A fascinating World Cup round of 32 showdown was settled by a penalty shootout as Australia and Egypt could not be separated after 90 minutes and extra-time in Dallas on Friday evening. The Pharaohs took the lead early in the first half thanks to a Emam Ashour header but were pegged back shortly before the hour mark, and by one of their own when defender Mohamed Hany turned into his own net.
Egypt looked the more likely to find a winner with Haissem Hassan and Rami Rabia both going close, but the tie went to penalties. Australia’s gamble by replacing Patrick Beach with the more experienced Mathew Ryan right before the shootout backfired as the goalkeeper did not get near any of the four penalties.
After Harry Souttar and youngster Lucas Herrington had both missed from 12 yards, it was left to Hossam Abdelmaguid with the decisive spot kick and he sent Ryan the wrong way to seal Egypt’s place in the World Cup last-16 where a showdown against either the reigning champions Argentina or surprise package Cape Verde awaits. Follow Australia vs Egypt back below with our dedicated match blog.
Australia vs Egypt latest news
- GOAL! Mohamed Hany heads into own net
- GOAL! Ashour heads Egypt in front
PENALTIES
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Hossam Abdelmaguid scores and sends Egypt into the World Cup last-16.
PENALTIES
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Big moment for Lucas Herrington and he...hits the bar!
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Mohamed Salah dinks his penalty down the middle and laughs!
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Awer Mabil SCORES!
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Rami Rabia sends Ryan the wrong way and slots home.
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Jackson Irvine steps up next and...SCORES!
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Mahmoud Saber powers his effort past Ryan.
Advantage Egypt.
PENALTIES
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Souttar steps up for Australia and...puts it over the bar!
PENALTIES
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We are ready to go in the penalty shootout. Looks like Australia will be stepping up first.
Australia 1-1 Egypt
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All over after extra-time, we are going to penalties!
Australia 1-1 Egypt
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120+1 min: Australia free-kick bobbles around in the area, the ball could go anywhere but ends up in Shobeir’s arms. Game is paused for players to receive some attention.
Australia 1-1 Egypt
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120 min: Another chance for Australia to win this late on as Hany is booked for a foul, conceding a free-kick in the process.
Saber replaces Attia in what is Egypt’s penalty change.
Australia 1-1 Egypt
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119 min: What do we have here? Beach is replaced by Ryan. That is surely a change with penalties in mind.
Australia 1-1 Egypt
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118 min: Mabil won the free-kick and takes it, but strikes the ball straight into the wall.
Australia 1-1 Egypt
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116 min: Herrington sticks to his task against Hassan and ends up conceding a corner. Australia survive that set-piece but are penned in their own half. They break through and win a free-kick for themselves in a dangerous position. Quick feet from Mabil
Australia 1-1 Egypt
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113 min: Salah has burst into life all of a sudden, but finds a Australia brick wall in front of him.
Australia 1-1 Egypt
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112 min: Souttar is like a one-man stopping machine as he gets in the way of Ashour’s effort. Australia are hanging in there and have a corner to face but Egypt mess that up.
Australia 1-1 Egypt
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108 min: Attia’s shot clips the heel of Souttar and wrong foots Beach, luckily there’s no pace on the ball and the keeper makes a comfortable save.
Australia 1-1 Egypt
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106 min: Omar Marmoush will not be taking a potential penalty as he’s been replaced for the remaining minutes of extra-time, Abdelkarim is on in his place.
Australia 1-1 Egypt
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105 min: Booking for Hassan as he pulls Behich back. It’s a foul the Egypt forward simply had to make as there was plenty of space for the Australian defender to run in to.
Resulting free-kick is cleared for a throw-in, but there’s no time to take it as the whistle goes.
Australia 1-1 Egypt
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102 min: Ashour tries his luck from distance but is way off target with an ambitious effort.
Australia 1-1 Egypt
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99 min: Hassan does well to get to the byline but overhits his cross. Guessing his right foot is not as strong as his left. Still, he has made a difference since coming on.
Australia 1-1 Egypt
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97 min: Great play from Behich down the left and he follows up his pass to Toure but his blocked off by Hany.
Australia 1-1 Egypt
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93 min: First chance of the game for Salah and he fires over. He should do better, at least hit the target.
Australia 1-1 Egypt
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92 min: Okon Jr and Mabil have come on for Australia, Irvine and O'Neill the two players to make way.
KICK-OFF!
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Back underway!
Australia 1-1 Egypt
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Egypt certainly ended the half on top, Hassan and Rabia both denied.
Will we get more of the same in extra-time, or will both teams have one eye on a penalty shootout.
Australia 1-1 Egypt
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There goes the whistle to signal extra-time.
Australia 1-1 Egypt
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95 min: Souttar with a wonderful block, Hassan nearly on target with the final attempt of the 90.
Australia 1-1 Egypt
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90+4 min: SAVE! Beach saves Australia right at the death, Rabia thought he had scored.
Australia 1-1 Egypt
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90+3 min: My word, talk about a gift. Toure’s decision backfires and Egypt have a corner.
Australia 1-1 Egypt
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90+1 min: Corner taken short and Salah does well to keep the ball in, Hassan floats in a teasing cross but it comes to nothing. Egypt keep the pressure on but Australia stand firm.
Australia 1-1 Egypt
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Into a minimum of FIVE minutes added on. Could there be late drama?
Egypt have a corner...
Australia 1-1 Egypt
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88 min: CHANCE! The corner is met by Irvine at the front post but his flick-on catches Souttar by surprise as he can’t react in time and Egypt manage to clear their lines.
Australia 1-1 Egypt
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86 min: Now it’s Australia’s turn to threaten but on two separate occasions the final ball lets them down. They do have a corner, big chance this as Hrustic trots over to take left-footed.
Australia 1-1 Egypt
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85 min: Egypt coming on strong in the last few minutes. Hassan delivers a teasing cross, forcing Beach to cosplay as superman with a huge punch.
Australia 1-1 Egypt
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82 min: Free-kick to Australia, floated in by O’Neill and won in the air by Souttar but Egypt come out on top in a scramble.
Ball then pops up in the air and Souttar makes it his, taking out Rabia in the process as his header is saved by Shobeir.
Australia 1-1 Egypt
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79 min: Hafez with a touch of cramp or maybe something more serious. He blocked that shot from Hrustic with his foot and it would appear that is his game over.
More defensive concerns for Egypt as Trezeguet replaces him. Attacking change that.
Australia 1-1 Egypt
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77 min: Good defensive block from Egypt as Hrustic attempted to bend one.
Australia 1-1 Egypt
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74 min: Ashour drags a shot wide for Egypt right before Australia make a double change with Hrustic and Toure replacing Valpato and Irankunda.
Australia 1-1 Egypt
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70 min: The game restarts after the hydration break. 20 minutes for either nation to find a winner.
Australia 1-1 Egypt
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68 min: The game pauses for the hydration break, cue the boos.
Australia 1-1 Egypt
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67 min: Double change by Egypt as Abdelmaguid and Hassan replace Fathy and Ziko
Australia 1-1 Egypt
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65 min: Egypt have done well to take the heat out of the game after conceding the equaliser. The game easily could have gone away from them with Australia having their tails up.
Australia 1-1 Egypt
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62 min: Lovely ball from Ashour into Salah. Take that back! The offside flag is raised, the Egypt captain did not hold his run.
Australia 1-1 Egypt
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59 min: Salah receives a pass on the edge of the box but is confronted by about seven Australia players. Safe to say there was no way through for the Egypt captain.
Australia 1-1 Egypt
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57 min: It has to be said, Mohamed Hany is so unfortunate there. The delivery from O’Neill was right on the money and the Egypt defender could not do much about it.
Game on in Dallas.
GOAL! Australia 1-1 Egypt | Mohamed Hany own goal ‘55
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55 min: AUSTRALIA LEVEL!
Australia finally make one of these set-pieces count as Aiden O'Neill’s cross is headed into his own net by Mohamed Hany for an own goal.
Australia 0-1 Egypt
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54 min: Australia beginning to ask more questions of this Egypt defence and Ziko trips O’Neill to concede a free-kick in a dangerous position.
Australia 0-1 Egypt
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52 min: Good play from Volpato as a cross into the box is well dealt with by Egypt. Bit more urgency from Australia at the start of the second half.
Australia 0-1 Egypt
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47 min: Big blow for Australia as Bos has been replaced by Trewin at the break.
KICK-OFF!
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46 min: Back underway in Dallas and a chance straight away for Egypt but Marmoush fails to hit the target.
Fan reaction: Ashour hailed
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Sir Emam Ashour…..I’m off my seat applauding this performance. You’ve changed my life.
— Yakob 🇪🇬 (@yakobper90) July 3, 2026
Fan thoughts: More Ashour praise
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Get Emam Ashour to Europe man, I don’t care if he’s 28 years old or not. This talent cannot die in Africa.
— Geronimo Morgans (@GeronimoMorgans) July 3, 2026
Fan reaction: Ashour transfer
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Nah Ashour is a quality player, he should get a move in Europe
— ً (@Bk8iP3) July 3, 2026
Australia 0-1 Egypt
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Knew that celebration looked a little familiar...
Emam Ashour gave Egypt the lead over Australia before hitting the McGregor celebration 😅 pic.twitter.com/gbdkprHQOg
— ITV Football (@itvfootball) July 3, 2026
Australia 0-1 Egypt
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Will be interesting to see if Jordan Bos returns for the second half. The Australia wing-back looked to be in considerable pain right at the end of the half.
HALF-TIME
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Australia 0-1 Egypt
Australia 0-1 Egypt
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45+4 min: More half-hearted Australia penalty appeals turned down. Worryingly for the Aussies, Bos is down after a tackle from Rabia and he needs treatment.
Australia 0-1 Egypt
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45+3 min: Wicked cross into the box, Irankunda gets in between two Egypt defenders which stops him from getting clean contact on the ball. He appeals for a penalty, but the referee is having none of it.
Australia 0-1 Egypt
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45+2 min: Ball over the top picks out the run of Salah and he tries to glance the ball back for Ziko but can’t get enough on the header. Good idea.
At the other end, Shobeir watches Volpato’s effort curl wide of his far post.
Australia 0-1 Egypt
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45 min: Into a minimum of FIVE minutes of stoppage time.
Australia 0-1 Egypt
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43 min: Irankunda catches Ibrahim on the ankle and the Egypt defender needs a moment. He has words for the Australia forward, so would assume he is OK.
Australia 0-1 Egypt
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41 min: Egypt are awarded a fortunate free-kick as Ashour went down after being caught in the face accidentally by Bos. Fortunately for Australia, the set-piece comes to nothing. That would have been controversial.
Australia 0-1 Egypt
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38 min: Well-timed tackle from Hafez on Bos to concede a corner for Australia which is eventually dealt with by Egypt following a brief moment of mis-communication.
Australia 0-1 Egypt
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36 min: Good news for Egypt as Hany is back on the field. Magic spray does the trick. Some defending for him to do as Australia try to build an attack but they have to settle for a throw which is launched by Circati.
Ball drops kindly for Behich who shoots straight at Shobeir. Better from Australia.
Australia 0-1 Egypt
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33 min: Australia free-kick causing all sorts of problem as Bos shoots straight at Shobeir. However, the whistle had been blown for a foul by Irvine.
Australia 0-1 Egypt
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32 min: Big concern this for Egypt as Hany needs treatment after picking up a knock to his knee.
Australia 0-1 Egypt
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31 min: A few big names spotted in the crowd. First, former Arsenal and Egypt midfielder Mohamed Elneny is sitting in the posh seats.
Samuel L Jackson is also in attendance.
Australia 0-1 Egypt
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28 min: Australia need at least two goals to have any chance of reaching the World Cup last-16.
Here is the problem, they have only scored two goals in the entire tournament.
Australia 0-1 Egypt
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26 min: Play resumes after the hydration break. Will be interesting to see if it changes the complexion of the match. Australia will certainly hope so.
Australia 0-1 Egypt
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23 min: Australia corner is deep, Herrington is able to make first contact but the angle is awkward and his header goes behind for a goal kick as we enter the hydration break.
Australia 0-1 Egypt
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21 min: CHANCE! Ziko races on to Fathy’s ball over the top but shoots wide. Should hit the target, at the very least, but the offside flag was up.
Another warning for Australia.
Australia 0-1 Egypt
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19 min: Great header and an even better finish. Emam Ashour with his second goal of the tournament has put Egypt 1-0 up against Australia.
Australia 0-1 Egypt
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16 min: Egypt sense a second as Marmoush brings down a long ball, cuts inside and aims for the far post but Souttar with a big block keeps out the Man City forward.
GOAL! Australia 0-1 Egypt | Emam Ashour ‘14
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14 min: EGYPT LEAD!
Emam Ashour heads Egypt in front inside the opening 15 minutes, very good effort after his initial effort had been blocked.
Australia 0-0 Egypt
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11 min: Egypt rather fortunate as Australia press them high and the win the ball in a good position, but they end up conceding a free-kick and here comes Marmoush on the left-hand side before Ziko wins a free-kick in a very dangerous position.
Australia 0-0 Egypt
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7 min: First sign of Bos’ pace as he gets in down the Egypt left-hand side but Rabia is on hand to make a crucial block to concede a corner which is then defended well.
Bizarre from Australia to take that set-piece short.
Australia 0-0 Egypt
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5 min: CROSSBAR! Volpato with a great turn and strike, denied only by the woodwork. Great effort from the Australia forward.
Australia 0-0 Egypt
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3 min: A really low-key start to this round of 32 clash as Australia seem happy to let Egypt dominate possession.
KICK-OFF!
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Away we go!
As things stand
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It is knockout football, which means there are no second chances.
The winners progress to the last-16, facing either Argentina or Cape Verde.
Losers go home.
Not long now
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The national anthems have been observed, as have the pre-match pleasantries between both sets of players and officials.
Kick-off is next.
HERE WE GO!
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The teams are out at the Dallas Stadium.
The national anthems are next.
Egypt: The story so far
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Belgium 1-1 Egypt
New Zealand 1-3 Egypt
Egypt 1-1 Iran
Australia: The story so far
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Australia 2-0 Turkey
USA 2-0 Australia
Paraguay 0-0 Australia
Kick-off approaching in Texas
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15 minutes to go until kick-off at the Dallas Stadium.
World Cup round of 32 picture
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The knockout stage got underway last weekend with co-hosts Canada, playing in the US, beat South Africa thanks to a stoppage-time winner from Stephen Eustaquio.
Since then, we have seen Mexico, Brazil, England, France, Spain and Portugal progress but Germany and Netherlands crash out on penalties.
Germany 1-1p Paraguay
France 3-0 Sweden
South Africa 0-1 Canada
Netherlands 1-1p Morocco
Portugal 2-1 Croatia
Spain 3-0 Austria
United States 2-0 Bosnia
Belgium 3-2 Senegal
Brazil 2-1 Japan
Ivory Coast 1-2 Norway
Mexico 2-0 Ecuador
England 2-1 DR Congo
Argentina vs Cape Verde
Australia vs Egypt
Switzerland 2-0 Algeria
Colombia vs Ghana
Around the grounds
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Today's other round of 32 tie, sees reigning champions Argentina take on tournament surprise package at 10pm BST.
Then at 2.30am the final tie of the round pits Colombia against Ghana.
Team news reminder
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Here is how both teams will line-up today.
Australia XI: Beach; Circati, Behich, Souttar, Herrington; Bos, O'Neill, Metcalfe, Irvine; Volpato, Irankunda.
Substitutes: Ryan, Izzo, Degenek, Geria, Trewin, Burgess, Devlin, Okon Jr, Toure, Hrustic, Mabil, Velupillay, Yengi.
Egypt XI: Shobeir; Ibrahim, Hany, Rabia, Hafez; Ashour, Ziko, Fathy, Attia; Salah, Marmoush
Substitutes: El Shenawy, Soliman, Alaa, Abdelmaguid, Alaa, Emad, Saber, Trezeguet, Abdelkarim, Hassan, Adel, Zizo
Australia dressing room
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Inside the Australia dressing room at the Dallas Stadium ahead of kick-off in the World Cup round of 32 showdown.
Inside the #Socceroos dressing room at Dallas Stadium 👀 💚💛
— CommBank Socceroos (@Socceroos) July 3, 2026
🇦🇺 v 🇪🇬 - 3.7.26 - 1:00pm local
🇦🇺 v 🇪🇬 - 4.7.26 - 4:00am AEST
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Who are Egypt's players?
18:20 , Tashan Deniran-Alleyne
History potentially beckons for Egypt as they prepare to take on Australia in their first-ever World Cup knockout match tonight.
The two teams meet at Dallas Stadium on Friday, having both finished as runners-up in their respective groups.
Egypt were pipped to top spot in Group G on goal difference by Belgium, while Australia finished behind co-hosts the USA in Group D.
The winner of tonight’s tie will take on either reigning champions Argentina or tournament debutants Cape Verde in the round of 16.
Here, Standard Sport assesses which Egyptian players to look out for…
Who are Australia's players?
18:15 , Tashan Deniran-Alleyne
Australia will be looking for their first World Cup knockout victory when they take on Egypt in the round of 32 tonight.
The two teams meet at Dallas Stadium, having both finished as runners-up in their respective groups.
Tony Popovic’s Socceroos came second behind co-hosts the USA on four points in Group D, while Egypt were pipped to top spot in Group G on goal difference by Belgium.
The winner of tonight’s tie will take on either holders Argentina or tournament debutants Cape Verde in the round of 16.
Today's settings
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This will be the seventh World Cup game to be hosted inside the Dallas Stadium (AT&T Stadium).
As of yet, there has not been a single goalless draw.
Huge boost for Egypt
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Mohamed Salah starts Egypt’s World Cup 2026 round-of-32 clash with Australia today.
Liverpool icon Salah was among a number of Pharaohs players needing to be assessed after he sustained a hamstring strain during the 1-1 draw with Iran in Group G.
The Egypt captain was subject to an “intensive rehabilitation program” and has since returned to partial team training.
And while Salah is fit enough to start against Australia, it remains to be seen if he is ready to play the full 90 minutes.
Circati previews Egypt clash
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Here is what Australia defender Alessandro Circati has said about facing Egypt.
"I'm thinking them for them to be quite aggressive, to use the individual abilities that they have, try exploit that.
"We know the sort of players that they have, and maybe create the game through them.
"We’ve got to try to stop that, and really take our chances, exploit their vulnerabilities, and try to finish the game with a win."
“It's a knockout game, everyone will approach it in their own way, everyone will react to it in their own way, but the boys are aware of what is at stake, and we are aware that we're going to get a result.”
Australia changes
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Australia are unchanged from the team that started the goalless draw against Paraguay in their final group game.
Looks like Tony Popovic is sticking with a back five formation as Lucas Herrington keeps his place.
CONFIRMED EGYPT TEAM NEWS
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Lining up for Egypt...
Our Starting XI against Australia in the round of 32 1️⃣1️⃣🇪🇬#egyptnt#FIFAWORLDCUP pic.twitter.com/Mm2Od1kJPR
— Egypt National Team (@EgyptNT_EN) July 3, 2026
CONFIRMED AUSTRALIA TEAM NEWS
17:50 , Tashan Deniran-Alleyne
Here is the Australia team selected to face Egypt...
OFFICIAL: Our Starting XI is unchanged from our draw with Paraguay 📋💪
— CommBank Socceroos (@Socceroos) July 3, 2026
🇦🇺 v 🇪🇬 - 3.7.26 - 1:00pm local
🇦🇺 v 🇪🇬 - 4.7.26 - 4:00am AEST
📱💻📺 Live on SBS & SBS On Demand#Socceroos #FIFAWorldCup pic.twitter.com/5CWshkEAYk
Egypt team in full
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Egypt XI: Shobeir; Ibrahim, Hany, Rabia, Hafez; Ashour, Ziko, Fathy, Attia; Salah, Marmoush
Substitutes: El Shenawy, Soliman, Alaa, Abdelmaguid, Alaa, Emad, Saber, Trezeguet, Abdelkarim, Hassan, Adel, Zizo
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