Iran came from behind twice to draw 2-2 with New Zealand
Belgium needed a second-half goal to earn a 1-1 draw against Egypt
Rudi Garcia's Red Devils are unbeaten in 15 matches
It is still all to play for in Group G after a pair of opening stalemates.
Group favourites Belgium had to come from behind to draw 1-1 with Egypt while Iran twice fought back to share the spoils in an entertaining 2-2 draw with New Zealand.
Belgium and Iran are first up in Inglewood, kick-off 8pm on Sunday, before New Zealand take on Egypt in Vancouver, kick-off 2am on Monday, and Steve Davies has picked out his best bets from the double header.
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Best Bets
Belgium vs Iran (Sunday, 8pm)
Belgium will have been disappointed not to have beaten Egypt in their opener though in all honesty they probably did not deserve a lot more than a point.
Despite all their creative gems they laboured for long periods and conceded 14 shots to Mohamed Salah's Pharaohs, who were a real threat.
The presumption is they are better for the outing and will now fancy they can sweep aside Iran and extend their impressive unbeaten run to 16 matches.
A front line with options like Romelu Lukaku and Jeremy Doku will always be a threat but Iran look dangerous themselves as they showed coming from behind twice to draw 2-2 with New Zealand.
Veteran frontmen Mehdi Taremi and Shahriyar Moghanlou fired off five shots between them against the All Whites and we have already seen that Belgium can be exposed defensively.
Both teams have scored in five of Belgium's last eight encounters and that looks a live possibility once again.
Score Prediction: Belgium 2-1 Iran
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New Zealand vs Egypt (Monday, 2am)
African powers Egypt are strong favourites to beat New Zealand, the lowest-ranked team at the World Cup, in Vancouver.
And with just one win in their last 12 matches it is easy to see why the bookmakers are happy to hang the All Whites out at a big price.
But it is easy to get carried away by names like Mohamed Salah and Omar Marmoush and forget that New Zealand will be a decently organised side under Darren Bazeley.
Egypt will do most of the attacking and they did look decent in patches against Belgium though Salah is coming off a disappointing season and looks jaded whereas the All Whites have a threat up in front in Chris Wood who has breath to burn after an injury-shortened campaign at Nottingham Forest.
The unknown here is the tension of the occasion. The two draws in the opening games mean qualification from this section is going to go down to the last round of matches.
Do either of these sides necessarily want to blow it here, going for broke and leaving gaps?
This could be tense and it would be folly to write off the underdogs.
Score Prediction: New Zealand 1-1 Egypt
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