- Belgium have won four and drawn one of their last five matches, defeating Croatia 2-0 away and Tunisia 5-0 at home last time out.
- Egypt have won two, drawn one and lost two of their last five, losing 2-1 to Brazil in their most recent game.
- Egypt have won one, drawn two and lost two of their last five away games in all competitions, scoring 1.00 and conceding 0.60 goals per-game.
An intriguing battle of styles at Seattle Stadium
The opening match of Group G at the Lumen Field in Seattle will be a battle of style and substance as a free-flowing and expansive Belgium side face off against a more rigid and compact Egypt team on Monday. Our Belgium vs Egypt preview suggests that this clash could define the tone for the rest of the group.
Rudi Garcia has instilled a flexible, but highly aggressive identity into his Belgium side since taking over in January 2025. The Red Devils are a high-line, high-pressing side who try to play in vertical fashion and exploit the spaces in behind the opposition's defensive lines with their incredible quality.
Belgium have won seven and drawn three of their last 10 matches in all competitions and their latest victims, Tunisia, were simply overwhelmed by the pace and power of their attacks in a 5-0 victory.
Kevin De Bruyne is the main man for Garcia's side, and his passing and creative ability allows Jeremy Doku and Romelu Lukaku to get on the ball with pace and finish clinically, as they did in two recent back-to-back victories over Croatia and Tunisia.
Hossam Hassan's Egypt are a much more rigid and structured side and since he took over as manager in February 2024, they have become much more defensively solid and built their entire philosophy around getting the ball to Mohamed Salah in transition.
The Egyptian talisman is a match winner on his day and he will be the focal point of their counter attacks. This Belgium vs Egypt prediction takes into consideration Salah's influence as well as Mostafa Ziko, who has found the net in two of Egypt's last six, so he will also be a threat.
Red Devils to win in style
Belgium are a very good side, our Belgium vs Egypt prediction is that they score plenty of goals and are in excellent form. They lost 2-1 in the head-to-head in 2022 but that game was played away from home, and the teams have likely improved since then.
The odds for a Belgium win at 1.72 are about right, and as it is a FIFA World Cup game, the game will likely be entertaining and both teams to score at 1.92 and over 2.5 goals at 2.0 seems a solid choice from these Belgium vs Egypt betting tips.
Belgium should control the game for long periods, but Egypt's pace on the counter-attack could cause them problems at the other end. Both teams should find the net in this contest.
