Argentina 2–0 Austria
Argentina
2–0HT 1–0
Austria
Argentina played Austria in the World Cup on 22 June 2026 at AT&T Stadium. The match finished 2–0.
Goals and cards
- 9'Lionel Messi (Penalty missed)
- 38'L. Messi (assist by F. Medina)
- 40'Stefan Posch — Yellow card
- 76'Facundo Medina — Yellow card
- 76'Konrad Laimer — Yellow card
- 90'L. Messi
- 90+2'Leandro Paredes — Yellow card
Line-ups
Argentina 4-4-2
- E. Martinez
- N. Molina
- C. Romero
- L. Martinez
- F. Medina
- R. de Paul
- A. Mac Allister
- E. Fernandez
- T. Almada
- L. Messi
- L. Martinez
- SUBSTITUTES
- G. Rulli
- J. Musso
- N. Otamendi
- L. Paredes
- E. Palacios
- G. Montiel
- N. Gonzalez
- G. Simeone
- N. Tagliafico
- G. Lo Celso
- M. Senesi
- J. Alvarez
- J. Lopez
- V. Barco
- N. Paz
- COACHES: Lionel Scaloni
Austria 4-2-3-1
- A. Schlager
- S. Posch
- K. Danso
- D. Alaba
- K. Laimer
- N. Seiwald
- X. Schlager
- R. Schmid
- P. Wanner
- M. Sabitzer
- M. Gregoritsch
- SUBSTITUTES
- P. Pentz
- F. Wiegele
- M. Arnautovic
- F. Grillitsch
- D. Ljubicic
- S. Kalajdzic
- M. Svoboda
- A. Prass
- D. Affengruber
- A. Schopf
- P. Mwene
- P. Lienhart
- M. Friedl
- P. Wimmer
- C. Chukwuemeka
- COACHES: Ralf Rangnick
Match statistics
| Argentina | Austria | |
|---|---|---|
| 5 | Shots on goal | 1 |
| 4 | Shots off goal | 5 |
| 12 | Total shots | 6 |
| 3 | Blocked shots | 0 |
| 10 | Shots inside box | 4 |
| 2 | Shots outside box | 2 |
| 13 | Fouls | 13 |
| 1 | Corners | 3 |
| 2 | Offsides | 0 |
| 54% | Possession | 46% |
| 2 | Yellow cards | 2 |
| 1 | Saves | 2 |
| 554 | Total passes | 468 |
| 494 | Accurate passes | 401 |
| 89% | Pass accuracy | 86% |
| 2.36 | Expected Goals (xG) | 0.53 |
| -0.49 | goals_prevented | -0.49 |