Belgium v Algeria [World Cup]

The injury problems surrounding Belgium's squad have largely cleared ahead of Tuesday's FIFA World Cup Group H opener against Algeria. Already without Aston Villa’s Christian Benteke - Belgium’s first-choice striker during an unbeaten qualifying campaign - boss Marc Wilmots was faced with a potential selection crisis in attack over the past week.

Romelu Lukaku, in many respects a readymade replacement for Benteke, only returned to training last Wednesday after sustaining a bruised ankle in the recent friendly with Tunisia. Divock Origi hobbled out of a session on Saturday, but a scan on the Lille youngster's ankle came back clear and Lukaku has also expressed confidence that he will be able to take part in Belo Horizonte. Midfielder Kevin De Bruyne has also been told he can play despite suffering an ankle knock in a training-ground challenge with Eden Hazard.

De Bruyne, Hazard and new squad addition Adnan Januzaj are among the plethora of exciting creative talents Wilmots has to work with, although there is a slight concern in defence after Thomas Vermaelen reported knee soreness after Saturday's training session.

Algeria head into the match against Wilmots' lavishly gifted and much-fancied squad as outsiders, but defender Essaid Belkalem has taken confidence from some of the surprise results the World Cup has already thrown up.

Hazard is one of the key threats that Belkalem and his defensive colleagues must deal with, although assistant coach Noureddine Kourichi does not want his players to become preoccupied by the Chelsea playmaker.