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The last batch of World Cup Round of 32 ties will play out over the coming hours, starting with Australia v Egypt.

Kick-off is at 19:00 BST.

TEAM NEWS

The headline team news from the Egyptian camp is that Mohamed Salah ($10.0m) is fit to start.

The former Liverpool attacker had been a concern for this match due to hamstring discomfort.

While Salah has recovered, Egypt have still made five changes from the 1-1 draw with Iran.

Three are enforced: Mohamed Abdelmonem ($4.0m) and Ahmed Fatouh ($3.9m) are injured, while Mohanad Lasheen ($5.3m) is suspended.

Trézéguet ($5.6m) and Mahmoud Saber ($4.9m) drop to the bench, too.

Omar Marmoush ($7.8m), Yasser Ibrahim ($3.5m), Karim Hafez ($3.9m), Hamdy Fathy ($4.4m) and Marwan Attia ($4.3m) come into the line-up.

Australia are unchanged.

LINE-UPS

Australia XI: Beach, Circati, Souttar, Herrington, Bos, O’Neill, Irvine, Behich, Volpato, Metcalfe, Irankunda.

Subs: Ryan, Izzo, Degenek, Geria, Toure, Hrustic, Mabil, Devlin, Trewin, Burgess, Velupillay, Okon-Engstler, Yengi.

Egypt XI: Shobeir, Hany, Rabia, Ibrahim, Hafez, Fathi, Attia, Ashour, Salah, Ziko, Marmoush.

Subs: El Shenawy, Soliman, Mohamed Alaa, Abdelmaguid, Trezeguet, Abdelkarim, Hassan, Emad, Adel, Saber, Tarek Alaa, Zizo.

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  1. CoracAld2831
    • 5 Years
    54 mins ago

    Egypt 1-0

    1. Jafooli
      • 14 Years
      53 mins ago

      Shame, Aussies started strong with no fear, hopefully they keep going for it and don’t fold…

    2. CoracAld2831
      • 5 Years
      53 mins ago

      Ashour goal, Hafez assist

  2. SM001
    • 10 Years
    54 mins ago

    Who cares

  3. Jafooli
    • 14 Years
    49 mins ago

    A wait, we gotta sort teams by 6pm UK time tomorrow? How many transfers do we get?

    1. Jafooli
      • 14 Years
      49 mins ago

      Gonna play CS chip, so who are the must haves?

      1. Jafooli
        • 14 Years
        47 mins ago

        Obviously France, Argentina & Morocco - anyone else?

        1. z13
          • 1 Year
          32 mins ago

          Not really anyone. I'd say maybe two French, two Argentinian and two Moroccans with maybe a Brazil def/gkp as seventh.
          Morocco play first so Hakimi and any other DEF who starts (Diop, Mazraoui, Riad).
          Probable back line of Hakimi, Upemacano, second Morocco DEF, Medina, and Gabriel/Danilo for scouting bonus with Martinez and Maignan in goal

          1. z13
            • 1 Year
            32 mins ago

            Oh and i've just seen below Dest from US plays RW and Belgium have looked poor so..

          2. Jafooli
            • 14 Years
            31 mins ago

            Cheers z13

    2. Bobby Digital
      • 8 Years
      48 mins ago

      4 transfers

      1. Jafooli
        • 14 Years
        47 mins ago

        Cheers Bobby, and max 4 players from a team?

        1. Bobby Digital
          • 8 Years
          37 mins ago

          Yup

          1. Jafooli
            • 14 Years
            35 mins ago

            Thanks…

    3. CoracAld2831
      • 5 Years
      41 mins ago

      4.

      1. Jafooli
        • 14 Years
        35 mins ago

        Cheers Corac…

  4. Jafooli
    • 14 Years
    45 mins ago

    Who is the best USA defender to get?

    Dest, Freeman or other (who)?

    1. PartyTime
      • 5 Years
      44 mins ago

      Dest OOP

      1. Jafooli
        • 14 Years
        42 mins ago

        Cheers Party, on it…

    2. Bobby Digital
      • 8 Years
      36 mins ago

      Dest is a must have. Plays RW

      1. Jafooli
        • 14 Years
        35 mins ago

        Done

  5. Jafooli
    • 14 Years
    43 mins ago

    Never thought I’d say this but I’m actually fine with four quarters - pish break, grab a can, bit of house work etc

  6. Weasel Boy
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    33 mins ago

    Time to ditch Kane I think

    1. Jafooli
      • 14 Years
      29 mins ago

      Cundy & O’Hara on TalkSport suggesting that English players might be given viagra to assist with blood flow whilst playing at altitude, so plane could be a rock hard pick…

      1. Jafooli
        • 14 Years
        19 mins ago

        *Kane

  7. Jafooli
    • 14 Years
    32 mins ago

    Australia not rolled over, going for it, good lads…

  8. Camzy
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 16 Years
    23 mins ago

    I think my transfers are pretty much nailed on to be:

    Mbokazi, Sane, Yamal, O'Reilly > Medina, Saibari, Olise, Kounde

    Which gives me:

    Martinez Shobeir
    D.Santos Medina Molina Kounde Cucurella
    Dembele Olise Vini Baena Saibari
    Kane Mbappe Messi

    Quad Arg. Quad France. Two Spain, two Brazil and Kane. It looks great on paper. Will depend on Argentina not getting upset but come on now... Would be crazy if they lost to Cabo Verde.

    1. Jafooli
      • 14 Years
      19 mins ago

      Argentina v Cape Verde: Breaking down biggest World Cup knockout mismatch - https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/articles/c17y82qyjj4o

      ‘Five Argentina players are each valued at more than Cape Verde's entire first XI’

  9. Jafooli
    • 14 Years
    13 mins ago

    England v Mexico could move because of storm threat

    https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/articles/cvgmz3jyq9qo

    1. Jafooli
      • 14 Years
      12 mins ago

      England's World Cup last-16 tie with Mexico could be moved to earlier on Sunday because of the threat of storms.
      Fifa is considering bringing forward the game at Azteca, Mexico City, which is due to kick off at 01:00 BST on Monday.

      Forecasts suggest there could be thunderstorms and heavy rain around this time.

      One suggestion is the game could be brought forward six hours to 19:00 BST on Sunday.

  10. Blame it on Traore
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    3 mins ago

    Hey guys. What do you think the points threshold is for leaving the armband on a player rather than switching to Messi? Cheers

    1. Camzy
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 16 Years
      2 mins ago

      10+

      I'd switch otherwise.

      1. Jafooli
        • 14 Years
        just now

        I think Messi vs CV breaks this rule.

        If he starts, the threshold moves to 15+?