Spain 1–0 Argentina
Spain
1–0HT 0–0
Argentina
Spain played Argentina in the World Cup on 19 July 2026 at MetLife Stadium. The match finished 1–0.
Goals and cards
- -5'Cristian Romero — Yellow card
- 41'Lisandro Martínez — Yellow card
- 52'Leandro Paredes — Yellow card
- 83'Enzo Fernández — Yellow card
- 90+3'Enzo Fernández — Yellow card
- 90+3'Enzo Fernández — Red card
- 106'F. Torres (assist by N. Williams)
- 111'Alexis Mac Allister — Yellow card
Line-ups
Spain 4-2-3-1
- U. Simon
- P. Porro
- P. Cubarsi
- A. Laporte
- M. Cucurella
- Rodri
- F. Ruiz
- Lamine Yamal
- D. Olmo
- A. Baena
- M. Oyarzabal
- SUBSTITUTES
- D. Raya
- J. Garcia
- M. Llorente
- F. Torres
- M. Zubimendi
- Pedri
- Gavi
- A. Grimaldo
- B. Iglesias
- M. Merino
- E. Garcia
- Y. Pino
- N. Williams
- V. Munoz
- M. Pubill
- COACHES: Luis de la Fuente
Argentina 4-4-2
- E. Martinez
- G. Montiel
- C. Romero
- L. Martinez
- N. Tagliafico
- R. de Paul
- E. Fernandez
- A. Mac Allister
- N. Gonzalez
- L. Messi
- J. Alvarez
- SUBSTITUTES
- G. Rulli
- J. Musso
- N. Otamendi
- L. Paredes
- E. Palacios
- N. Molina
- G. Simeone
- G. Lo Celso
- L. Martinez
- M. Senesi
- F. Medina
- T. Almada
- J. Lopez
- V. Barco
- N. Paz
- COACHES: Lionel Scaloni
Match statistics
| Spain | Argentina | |
|---|---|---|
| 12 | Shots on goal | 0 |
| 5 | Shots off goal | 1 |
| 20 | Total shots | 2 |
| 3 | Blocked shots | 1 |
| 9 | Shots inside box | 1 |
| 11 | Shots outside box | 1 |
| 21 | Fouls | 25 |
| 9 | Corners | 4 |
| 4 | Offsides | 1 |
| 65% | Possession | 35% |
| 0 | Yellow cards | 6 |
| 0 | Red cards | 1 |
| 0 | Saves | 11 |
| 852 | Total passes | 463 |
| 762 | Accurate passes | 357 |
| 89% | Pass accuracy | 77% |
| 1.94 | Expected Goals (xG) | 0.22 |
| 1.81 | goals_prevented | 1.81 |