Group D’s top two do battle in Port-Gentil on Wednesday with Egypt needing just a point to join Ghana in the Africa Cup of Nations last eight.
A 1-0 win over Uganda took the Pharaohs to the brink of qualification with Mali, who lost by the same scoreline to Ghana in round two, needing all three points from their group game to have any hope of catching the top two.
The group has yet to produce many fireworks – four games have seen just three goals scored – but Ghana have done just about enough to book their place in the knockout round, Andre Ayew and Asamoah Gyan scoring in consecutive 1-0 wins.
A similar result would mark the Black Stars as the only team with a 100 per cent record in the group stage, though whether Ghana head coach Avram Grant may prefer to rest star players remains to be seen.
SQUADS
EGYPT SQUAD
Goalkeepers
Essam El-Hadary (Wadi Degla, Egypt)
Sherif Ekramy (Al Ahly, Egypt)
Ahmed El-Shenawy (Zamalek, Egypt)
Defenders
Ali Gabr (Zamalek, Egypt)
Omar Gaber (Basel, Switzerland)
Ahmed Hegazy (Al Ahly, Egypt)
Ahmed Fathy (Al Ahly, Egypt)
Ahmed Dowidar (Zamalek, Egypt)
Mohamed Abdel-Shafy (Al Ahli, Saudi Arabia)
Karim Hafez (Lens, France)
Saad Samir (Al Ahly, Egypt)
Midfielders
Ahmed Elmohamady (Hull, England)
Ibrahim Salah (Zamalek, Egypt)
Tarek Hamed (Zamalek, Egypt)
Kahraba (Al Ittihad, Saudi Arabia)
Ramadan Sobhi (Stoke, England)
Mohamed Elneny (Arsenal, England)
Abdallah Said (Al Ahly, Egypt)
Trezeguet (Mouscron, Belgium)
Amr Warda (PAOK, Greece)
Forwards
Kouka (Braga, Portugal)
Mohamed Salah (Roma, Italy)
Marwan Mohsen (Al Ahly, Egypt)
GHANA SQUAD
Goalkeepers
Briamah Razak (Cordoba, Spain)
Richard Ofori (All Stars, Ghana)
Fatau Dauda (Ashanti Gold, Ghana)
Defenders
Andy Yiadom (Barnsley, England)
Jonathan Mensah (Columbus Crew, USA)
Baba Rahman (Schalke 04, Germany) - will miss remainder of tournament through injury
Daniel Amarte (Leicester, England)
Edwin Gyimah (Orlando Pirates, South Africa)
John Boye (Sivasspor, Turkey)
Frank Acheampong (Anderlecht, Belgium)
Harrison Afful (Columbus Crew, USA)
Midfielders
Thomas Partey (Atletico Madrid, Spain)
Afriyie Acquah (Torino, Italy)
Christian Atsu (Newcastle, England)
Emmanuel Agyemang-Badu (Udinese, Italy)
Wakaso Mubarak (Panathanaikos, Greece)
Ebenezer Ofori (AIK, Sweden)
Samuel Tetteh (FC Liefering, Austria)
Forwards
Asamoah Gyan (Al-Ahli, UAE)
Jordan Ayew (Aston Villa, England)
Andre Ayew (West Ham, England)
Bernard Tekpetey (Schalke 04, Germany)
Ebenezer Assifuah (Le Havre, France)
ODDS (via 888 Sport)
Egypt to win priced at: 9/4
Draw priced at: 19/20
Ghana to win priced at: 33/10
Source: Standard.co.uk