The 2026 FIFA World Cup final features Spain trying for their second title, while Argentina are seeking a fourth to become the first team to repeat since Brazil in 1962.
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Spain vs Argentina: Pre-Match Opta Facts
This will be only the second meeting between Spain and Argentina in the FIFA World Cup, with Argentina winning 2-1 in the group stages in 1966. Spain have won three of their four meetings with Argentina this century, losing the other 4-1 in a friendly in 2010. The most recent game between the nations was a 6-1 win for Spain in a March 2018 friendly, which remains one of only five occasions Argentina have conceded six in a game. This match marks the first time the reigning CONMEBOL Copa America champions have faced the reigning UEFA European champions in a FIFA World Cup final. Spain have been victorious in five of their six major tournament finals, winning four out of five UEFA EURO finals (1964, 2008, 2012, 2024, losing in 1984) and winning their only previous FIFA World Cup final in 2010 against the Netherlands. Only Germany (7) and Italy (6) have lifted more major titles than La Roja among European nations. This is the sixth time the reigning champions have played in a FIFA World Cup final – the first two won the final (Italy in 1938 and Brazil in 1962) but the last three have all lost (Argentina in 1990, Brazil in 1998 and France in 2022). Spain are unbeaten in their last 37 matches in all competitions (W28 D9), since a 1-0 defeat to Colombia in March 2024. If they avoid defeat in this match, it will be the longest ever unbeaten run by a European nation in history – Italy also went 37 games undefeated between October 2018 and September 2021. Argentina are competing in their seventh FIFA World Cup final, with only Germany playing in more (8). They are three-time winners (1978, 1986, 2022) and three-time runners-up (1930, 1990, 2014). There have only been three occasions a nation has won the UEFA Euro and FIFA World Cup back-to-back – Germany at EURO 1972 and the 1974 World Cup, France at the 1998 World Cup and EURO 2000 and Spain at EURO 2008, the 2010 World Cup and then EURO 2012. Argentina have won all seven of their matches at the 2026 FIFA World Cup and could be the first team since Brazil in 2002 (won 7/7) to have a 100% winning record in a single edition. Should they win, eight wins in a row would be the outright second longest winning run in World Cup history, behind Brazil’s 11 game streak between 2002 and 2006. No side has faced fewer shots on target per game at the 2026 FIFA World Cup than Spain (1.4), while they’ve allowed their opponents an xG of just 0.31 per game, the lowest of any side in 2026 and joint lowest on record since 1966, along with Uruguay in 1990. Spain in 2026 are the first side in FIFA World Cup history to keep six clean sheets in a single edition. They haven’t trailed for a single minute and only three teams have won the competition without going behind – Italy in 1938 and 1982 and Germany in 1990. Argentina have won their last 14 matches in all competitions and would break the all-time record winning run by a South American nation should they win this match – they are currently level with Brazil’s 14-game winning run between June and December 1997. Argentina have scored eight goals between the 76th and 90th minute of matches at the 2026 FIFA World Cup, the joint most ever by a team in this timeframe in one edition along with Germany in 1954. They are also one of only two teams to have had two 90th minute winners in one year, along with the Netherlands in 1998. Lionel Messi is the set to become just the second player in FIFA World Cup history to appear in three finals (2014, 2022 and 2026), along with Brazil’s Cafu (1994, 1998, 2002). He scored twice in 2022 and the only players to score in consecutive finals are Vavá for Brazil in 1958 and 1962 and Kylian Mbappé for France in 2018 and 2022. In the last 60 years, Lamine Yamal is the teenager with the most shots (23), shots on target (10), and touches in the opposition box (51) at the FIFA World Cup, while completing the joint most dribbles (22, level with Kylian Mbappé). He will be the third-youngest player to appear in a World Cup final (19 years, 6 days), behind Pelé for Brazil in 1958 (17 years, 249 days) and Giuseppe Bergomi for Italy in 1982 (18 years, 201 days). The two players to complete the most dribbles at the 2026 FIFA World Cup are Lionel Messi (25) and Lamine Yamal (22) – Messi’s 25 are the most by a player aged 30+ in a single World Cup since 1966, while Yamal’s 22 are the joint-most by a teenager, along with Kylian Mbappé in 2018. Lionel Messi has been involved in 15 goals in his last nine FIFA World Cup knockout matches (7 goals, 8 assists), either scoring or assisting in all nine. In 2026, his four assists are the most by a player in the knockout stage since Pelé in 1970 (also four), while he’s also created 19 chances; the only two players since 1966 to create 20+ chances in the knockouts are Wolfgang Overath in 1970 (21) and Xavi in 2010 (21). With both Lionel Scaloni and Luis de la Fuente taking charge of their respective countries in the 2026 FIFA World Cup final, it will continue to be the case that every World Cup has been won by a manager from the same country as the team he’s managing. Scaloni could become only the second manager to retain the trophy, after Italy’s Vittorio Pozzo in 1934 and 1938.Enjoy this? Add Opta Analyst as a preferred source by clicking here.
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