Uruguay only played one warm up game ahead of the World Cup, a routine victory over Uzbekistan, but enter the tournament on the back of a five-match unbeaten run. However, they won just one of their last seven qualiying matches.
Egypt don't enter the World Cup in the best of form, as Cuper's side have not won any of their six games since the win over Congo that sealed their spot in Russia. In their warm up games, The Pharaohs drew 0-0 with Colombia and were defeated 3-0 by Belgium - an improvement on those results in needed.