• Updates from the 7pm GMT kick-off at Ahmad bin Ali Stadium
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The team news should arrive just over an hour before kick-off. Both teams were highly impressive in beating Poland and Denmark, but the short turnaround – those games were on Wednesday – means there may be one or two changes.

Hello and welcome to the battle of the bouncebackables. Of the 16 15 (farewell, USA) teams left in the World Cup last-chance saloon, Argentina and Australia have been there the longest. They each lost their first game 12 days ago, Argentina earthquakingly, before recovering to win the last two and qualify fir the knockout stage with authority. Argentina topped their group and rediscovered their swagger against Poland; Australia put out a fancied Denmark team and only finished behind France on goal difference.

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