Brazil and Egypt have confirmed their beginning groups for his or her assembly in a global pleasant in Cleveland on Saturday.
The five-time world champions begin head coach Carlo Ancelotti’s first expertise of the finals in opposition to Haiti on June 20 (01:30 BST).
File seven-time African champions Egypt have by no means gained a match on the World Cup and play their opening group sport in opposition to Belgium on June 15.
Talisman Mohamed Salah scored 9 objectives in 9 matches as a part of The Pharaohs’ unbeaten qualification marketing campaign.
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— brasil (@CBF_Futebol) June 6, 2026
World Cup 2026 pleasant: Brazil confirmed group vs Egypt
Brazil make 5 adjustments from their 6-2 residence win over Panama in a pleasant on Might 31, bringing in Marquinhos, Roger Ibanez, Douglas Santos, Lucas Paqueta and Igor Thiago.
Gleison Bremer, Leo Pereira, Alex Sandro, Luiz Henrique and Matheus Cunha transfer to the bench.
The nation’s all-time prime scorer, Neymar, is staying in New Jersey to proceed rehabilitation on an injured left calf.
Defender Eder Militao (thigh) and winger Willian Estavao (hamstring) are out of the finals and centre-back Gabriel is on the bench after representing Arsenal within the Champions League remaining final Saturday.
Brazil beginning XI: Alisson Becker, Wesley Franca, Marquinhos, Roger Ibanez, Douglas Santos, Casemiro, Bruno Guimaraes, Lucas Paqueta, Vinicius Junior, Raphinha, Igor Thiago
Brazil substitutes: Weverton, Ederson, Gabriel Magalhaes, Alex Sandro, Danilo, Gleison Bremer, Leo Pereira, Fabinho, Danilo Santos, Matheus Cunha, Endrick, Luiz Henrique, Gabriel Martinelli, Rayan
World Cup 2026 warm-up: Egypt full line up vs Brazil
Egypt make 4 alterations from their 1-0 pleasant win over Russia in Cairo on Might 28, when Pyramids winger Zizo’s header proved decisive.
Their matchwinner strikes to the bench, as does Good centre-half Mohamed Abdelmoneim, who made his worldwide comeback from a long-term knee harm in that sport, and Karim Hafez and Emam Ashour.
Ahmed Fatouh, Haissem Hassan, Mohamed Hamdy and Mostafa Ziko are available.
Omar Marmoush begins once more, having scored three objectives in 21 Premier League appearances for Manchester Metropolis final season, and Salah, who missed two video games with a hamstring situation for Liverpool final month and was rested in opposition to Russia, is on the bench.
Egypt beginning XI: Mostafa Shobeir, Ahmed Fatouh, Mohamed Hamdy, Yasser Ibrahim, Mohamed Hany, Marwan Attia, Mohanad Lasheen, Mostafa Ziko, Trezeguet, Haissem Hassan, Omar Marmoush
Egypt substitutes: Mohamed El Shenawy, El Mahdy Soliman, Mohamed Alaa, Tarek Alaa, Karim Hafez, Mohamed Abdelmoneim, Ramy Rabia, Hossam Abdelmaguid, Nabil Emad, Mahmoud Saber, Emam Ashour, Zizo, Ibrahim Adel, Mohamed Salah, Hamza Abdelkarim
The place to observe Brazil v Egypt: TV channel, dwell on-line streams
Kick-off on Saturday is at 23:00 BST (18:00 ET / 15:00 PT). Stay protection within the UK is on ITVX.
Followers can stream the motion by way of ITV’s website and the ITVX app, which is offered on an unlimited number of units for viewing on the go.
Brazil v Egypt stats
- Brazil have gained all six conferences between the nations, most not too long ago successful a pleasant 2-0 in Al-Rayyan in 2011 by objectives by then-Valencia ahead Jonas
- They’ve conceded in every of their final 4 matches (together with friendlies) and 5 of the final six, conceding 9 in complete throughout these video games
- Three of Brazil’s final six African opponents have overwhelmed them (W2), though their 2-0 win over Senegal in London and 1-1 draw with Tunisia in Lille in November – each friendlies – imply they’re unbeaten in two in opposition to such groups
- Botafogo midfielder Danilo and Brentford ahead Igor Thiago have every scored as soon as in each of Brazil’s final two matches
- Barcelona’s Raphinha was their five-goal prime scorer in qualifying, though the 29-year-old has not scored for his nation since a 2-1 residence win over Colombia in March 2025
- This would be the eighth pleasant of Carlo Ancelotti’s 12-match reign, with the Italian’s 4 World Cup qualifiers between June and September 2025 producing attracts in Ecuador and Bolivia both facet of residence wins over Paraguay and Chile
- Egypt would have held Brazil within the Confederations Cup in Bloemfontein in 2009 however for a Ninetieth-minute penalty by Kaka because the 2007 Ballon d’Or winner’s facet gained 4-3
- They’ve stored clear sheets of their final 4 matches, going greater than six hours and 42 minutes with out conceding
- In three appearances on the World Cup, Egypt have by no means gained a sport. They misplaced all three of their matches on the 2018 version and earned two factors in 1990
- Mohamed Salah wants two objectives to match head coach Hossam Hassan’s all-time file of 69 objectives for Egypt
