Australia vs Egypt Confirmed Lineups & Formations Today: World Cup Predictions

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Australia vs Egypt Confirmed Lineups & Formations Today: World Cup Predictions

Australia vs Egypt: Confirmed Lineups & Formations Today | World Cup 2026 Round of 32

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✅ CONFIRMED LINEUPS · WORLD CUP 2026 · ROUND OF 32 · TODAY · KICKOFF IN ~45 MIN

Today, Friday July 3 2026 · 2:00 PM ET · AT&T Stadium, Arlington · FOX

Australia vs Egypt: Confirmed Lineups & Formations

Official XIs · Salah is starting · Player roles · Betting impact

✅ Salah Confirmed Starting · ⚠️ Trezeguet Benched · ⚠️ Toure (AUS Top Price) Not In The XI

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⚡ LINEUPS OFFICIALLY CONFIRMED TODAY · EGYPT (4-2-3-1): SHOBEIR, HANY, IBRAHIM, RABIA, HAFEZ, FATHY, ATTIA, SALAH, ASHOUR, ZICO, MARMOUSH — SALAH STARTS CENTRALLY, TREZEGUET AND ZIZO BOTH ON THE BENCH · AUSTRALIA (BACK THREE): BEACH, CIRCATI, SOUTTAR, HERRINGTON, BOS, IRVINE, O'NEILL, BEHICH, VOLPATO, METCALFE, IRANKUNDA — MOHAMED TOURE, THE SHORTEST-PRICED AUSTRALIAN GOALSCORER, NOT IN THE STARTING XI

FIFA World Cup 2026 · Round of 32 · Confirmed Ahead of Kickoff Today

🇦🇺 Australia vs Egypt 🇪🇬 · Today · 2PM ET · AT&T Stadium Arlington · FOX

Egypt To Advance -162 · Australia +134 · Salah Anytime +185

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The Headline: Salah Starts, Playing Centrally

After days of uncertainty around his hamstring strain, Mohamed Salah is confirmed in Egypt's starting XI — not out wide in his customary role, but centrally behind Omar Marmoush, flanked by Emam Ashour and Mostafa Zico. Trézéguet, who many previews expected to start on the wing, is on the bench instead. On the Australian side, Mohamed Toure — the shortest-priced Australian on the goalscorer board at +290 — isn't in the confirmed XI at all.

🇪🇬 Egypt — Confirmed Starting XI

✅ Confirmed Formation: 4-2-3-1, Salah Starts Centrally

Hossam Hassan's confirmed XI settles the tournament's biggest lingering question — Salah starts, operating in the central "number 10" role behind Marmoush rather than his customary wide position, exactly as he did for stretches of the group stage. Hamdi Fathy and Marwan Attia anchor a double pivot behind him, with Yasser Ibrahim confirmed at centre-back ahead of the still-recovering Mohamed Abdelmonem. Trézéguet and Zizo, both widely predicted starters elsewhere, are on the bench.

🇪🇬 EGYPT · CONFIRMED 4-2-3-1 · HASSAN

Marmoush ⭐

ST · Confirmed starter · +230 AT

Zico

+330 AT

Salah ✅

Confirmed starter, central · +185 AT

Ashour

+500 AT

Fathy

DM · Now fit

Attia

Hany

Ibrahim ⚠️

CB · Over Abdelmonem

Rabia

Hafez

Shobeir

Confirmed substitutes

Trézéguet ⚠️ (widely predicted starter) · Zizo ⚠️ · Mahmoud Saber · Hossam Abdelmaguid · Ibrahim Adel · Tarek Alaa · Hamza Abdelkarim · Mohamed El Shenawy (GK) · Nabil Emad Dunga

🇦🇺 Australia — Confirmed Starting XI

⚠️ Confirmed Formation: Back Three, Toure Not Included

Tony Popovic's confirmed XI matches the back-three shape flagged by several previews. Harry Souttar, Alessandro Circati and Lucas Herrington form the central three, with Jordan Bos and Aziz Behich providing width. The one genuine surprise: Mohamed Toure — priced as Australia's shortest anytime goalscorer at +290 — is not in the confirmed XI, with Cristian Volpato, Connor Metcalfe and Nestory Irankunda forming the attacking line instead.

🇦🇺 AUSTRALIA · CONFIRMED BACK THREE · POPOVIC

Irankunda ⭐

Main outlet · +320 AT

Volpato

+440 AT

Metcalfe

+600 AT

Bos

LWB · +1100 AT

Irvine

O'Neill

Behich

RWB

Circati

Souttar

CB · +1400 AT

Herrington

Beach

Confirmed substitutes

Mohamed Touré ⚠️ (was AUS's shortest goalscorer price) · Cameron Burgess · Ajdin Hrustić · Nishan Velupillay · Awer Mabil · Tete Yengi · Cameron Devlin · Jason Geria · Kai Trewin · Milos Degenek · Paul Okon-Engstler · Mathew Ryan (GK) · Paul Izzo (GK)

📊 Confirmed XIs — Side by Side

🇦🇺 Australia

Stat

Egypt 🇪🇬

Back 3

Formation

4-2-3-1

Tony Popovic

Manager

Hossam Hassan

Beach

Shobeir

Circati · Souttar · Herrington

Def

Hany · Ibrahim ⚠️ · Rabia · Hafez

Bos · Irvine · O'Neill · Behich

Mid

Fathy · Attia

Volpato · Metcalfe

Attack

Salah ✅ · Ashour · Zico

Irankunda

Lone ST

Marmoush

Toure benched (was AUS top price)

Notable

Salah starts; Trezeguet, Zizo benched

💡 Lineup Betting Impact — Now Confirmed

✅ SALAH — confirmed starting, price now fully supported

His +185 anytime price no longer carries any lineup uncertainty — he's in for the full match, though playing a more central role than usual.

⚠️ TREZEGUET — fade any prop built on him starting

Confirmed on the bench despite several predicted lineups. Any value in his goalscorer price now depends entirely on a substitute cameo.

🚨 TOURE — fade completely, he's not starting

His +290 price was Australia's shortest anytime goalscorer price. It's now a bench-only price — shift any Australia goalscorer exposure to Irankunda instead.

✅ MARMOUSH & IRANKUNDA — confirmed as each side's top starting threats

Both confirmed exactly as expected — their +230 and +320 anytime prices remain the cleanest, lowest-risk reads on this board.

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Salah AT +185 · Marmoush AT +230 · Egypt To Advance -162

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Confirmed lineups · Egypt (4-2-3-1): Mostafa Shobeir; Mohamed Hany, Yasser Ibrahim, Ramy Rabia, Karim Hafez; Hamdi Fathy, Marwan Attia; Mohamed Salah, Emam Ashour, Mostafa Zico; Omar Marmoush · Substitutes: Trezeguet, Zizo, Mahmoud Saber, Hossam Abdelmaguid, Ibrahim Adel, Tarek Alaa, Hamza Abdelkarim, Mohamed El Shenawy, Nabil Emad Dunga · Australia (back three): Patrick Beach; Alessandro Circati, Harry Souttar, Lucas Herrington; Jordan Bos, Jackson Irvine, Aiden O'Neill, Aziz Behich; Cristian Volpato, Connor Metcalfe; Nestory Irankunda · Substitutes: Mohamed Toure, Cameron Burgess, Ajdin Hrustic, Nishan Velupillay, Awer Mabil, Tete Yengi, Cameron Devlin, Jason Geria, Kai Trewin, Milos Degenek, Paul Okon-Engstler, Mathew Ryan, Paul Izzo · Selection surprises: Mohamed Salah confirmed starting centrally after his hamstring scare; Trezeguet and Zizo both benched for Egypt; Mohamed Toure, Australia's shortest-priced goalscorer, left out of the starting XI · AT&T Stadium, Arlington TX · Today, Friday July 3, kickoff 2:00 PM ET · FOX/Telemundo · Winner faces Argentina/Cabo Verde winner in Round of 16 · Must be 21+ · Gambling Problem? 1-800-GAMBLER

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