Argentina vs Australia 2:1. The most important stats about the match

Argentina and Australia played today at the Ahmed bin Ali Stadium. L. Messi drop first goal at 35 minute of the match.

Goalscorers:

• L.Messi at 35 minute (1 : 0) (Argentina)
• J.Alvarez at 57 minute (2 : 0) (Argentina)
• E.Fernandez at 77 minute (2 : 1) (Australia)

Line-ups:

Argentina Emiliano Martínez (rating 6.2) Nahuel Molina (rating 6.2) Cristian Romero (rating 6.6) Nicolás Otamendi (rating 7) Marcos Acuña (rating 6.9) Rodrigo de Paul (rating 7.2) Enzo Fernández (rating 7) Alexis Mac Allister (rating 6.9) Julián Álvarez (rating 7.2) Lionel Messi (rating 8.5) Papu Gómez (rating 6.9)

Australia Mathew Ryan (rating 6.2) Miloš Degenek (rating 6.3) Harry Souttar (rating 6.6) Kye Rowles (rating 6.9) Aziz Behich (rating 6.2) Mathew Leckie (rating 6.3) Keanu Baccus (rating 6.5) Aaron Mooy (rating 6.5) Riley McGree (rating 6.7) Mitchell Duke (rating 6.2) Jackson Irvine (rating 6.3)

Substitutions:

Argentina L. Martinez (Papu Gomez, 50) L. Martinez (J. Alvarez, 71) N. Tagliafico (M. Acuna, 71) E. Palacios (A. Mac Allister, 80) G. Montiel (N. Molina, 80)

Australia A. Hrustic (K. Baccus, 58) C. Goodwin (R. McGree, 58) G. Kuol (M. Leckie, 72) F. Karacic (M. Degenek, 72) J. Maclaren (M. Duke, 72)

Ball possession:

• Argentina — 61%
• Australia — 39%

In total two teams made 17 shots on target and shot 5 on goal:

• Argentina: 13 shots on target, 5 on goal. The most active in terms of the number of shots was — Lionel Messi.
• Australia: 4 shots on target, 0 on goal. Best in hits on goal – Ajdin Hrustić.

Passes:

Best players for each teams with pass accuracy:

• Enzo Fernández (Argentina) — pass accuracy 92%, total passes 100
• Kye Rowles (Australia) — pass accuracy 92%, total passes 66

Who made the most key passes from each teams:

• Rodrigo de Paul (Argentina) — 3 key passes
• Riley McGree (Australia) — 1 key passes

Defense:

• Intercepts.Number of interceptions for Argentina — 7 (leader — Rodrigo de Paul, 2).Australia — 8 (Harry Souttar has the most, 3).
• Ball tackles.Argentina — 2 (Cristian Romero, 1). Australia — 2 (Kye Rowles — 1).

Face-to-face:

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

• Marcos Acuña, Argentina (6)
• Miloš Degenek, Australia (6)

Fouls:

Yellow cards:

• J. Irvine (Australia) at 15 minute
• M. Degenek (Australia) at 38 minute

The last five games (including this match):

• Argentina – WWWL
• Australia – LWWL

Top 5 World Cup scorers:

1. Marcus Rashford (3, England)
2. Enner Valencia (3, Ecuador)
3. Lionel Messi (3, Argentina)
4. Kylian Mbappé (3, France)
5. Álvaro Morata (3, Spain)

Next games:

• Argentina will play with . , on .
• Australia will play with . , on .