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While lingering connections to their golden generation remain, Belgium’s new blood have the potential to do damage at this World Cup after coming through qualifying unbeaten (W5, D3). Norway (37) were the only team to outscore the Red Devils (29) in UEFA qualifying, with Belgium unbeaten in 13 matches overall (W9, D4), putting seven unanswered goals past Croatia and Tunisia in their two warm-up games. Under Rudi Garcia’s leadership, they’ll hope to avenge the group stage exit they suffered in 2022. Belgium are gearing up for their 15th appearance at the finals, the most of any European nation never to win the trophy, but should be confident of stretching a superb record of just one defeat from their last 15 group stage matches at the World Cup (W8, D6).

Egypt are making just their fourth appearance at the World Cup finals, and do so on the back of their first unbeaten qualifying campaign (W8, D2) since 1934! Only Honduras (9) have played more games in this competition than Egypt (D2, L5) without ever registering a win, so the Pharaohs have plenty of demons to banish this time around. They’re led by their all-time top scorer Hossam Hassan from the dugout, and he’s certainly built a solid foundation with Egypt having kept a clean sheet in four of their last five games, albeit the exception came in a 2-1 defeat to Brazil in their most recent outing.

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