World Cup MISSED 0–0
Sun, Jul 19 · 21:00
Spain Home
VS 21:00
Argentina Away
Spain vs Argentina — World Cup
Tipster's pick Over 1.5 Goals
Confidence High · 4/5
Odds 1.40 Odds via Bet365
Expert analysis

Argentina Attack Tests Spain Backline Again

Argentina arrives with an attacking style that creates plenty of chances through quick transitions and forward runs. Spain relies on a compact defensive shape to limit space but has faced opponents who still break through at times. Their previous encounter featured open play with goals at both ends. Argentina keeps scoring consistently even when playing away from home. Spain mixes results in recent outings which prevents them from fully controlling every match. Both sides favor possession based approaches that can lead to stretched defenses as the game progresses.

AcePredictor Analysis by AcePredictor 73.2% win rate
Result
0–0 MISSED −1.00u

Our pick “Over 1.5 Goals” at odds 1.40 didn’t land — final score 0–0.

League table position
# Team PWDLPts
1 SPA Spain 3 2 1 0 7
2 CAP Cape Verde Islands 3 0 3 0 3
Recent form · last 5 finished matches
Spain WWWWW
W @ Uruguay 1–0 Jun 27
W vs Austria 3–0 Jul 2
W @ Portugal 1–0 Jul 6
W vs Belgium 2–1 Jul 10
W @ France 2–0 Jul 14
Argentina WWWWW
W @ Jordan 3–1 Jun 28
W vs Cape Verde Islands 3–2 Jul 3
W vs Egypt 3–2 Jul 7
W vs Switzerland 3–1 Jul 12
W @ England 2–1 Jul 15
Goals trend · last 5 matches
Spain
Scored 1.8 avg
1 3 1 2 2
Conceded 0.2 avg
0 0 0 1 0
Argentina
Scored 2.8 avg
3 3 3 3 2
Conceded 1.4 avg
1 2 2 1 1
Head-to-head · last meetings
1 Spain
0 Draws
0 Argentina
Mar 2018 Spain 6–1 Argentina Spain

Over 2.5 goals in 1 of the last 1 meetings.

Confirmed lineups
Spain 4-1-2-3
  • 23 Unai Simón G
  • 12 Pedro Porro D
  • 22 Pau Cubarsí Paredes D
  • 14 Aymeric Laporte D
  • 24 Marc Cucurella D
  • 16 Rodri M
  • 10 Dani Olmo M
  • 8 Fabián Ruiz M
  • 19 Lamine Yamal F
  • 21 Mikel Oyarzabal F
  • 15 Álex Baena M
Bench David Raya, Marcos Llorente, Álex Grimaldo, Mikel Merino, Víctor Muñoz, Borja Iglesias, Ferran Torres, Eric García, Martín Zubimendi, Pedri, Yeremy Pino, Joan García, Nico Williams, Gavi, Marc Pubill

Luis de la Fuente

Argentina 4-4-2
  • 23 E. Martínez G
  • 4 G. Montiel D
  • 13 C. Romero D
  • 6 Lisandro Martínez D
  • 3 N. Tagliafico D
  • 7 R. De Paul M
  • 24 E. Fernández M
  • 20 A. Mac Allister M
  • 15 N. González F
  • 10 L. Messi F
  • 9 J. Álvarez F
Bench G. Simeone, V. Barco, J. López, T. Almada, F. Medina, N. Molina, M. Senesi, Lautaro Martínez, E. Palacios, G. Lo Celso, J. Musso, L. Paredes, G. Rulli, N. Otamendi, N. Paz

L. Scaloni