Argentina vs Mexico 2:0. Match details

Argentina hosted Mexico at the Lusail Iconic Stadium. L. Messi drop first goal at 64 minute of the match.

Goalscorers:

• L.Messi at 64 minute (1 : 0) (Argentina)
• E.Fernandez at 87 minute (2 : 0) (Argentina)

Line-ups:

Argentina Emiliano Martínez (rating 6.6) Gonzalo Montiel (rating 6.2) Nicolás Otamendi (rating 7.3) Lisandro Martínez (rating 6.9) Marcos Acuña (rating 6.9) Ángel Di María (rating 7.2) Rodrigo de Paul (rating 6.7) Guido Rodríguez (rating 7) Alexis Mac Allister (rating 7) Lionel Messi (rating 7.9) Lautaro Martínez (rating 6.7)

Mexico Guillermo Ochoa (rating 6) Kevin Álvarez (rating 6.2) Néstor Araujo (rating 6.2) César Montes (rating 6.6) Héctor Moreno (rating 6.7) Jesús Gallardo (rating 6.2) Luis Chávez (rating 6.3) Héctor Herrera (rating 6.5) Andrés Guardado (rating 6.6) Hirving Lozano (rating 6.5) Alexis Vega (rating 6.3)

Substitutions:

Argentina E. Fernandez (G. Rodriguez, 57) J. Alvarez (L. Martinez, 63) N. Molina (G. Montiel, 63) E. Palacios (A. Mac Allister, 69) C. Romero (A. Di Maria, 69)

Mexico E. Gutierrez (A. Guardado, 42) U. Antuna (A. Vega, 66) R. Jimenez (K. Alvarez, 66) R. Alvarado (H. Lozano, 73)

Ball possession:

• Argentina — 59%
• Mexico — 41%

In total two teams made 9 shots on target and shot 3 on goal:

• Argentina: 5 shots on target, 2 on goal. The most active in terms of the number of shots was — Lionel Messi.
• Mexico: 4 shots on target, 1 on goal. Best in hits on goal – Alexis Vega.

Passes:

Best players for each teams with pass accuracy:

• Nicolás Otamendi (Argentina) — pass accuracy 89%, total passes 85
• César Montes (Mexico) — pass accuracy 82%, total passes 52

Who made the most key passes from each teams:

• Ángel Di María (Argentina) — 2 key passes
• Héctor Moreno (Mexico) — 1 key passes

Defense:

• Intercepts. Number of interceptions for Argentina — 6 (leader — Gonzalo Montiel, 1). Mexico — 12 (Néstor Araujo has the most, 3).
• Ball tackles. Argentina — 1 (Guido Rodríguez, 1). Mexico — 0 ( — 0).

Face-to-face:

By the number of face-to-face fights for ball the leaders in the teams are:

• Nicolás Otamendi, Argentina (11)
• César Montes, Mexico (6)

Fouls:

Yellow cards:

• G. Montiel (Argentina) at 43 minute
• N. Araujo (Mexico) at 22 minute
• E. Gutierrez (Mexico) at 50 minute
• H. Herrera (Mexico) at 66 minute
• R. Alvarado (Mexico) at 89 minute

The last five games (including this match):

• Argentina – None
• Mexico – None

Top 5 World Cup scorers:

1. Ahmadou Bamba Dieng (3, Senegal)
2. Boulaye Dia (3, Senegal)
3. Enner Valencia (3, Ecuador)
4. Kylian Mbappé (3, France)
5. Mohammed Muntari (3, Qatar)

Next games:

• Argentina will play with Poland. November 30, on Stadium 974.
• Mexico will play with Saudi Arabia. November 30, on Lusail Iconic Stadium.