Argentina vs Egypt — World Cup 2026

Tale of the tape.

The auto-generated comparison for Argentina vs Egypt. Editorial detail lands closer to kickoff.

Win probability.

A first-pass split off the FIFA rankings — replace with the live model once the form data lands.

The bench faceoff.

Argentina · Head coach

P. Aimar

Egypt · Head coach

Osama Nabih

Where to watch.

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Both line-ups.

Every name in the frame — tap a player for their dossier, or a crest for the full team.

Argentina

ARG · Full dossier →

Goalkeepers6

1J. Musso1V. Reigia12G. Rulli12T. Parga23E. Martínez23F. Ortellado

Defenders16

2A. Guich2L. Balerdi3S. Escobar3N. Tagliafico4G. Montiel6Lisandro Martínez6J. Coria13C. Romero13M. Mendizabal14B. Salinas14E. Palacios16F. Echenique17A. Cardozo19N. Otamendi25F. Medina26N. Molina

Midfield17

2M. Senesi4T. Pérez5M. Benitez5L. Paredes7R. De Paul8M. Ortiz8V. Barco9A. Alcaraz10G. Baroni11G. Lo Celso15S. Mambrin16T. Almada17G. Simeone18G. Escobar20T. Dominguez20A. Mac Allister24E. Fernández

Attack11

7T. Goytia9J. Álvarez10L. Messi11J. Policella15N. González18N. Paz19F. Salinas21E. Barrionuevo21J. López22B. Tapia22Lautaro Martínez

Egypt

EGY · Full dossier →

Goalkeepers7

1Abdelmonem Tamer1Mohamed El Shenawy16Al Mahdi Soliman16Ahmed Waheb23Mostafa Shobeir23Ahmed El Menshawy26M. Alaa

Defenders19

–Mohamed Ashraf–Bilal Mousa2Yasser Ibrahim2Mohamed Samir3Mohamed Hany3Mohamed Gamal4Ahmed Abdin4Hossam Abdelmaguid5Rami Rabia5Abdallah Bostangy6Youssef Abdel Hafiz6Mohamed Abdelmonem12Momen Sherif13Ahmed Fatouh13Mahmoud Labib14Mohab Samy14Hamdi Fathy15Karim Hafez24T. Alaa

Midfield20

–Mohamed Abdelnasser–Tebo Gabriel–S. Sharples–Amr Osama8Ahmed Gomma8Emam Ashour10Mohamed Salah11Mostafa Zico11Mohanad Mohamed12H. Hassan17Mohanad Lasheen17Amr Khaled18Nabil Emad Dunga19Marwan Attia21Ahmed Wahid21Mahmoud Saber22Mohamed El Sayed24Mohamed Atef25Seif El Deen Essam26Omar Osama

Attack14

–Adham Alaa–Karim Saeed7Omar Fathy7Trézéguet9H. Abdelkarim9Mohamed Zaalouk10Mohamed Ali15Omar Khedr18Mohamed Raafat19Mohamed Haitham20Ahmed Sharaf20Ibrahim Adel22Omar Marmoush25Ahmed Zizo