Lionel Scaloni’s side are out to defend their FIFA World Cup crown. We look ahead to Wednesday’s Group J clash with our Argentina vs Algeria prediction and preview.
Argentina vs Algeria: The Key Insights
Argentina overcame Algeria in a convincing 68.2% of pre-match simulations by the Opta supercomputer. No team has won back-to-back World Cup titles since Brazil retained their crown in 1962. Lionel Messi could become the first player in history to feature at six different editions of this competition.Argentina start their World Cup defence against Algeria in Kansas City on Wednesday as Lautaro Martínez are two other high-profile attackers in their prime who will lead Argentina at their 19th World Cup.
Both Alvarez and Martínez scored four times, backing up Messi’s eight goals, as Scaloni’s men finished top of CONMEBOL qualifying for the first time since 2014. Their efforts in front of goal helped Argentina to a 14th consecutive appearance at this tournament – the third-longest active run after Brazil (23) and Germany (19).
But qualifying is not enough for La Albiceleste. They are hoping to become just the third men’s team to win back-to-back World Cups, after Italy (1934-1938) and Brazil (1958-1962).
Only Brazil (5 titles), Germany and Italy (4 each) have won the men’s World Cup more often than Argentina (3). However, since their first triumph in 1978, no nation has lifted the trophy on as many occasions.
Argentina will expect to avoid any early shocks – they have made it past the first round in 13 of their last 14 appearances, with the exception coming in 2002. The last time they failed to score in their opener was way back in 1990, losing 1-0 to Cameroon.
But Algeria will be no pushovers. Only Gambia (27) and Ivory Coast (25) scored more goals than Vladimir Petković’s team (24 in 10 matches) in CAF qualifying for this edition.
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