Head-to-head· Argentina have a perfect record against Egypt at the World Cup, winning all previous four meetings (1985, 1995, 2007, 2011).
· Their last international meeting came at the 2011 World Cup, when Argentina won in straight sets.
· Argentina and Egypt have met a total of six times in major international tournaments. Aside from their World Cup match-ups they met twice at world championships. Argentina won both meetings by 3-1 (1978, 2006).
Egypt· Egypt are suffering a 13-match losing streak in the World Cup. They are one shy of their negative team record of 14 set in 1977-1995.
· They have won seven sets so far in the 2015 World Cup. Only in 2007 they won more (13).
· Egypt and Tunisia are looking for Africa's first win in this World Cup.
Argentina· Argentina won their last match against Tunisia in straight sets and can win back-to-back World Cup matches in straight sets for only the second time ever in the World Cup. When they previously did so in 2011, Egypt were also one of the opponents.
· Argentina have won at least one set in their last nine matches, which is their longest streak ever in the World Cup.
· In their most recent match against Tunisia, Luciano Zornetta and Maximiliano Gauna shared top scorer honours, 11 points each.