Sunday , 16 August 2026

Belgium vs Egypt, Worldcup 2026 GROUP STAGE

FIFA World Cup · 2026
Belgium
1 – 1
Full Time
Egypt
Mon 15 Jun 2026 · 19:00 UTC Lumen Field HT 45' · FT 45'
0–1 19' Emam Ashour
Mohamed Hany og 66' 1–1
Y 13' Marwan Attia
Timothy Castagne 14' Y
Y 34' Ahmed El Fotouh
Maxim De Cuyper 75' Y

Overview

Match Preview

Belgium vs Egypt — Worldcup at Lumen Field.

  • Belgium 3 games · 5 pts (2026/26)
  • Egypt 3 games · 5 pts (2026/26)

Match Details

  • Referee Ramon Abatti Abel
  • Assistant 1 Danilo Ricardo Simon Manis
  • Assistant 2 Rafael da Silva Alves
15 games this season 🟨 2.2/game ⚽ 7.8 goals/game 🟥 3 total

Standings

# Team P Pts
1 Mexico 3 9
2 South Africa 3 4
3 South Korea 3 3
4 Czechia 3 1
5 Switzerland 3 7
6 Canada 3 4
7 Bosnia-Herzegovina 3 4
8 Qatar 3 1
9 Brazil 3 7
10 Morocco 3 7
11 Scotland 3 3
12 Haiti 3 0
13 United States 3 6
14 Australia 3 4
15 Paraguay 3 4
16 Turkey 3 3
17 Germany 3 6
18 Ivory Coast 3 6
19 Ecuador 3 4
20 Curaçao 3 1
21 Netherlands 3 7
22 Japan 3 5
23 Sweden 3 4
24 Tunisia 3 0
25 Belgium 3 5
26 Egypt 3 5
27 Iran 3 3
28 New Zealand 3 1
29 Spain 3 7
30 Cape Verde Islands 3 3
31 Uruguay 3 2
32 Saudi Arabia 3 2
33 France 3 9
34 Norway 3 6
35 Senegal 3 3
36 Iraq 3 0
37 Argentina 3 9
38 Austria 3 4
39 Algeria 3 4
40 Jordan 3 0
41 Colombia 3 7
42 Portugal 3 5
43 Congo DR 3 4
44 Uzbekistan 3 0
45 England 3 7
46 Croatia 3 6
47 Ghana 3 4
48 Panama 3 0

Head-to-Head

1
Belgium 1 games · Avg 2.0 goals Egypt
Last 5 meetings
2026-06-15 Belgium 1–1 Egypt

Recent Form

Belgium
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
15 Jun Egypt H 1–1 D
01 Jul France A 0–1 L
26 Jun Ukraine A 0–0 D
22 Jun Romania H 2–0 W
17 Jun Slovakia H 0–1 L
01 Dec Croatia A 0–0 D
Egypt
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
15 Jun Belgium A 1–1 D
25 Jun Saudi Arabia A 1–2 L
19 Jun Russia A 1–3 L
15 Jun Uruguay H 0–1 L
19 Aug VfL Wolfsburg H 0–5 L

Season Stats

Belgium Egypt
#25 Position #26
5 Points 5
3 Played 3
1 / 2 / 0 W / D / L 1 / 2 / 0
6 Scored 5
2 Conceded 3
+4 GD +2
1.67 PPG 1.67
33% Win % 33%

Key Stats

100% Both Teams to Score
H2H (1 games)
0% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history
17% Clean Sheets
Belgium this season
0% Clean Sheets
Egypt this season

Belgium are 25th (5 pts). Egypt are 26th (5 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Belgium
0-15
1/–
16-30
1/3
31-45
2/1
46-60
2/1
61-75
1/–
76+
6/2
■ Scored ■ Conceded
Egypt
0-15
3/2
16-30
1/–
31-45
–/–
46-60
1/–
61-75
2/–
76+
1/3
■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Belgium
Romelu Lukaku 3 G 1 A
Charles De Ketelaere 3 G 1 A
Leandro Trossard 2 G 2 A
Youri Tielemans 2 G
Egypt
Mostafa Ziko 2 G 1 A
Emam Ashour 2 G

Events

Match Events

  • 0' It’s Showtime! The match between Belgium and Egypt is underway.
  • 5' The midfield battle is intense right now. Both Belgium and Egypt are fighting for every inch of the pitch.
  • 10' Hamdy Fathy is putting in a real shift tonight. He has covered more ground than anyone else for Belgium so far.
  • 13' It’s a booking for Egypt player. Marwan Attia gets a card.
  • 14' The referee has no hesitation. Timothy Castagne is booked for Belgium — card on 14.
  • 19' Emam Ashour puts Egypt on the lead.
  • 24' Egypt come into this ranked in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
  • 29' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 1 times this season with Egypt winning 0% of all matches.
  • 34' Poor challenge from Ahmed El Fotouh. The referee spots it immediately and shows the card.
  • 39' Egypt looks like a favorite considering 0 games won in last 1 matches with its main striker Emam Ashour scoring 1 goals.
  • 44' It’s high time Hossam Hassan made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
  • 49' Both keepers have barely been tested. Belgium and Egypt are cancelling each other out in the centre of the park.
  • 54' Leandro Trossard has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 12 appearances with only 2 goals this season.
  • 56' The supporters are chanting for Nicolas Raskin. He replaces Amadou Onana on 56 minute.
  • 61' Mohamed Salah needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Red cards this season.
  • 66' Another substitution for Belgium to replace Charles De Ketelaere by Romelu Lukaku on 66 minute.
  • 66' Mohamed Hany makes no mistake. The score reads 0-2 and Egypt are in front.
  • 71' Another substitution for Egypt to replace Emam Ashour by Rami Rabia on 71 minute.
  • 75' The referee shows Belgium player a card on 75.
  • 76' The Egypt bench stirs into life. Mostafa Ziko is withdrawn and Zizo gets his opportunity.
  • 81' Egypt have won 13 goals from 9 games. They will be desperate to add to that tally today.
  • 86' The supporters are chanting for Matias Fernandez-Pardo. He replaces Jeremy Doku on 86 minute.
  • 88' It is a substitution in Egypt team. Hamdy Fathy is replaced by Ibrahim Adel on 88 minute.
  • 89' Karim Hafez gets the nod from Egypt. He replaces Ahmed El Fotouh and will look to change the dynamic.
  • The referee brings this contest to a close. take all three points.

Lineups

Belgium Lineups

4-2-3-1

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Rudi Garcia

Egypt Lineups

4-2-3-1

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Hossam Hassan

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
1 / 4
1.44 Belgium xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
0.83 Egypt xG
I would bet for: Under 2.5 goals 61% + Under — clean sheet likely 56%

Match Result

✗ Wrong
Belgium50% Draw28% Egypt22%
Actual: Draw

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong
Yes44% 0% No56%
Avg goals/match: 2.27
Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 87%
13%
± 1.5 66%
34%
± 2.5 39%
61%
± 3.5 20%
80%
± 4.5 9%
91%

Double Chance

Belgium or Draw
78%
Draw or Egypt
50%
Belgium or Egypt
72%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong
Belgium34% Draw50% Egypt16%
Actual: Egypt win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
1 – 0
13.8%
1 – 1
Actual
0 – 0
12.5%
2 – 0
10.4%
2 – 1
8.6%
0 – 1
7.4%
1 – 2
4.9%
3 – 0
4.9%
3 – 1
4.2%
2 – 2
3.7%
0 – 2
3.4%
3 – 2
1.9%

Asian Handicap — Belgium

Handicap Belgium covers Push Egypt covers
-2.5 10% — 90%
-2 10% 15% 75%
-1.5 25% — 75%
-1 25% 25% 50%
-0.5 50% — 50%
+0.5 80% — 20%
+1 80% 14% 7%
+1.5 93% — 7%
+2 93% 5% 2%
+2.5 98% — 2%

Clean Sheet

Belgium keeps clean sheet
44% ✓
Egypt keeps clean sheet
24% ✓

Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.