Argentina vs. Egypt: Head-to-head record and past meetings

Argentina met Egypt at the Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta for their 2026 World Cup Round of 16 match, with Lionel Scaloni's men snatching a late 3-2 victory.

After 70 minutes, Hossam Hassan's men were two goals to the good thanks to strikes from Yasser Ibrahim and Mostafa Ziko, who had one chalked off too, but failed to deal with a late barrage of Argentina attacks.

After missing a first half penalty, Lionel Messi set up Cristian Romero and netted once himself to draw La Albiceleste level, before Enzo Fernandez converted a header in additional time to take the reigning World Cup champions to the quarter-finals.

Here, Sports Mole takes an in-depth look at the head-to-head record and previous meetings between the two sides.

Argentina vs. Egypt: Head-to-head record

Previous meetings: 2

Argentina wins: 2

Draws: 0

Egypt wins: 0

Argentina and Egypt's World Cup 2026 last-16 clash marked just the second-ever meeting between La Albiceleste and the Pharaohs in senior men's football.

The two nations' only previous contest before that came back in March 2008, when an Argentina team led by Alfio Basile travelled to the Cairo International Stadium for a friendly match with Hassan Shehata's Egypt side.

The disparity in the world rankings - 29 places between top-ranked Argentina and Egypt in 30th - was reflected in the scoreline, as the South American giants prevailed 2-0 in front of 45,000 supporters.

The Pharaohs made it to half time without conceding, but future Manchester City star Sergio Aguero broke the deadlock with an arrowed finish into the roof of the net in the 65th minute.

After Aguero scored his second senior international goal, defender Nicolas Burdisso made sure of the win in the 80th minute, heading home from a Maxi Rodriguez free kick for his first Argentina goal.

Burdisso would only score twice in 49 games for Argentina, and both goals came back-to-back, as he then found the net against Mexico three months later.

Lionel Messi was not involved in that friendly due to a muscular injury, but the Argentina squad still boasted a plethora of other stars such as Javier Zanetti, Javier Mascherano and Pablo Zabaleta.

Meanwhile, Ahmed El Mohamady - remembered for his time in England with Sunderland, Hull City and Aston Villa - was a second-half substitute for Egypt.

Progressing to the knockout stages of the World Cup for the first time in 2026 and beating Australia on penalties in their Round of 32 clash, it seemed as though Egypt were going to post arguably the most impressive result in the nation's history when meeting Argentina for a second occasion.

However, despite holding a 2-0 lead with only 11 minutes of regular time remaining Hassan's men conceded three late goals against Scaloni's side to bow out of the World Cup in Atlanta.