26th November 2022 – 20:00, Lusail Iconic Stadium, Lusail
Argentina and Mexico will close Saturday’s action of the World Cup 2022 group stage 2nd round. The South American champions will search for the way back to the winning track, while Mexico hopes to produce another shocking surprise.
Argentina Preview & Team News
Argentina is one of the favorites in this World Cup, as it has always been, and their current form is unbelievable. La Albiceleste had not lost a game in 35 consecutive matches, and we definitely did not expect them to lose their first match or at all in the group stage. They suffered the most terrible defeat possible and now have to win both of their other games against much stronger teams than Saudi Arabia. Despite having a halftime lead and three goals disallowed by VAR in the first 45 minutes, Argentina heavily underestimated the Asian side. Saudi Arabia turned around the result quickly, and Argentina failed to find a way to the opponent’s net due to the severe pressure of failure. The pressure won’t fade ahead of this game, and they need to cope with it the best way they can.
Mexico Preview & Team News
Mexico qualified without serious difficulties, with only two defeats in their World Cup qualifiers out of 14 games. Now, the team will have the ambition to reach further than the first knockout round. They got to this stage in 7 consecutive WC tournaments but always lost at this point. We saw their potential in the match against Poland – the question is whether they can score goals too. Hirving’ Chucky’ Lozano has provided six goal contributions for Napoli this season, and his pace could provide a real threat to the Albiceleste backline. El Tri can hardly have a tougher opponent, but they want to secure a positive result in this encounter.
Full-Time Winner Odds & Prediction
Although they are shocked after the opening game in the tournament, we believe the Argentina squad will have a positive response in this game. Therefore, they should book a valuable win against Mexico.
Goals Market Prediction
Their head-to-head clashes have been pretty efficient, and five of their previous seven encounters went over a 2.5 margin. We think the crowd should enjoy at least three goals in total in this match.
Argentina vs Mexico
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