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Argentina 4-4-2 Lionel Scaloni
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25
6
13
4
16
24
20
7
22
10
Starters
23 Emiliano Martínez
25 Facundo Medina
6 Lisandro Martínez
13 Cristian Romero
4 Gonzalo Montiel
16 Thiago Almada
24 Enzo Fernández
20 Alexis Mac Allister
7 Rodrigo De Paul
22 Lautaro Martínez
10 Lionel Messi
Substitutes
1 Juan Musso
2 Marcos Senesi
3 Nicolás Tagliafico
5 Leandro Paredes
8 Valentín Barco
9 Julián Alvarez
11 Giovani Lo Celso
12 Gerónimo Rulli
14 Exequiel Palacios
15 Nicolás González
17 Giuliano Simeone
18 Nico Paz
19 Nicolás Otamendi
21 José Manuel López
26 Nahuel Molina
Algeria 4-3-3 Vladimir Petkovic
23
15
21
2
17
22
19
14
10
9
11
Starters
23 Luca Zidane
15 Rayan Aït-Nouri
21 Ramy Bensebaini
2 Aïssa Mandi
17 Rafik Belghali
22 Ibrahim Maza
19 Nabil Bentaleb
14 Hicham Boudaoui
10 Farès Chaïbi
9 Amine Gouiri
11 Anis Hadj Moussa
Substitutes
1 Melvin Mastil
3 Achref Abada
4 Mohamed Tougai
5 Zineddine Belaid
6 Ramiz Zerrouki
7 Riyad Mahrez
8 Houssem Aouar
12 Ahmed Nadhir Benbouali
13 Jaouen Hadjam
16 Oussama Benbot
18 Mohamed Amoura
20 Adil Boulbina
24 Yassine Titraoui
25 Farès Ghedjemis
26 Samir Sophian Chergui
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6 Shots on Goal 0
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4 Shots off Goal 4
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10 Total Shots 7
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1 Blocked Shots 3
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4 Shots insidebox 3
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6 Shots outsidebox 4
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13 Fouls 8
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2 Corner Kicks 2
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3 Offsides 1
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48% Ball Possession 52%
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0 Yellow Cards 0
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0 Red Cards 0
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0 Goalkeeper Saves 3
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561 Total passes 607
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503 Passes accurate 558
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90% Passes % 92%
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1.23 expected_goals 0.31
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-1.02 goals_prevented -1.02
Head-to-Head Stats
League Standings
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Mexico |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 |
South Korea |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 |
Czechia |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 4 |
South Africa |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 0 |
| 1 |
Switzerland |
1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 |
Canada |
1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 |
Qatar |
1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 |
Bosnia & Herzegovina |
1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 |
Scotland |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 |
Morocco |
1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 |
Brazil |
1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 |
Haiti |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 1 |
USA |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2 |
Australia |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 |
Türkiye |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 0 |
| 4 |
Paraguay |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -3 | 0 |
| 1 |
Germany |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 |
| 2 |
Ivory Coast |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 |
Ecuador |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 4 |
Curaçao |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -6 | 0 |
| 1 |
Sweden |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| 2 |
Japan |
1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 |
Netherlands |
1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 |
Tunisia |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -4 | 0 |
| 1 |
New Zealand |
1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 |
Iran |
1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 |
Belgium |
1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 |
Egypt |
1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 |
Uruguay |
1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 |
Saudi Arabia |
1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 |
Spain |
1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 |
Cape Verde Islands |
1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 |
Norway |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2 |
France |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 |
Senegal |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 0 |
| 4 |
Iraq |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -3 | 0 |
| 1 |
Argentina |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2 |
Austria |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 |
Jordan |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 0 |
| 4 |
Algeria |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -3 | 0 |
| 1 |
Portugal |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 |
Congo DR |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 |
Uzbekistan |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 |
Colombia |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 |
England |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 |
Croatia |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 |
Ghana |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 |
Panama |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 |
Netherlands |
1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 |
Brazil |
1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 |
Belgium |
1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 |
Qatar |
1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 |
Spain |
1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 |
Uzbekistan |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 |
Ghana |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 |
Czechia |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 9 |
Ecuador |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 10 |
Senegal |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 0 |
| 11 |
Jordan |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 0 |
| 12 |
Türkiye |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 0 |
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Mexico
South Korea
Czechia
South Africa
Switzerland
Canada
Qatar
Bosnia & Herzegovina
Scotland
Morocco
Brazil
Haiti
USA
Australia
Türkiye
Paraguay
Germany
Ivory Coast
Ecuador
Curaçao
Sweden
Japan
Netherlands
Tunisia
New Zealand
Iran
Belgium
Egypt
Uruguay
Saudi Arabia
Spain
Cape Verde Islands
Norway
France
Senegal
Iraq
Austria
Jordan
Portugal
Congo DR
Uzbekistan
Colombia
England
Croatia
Ghana
Panama