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Egypt and Iran knew since the lot that the match against each other will be their only chance to win on this tournament. It's pretty easy to conclude they'll both be fully motivated, and it helps that they had a day off yesterday because both of their rotations are questionable. Iran have a few young players they don't use at all, and the Egyptian coach said they're amateurs. The point is, I expect an ugly game with little points, because neither of these teams can brag with their offensive quality. Haddadi is the only exception, and the Iranians will push him to the paint. Looking at what these two teams did on Asian and African championships respectively, it's easy to see Egypt didn't concede over 73 points against anyone. They lost the finals to Angola by conceding 57 points. Compared to that tournament, they lost the first center and the main offensive player Marei, during the preparations, the focus was on the defense, so in the last two friendly matches, they conceded 61 against the weakened Estonia and 74 against the fast Philippines. I think that's relevant enough for this match, and Egypt will manage to take Iran with under 75 points.