Argentina 3:2 Egypt: World Cup Match Result

World Cup

Argentina WWWWWL

3:2

Finished

Kick-off was 7 Jul, 17:00 BST

Egypt LDWDDL

In the World Cup game on 7 July 2026, Argentina beat Egypt 3:2. Match numbers: shots on target 7:2, corners 6:1.

Key numbers

Possession, % 64 – 36

Shots on target 7 – 2

Shots off target 8 – 3

Expected goals 2.84 – 0.89

⚽ 15' Y. Ibrahim — Goal ✗ 21' L. Messi — Penalty missed ⇄ 46' E. Ashour — Substitution 58' M. Ziko — var_goal_cancelled ⇄ 66' N. Tagliafico — Substitution ⇄ 66' R. de Paul — Substitution ⚽ 67' M. Ziko — Goal ⇄ 73' N. Molina — Substitution ⇄ 73' H. Hassan — Substitution ⚽ 79' C. Romero — Goal ⇄ 80' M. Ziko — Substitution ⚽ 83' L. Messi — Goal ⚽ 90+2' E. Fernandez — Goal 🟨 90+3' M. Shobeir — Yellow card 🟨 90+4' H. Fathy — Yellow card ⇄ 90+5' C. Romero — Substitution ⇄ 90+5' J. Alvarez — Substitution ⇄ 90+6' M. Lasheen — Substitution 🟨 90+8' M. Attia — Yellow card 🟨 90+9' H. Hassan — Yellow card

Match events

15' 0:1 Egypt Goal Y. Ibrahim assist: M. Attia
21' 0:1 Argentina Penalty missed L. Messi assist: L. Messi
46' 0:1 Egypt Substitution E. Ashour off: H. Fathy
58' 0:1 Egypt var_goal_cancelled M. Ziko
66' 0:1 Argentina Substitution N. Tagliafico off: N. Gonzalez
66' 0:1 Argentina Substitution R. de Paul off: L. Martinez
67' 0:2 Egypt Goal M. Ziko assist: H. Hassan
73' 0:2 Argentina Substitution N. Molina off: G. Montiel
73' 0:2 Egypt Substitution H. Hassan off: Trezeguet
79' 1:2 Argentina Goal C. Romero assist: L. Messi
80' 1:2 Egypt Substitution M. Ziko off: O. Marmoush
83' 2:2 Argentina Goal L. Messi assist: G. Montiel
90+2' 3:2 Argentina Goal E. Fernandez assist: L. Martinez
90+3' 3:2 Egypt Yellow card M. Shobeir
90+4' 3:2 Egypt Yellow card H. Fathy
90+5' 3:2 Argentina Substitution C. Romero off: N. Otamendi
90+5' 3:2 Argentina Substitution J. Alvarez off: F. Medina
90+6' 3:2 Egypt Substitution M. Lasheen off: Zizo
90+8' 3:2 Egypt Yellow card M. Attia
90+9' 3:2 Egypt Yellow card H. Hassan

Statistics

64 Possession, % 36

7 Shots on target 2

8 Shots off target 3

2.84 Expected goals 0.89

6 Big chances 2

6 Corners 1

13 Fouls 11

11 Free kicks 13

3 Offsides 0

0 Yellow cards 4

0 Red cards 0

2 Goal kicks 13

19 Throw-ins 25

All statistics

8/1553% Aerial duels 7/1547%

90 Backward passes 57

4 Blocked shots 0

14 Clearances 44

8/2631% Crosses 2/825%

11/1669% Dribbles 11/2642%

3.24 Expected assists 0.78

61 Failed passes 62

0 Goalkeeper saves 4

7 Interceptions 9

16 Key passes 4

18/3060% Long passes 13/3735%

191 Passes into the final third 36

446 Passes in the opposition half 144

182 Passes in own half 213

0.37 Shot accuracy 0.40

8 Shots from outside the box 1

11 Shots inside the box 4

15/2075% Tackles 7/1644%

602 Total passes 349

Line-ups

Argentina

Starting XI
#	Player	number
23	Emiliano Martínez	23
3	Nicolás Alejandro Tagliafico	3
6	Lisandro Martínez	6
13	Cristian Gabriel Romero	13
26	Nahuel Molina	26
5	Leandro Paredes	5
7	Rodrigo Javier De Paul	7
20	Alexis Mac Allister	20
24	Enzo Jeremías Fernández	24
9	Julián Álvarez	9
10	Lionel Messi	10

Substitutes
#	Player	number
1	Juan Musso	1
12	Gerónimo Rulli	12
2	Marcos Nicolás Senesi Barón	2
4	Gonzalo Montiel	4
19	Nicolás Otamendi	19
25	Facundo Medina	25
8	Valentín Barco	8
11	Giovani Lo Celso	11
14	Exequiel Palacios	14
16	Thiago Ezequiel Almada	16
15	Nicolás González	15
17	Giuliano Simeone Baldini	17
18	Nico Paz	18
21	José Manuel Alberto López	21
22	Lautaro Javier Martínez	22

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Egypt

Starting XI
#	Player	number
23	Mostafa Ahmed Abdelaziz Mohamed Shobeir	23
2	Yasser Ibrahim	2
3	Mohamed Hany Gamal Eldemerdash	3
5	Rami Hisham Abdel Aziz Rabia	5
15	Karim Hafez Ramadan Seif El Din	15
8	Emam Ashour	8
12	Haissem Hassan	12
17	Mohanad Mostafa Ahmed Abdelmonem	17
19	Marwan Attia Fahim Ghallab	19
10	Mohamed Salah	10
11	M. Zico	11

Substitutes
#	Player	number
1	Mohamed El-Shenawy	1
16	Mahdi Soliman	16
26	Mohamed Ala	26
4	Hossam Abdelmaguid Abdelsalam Abdelmaguid	4
24	Tarek Alaa	24
14	Hamdi Fathy Abdelhalim Abdul Fattah	14
18	Nabil Donga	18
21	Mahmoud Saber	21
7	Mahmoud Ahmed Ibrahim Hassan	7
9	Hamza Abdelkarim	9
20	Ibrahim Adel Ali Mohamed Hassan	20
22	Omar Khaled Mohamed Abd Elsala Marmoush	22
25	Zizo	25