egypt 2-1 Uganda (friendly)

August 14, 2013: Egypt 3-0 Uganda (friendly)

September 30, 2013: Egypt 2-0 Uganda (friendly)

October 02, 2013: Egypt 3-0 Uganda (friendly)

January 21, 2017: Egypt 1-0 Uganda (African Cup of Nations)

August 31, 2017: Uganda 1-0 Egypt (FIFA World Cup qualifiers)

SUMMARY
EGYPT Wins: 14
UGANDA WINS: 2
DRAWS: 3

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