On paper, the last time the Socceroos played World Cup round-of-32 opponent Egypt, it was a routine affair at best.
Australia travelled to Cairo in November 2010 and suffered a 3-0 loss where they never really got going.
But in May 2014, that fixture was thrown into the spotlight when convicted match fixer Wilson Raj Perumal claimed, via his memoir, he'd rigged the outcome through Bulgarian referee Anton Genov.