The story

Belgium have won five of their six most recent home World Cup matches and are unbeaten in eight of their last ten World Cup appearances, though this match comes 1,292 days after their previous outing in the tournament. Egypt arrive unbeaten in 81 of their 97 most recent matches, with Mohamed Salah holding the highest average xG and average rating among Egyptian players over their last ten games, while all five of the sides' last five World Cup meetings finished under 2.5 goals.