Argentina 3–1 Switzerland
Argentina
3–1HT 1–0
Switzerland
Argentina played Switzerland in the World Cup on 12 July 2026 at Arrowhead Stadium. The match finished 3–1.
Goals and cards
- 10'A. Mac Allister (assist by L. Messi)
- 44'Breel Embolo — Yellow card
- 67'D. Ndoye (assist by R. Rodriguez)
- 72'Breel Embolo — Yellow card
- 72'Breel Embolo — Red card
- 97'Thiago Almada — Yellow card
- 98'Lautaro Martínez — Yellow card
- 112'J. Alvarez (assist by J. Lopez)
- 114'José Manuel López — Yellow card
- 120'L. Martinez
Line-ups
Argentina 4-1-3-2
- E. Martinez
- N. Molina
- C. Romero
- L. Martinez
- N. Tagliafico
- L. Paredes
- R. de Paul
- E. Fernandez
- A. Mac Allister
- L. Messi
- J. Alvarez
- SUBSTITUTES
- G. Rulli
- J. Musso
- N. Otamendi
- E. Palacios
- G. Montiel
- N. Gonzalez
- G. Simeone
- G. Lo Celso
- L. Martinez
- M. Senesi
- F. Medina
- T. Almada
- J. Lopez
- V. Barco
- N. Paz
- COACHES: Lionel Scaloni
Switzerland 4-2-3-1
- G. Kobel
- D. Zakaria
- N. Elvedi
- M. Akanji
- R. Rodriguez
- R. Freuler
- G. Xhaka
- D. Sow
- F. Rieder
- D. Ndoye
- B. Embolo
- SUBSTITUTES
- Y. Mvogo
- M. Keller
- S. Widmer
- R. Vargas
- N. Okafor
- M. Aebischer
- E. Comert
- C. Itten
- C. Fassnacht
- M. Muheim
- A. Amenda
- Z. Amdouni
- A. Jashari
- L. Jaquez
- COACHES: Murat Yakin
Match statistics
| Argentina | Switzerland | |
|---|---|---|
| 7 | Shots on goal | 5 |
| 8 | Shots off goal | 3 |
| 22 | Total shots | 11 |
| 7 | Blocked shots | 3 |
| 12 | Shots inside box | 5 |
| 10 | Shots outside box | 6 |
| 14 | Fouls | 18 |
| 8 | Corners | 2 |
| 4 | Offsides | 3 |
| 59% | Possession | 41% |
| 3 | Yellow cards | 2 |
| 0 | Red cards | 1 |
| 4 | Saves | 4 |
| 691 | Total passes | 474 |
| 614 | Accurate passes | 398 |
| 89% | Pass accuracy | 84% |
| 1.94 | Expected Goals (xG) | 0.47 |
| 0.65 | goals_prevented | 0.65 |