Finally, Argentina is not only in the round of 16 but they have topped group C beating both Mexico and Poland. Though they lost their first match against Saudi Arabia, they showed the world who they are and why are they the favorites of many. They beat Robert Lewandowski’s Poland very badly and now they are confident and they are back in their original form as they were before they faced Saudi Arabia. Lionel Messi said in his interview after the win against Mexico that the burden has finally been released from the team.
When Argentina lost their first match to Saudi Arabia both the next matches were knockouts for the Argentine team. They won both the knockouts and now are officially in the knockout round of 16 so hypothetically this will not be the first knockout match for Argentina, they are prepared for this and crossed 2 teams in previous knockouts in group stages. Argentina will face Australia who is the second topper of group D who kicked out Denmark from the tournament.
- Argentina vs Australia Round of 16 Match date and time
- Argentina Squad and line-up for round of 16
- Argentina Team Formation against Australia Round of 16
- Australia Squad and line-up for round of 16
- Australia Team Formation against Argentina
- Argentina vs Australia head-to-head
- Argentina vs Australia Match Prediction Round of 16
Argentina vs Australia Round of 16 Match date and time
Argentina will face Australia the Socceroos in the round of 16 on 3 December 2022 Qatar at Ahmed bin Ali Stadium at 22:00 local Qatar time.
Qatar | 22:00 |
USA & Canada | 14:00 ET |
UK | 19:00 ET |
Australia | 06:00 AEDT |
India | 00:30 IST |
Argentina Squad and line-up for round of 16
Argentina will start against Australia in a 4-3-3 formation in the round-of-16 knockout match.
It will be the same gameplay that we are seeing in many previous matches of Argentina. Di Maria, Messi, and Julian Alvarez will be in the forward positions and De Paul, Fernandez, and Mac Allister will be in mid-field while Romero, Otamendi, Lisandro Martinez, and Pardes will be in defending positions.
Argentina’s gameplay is simple Pardes or Romero give passes to mid-fielders or all of the defender and mid-fielders tries to give the ball to Di Maria and Angel Di Maria gives a cross to Messi and finally, Messi scores a goal. The Center of the game is always Di Maria and the finisher is Messi it’s so simple.
Di Maria and Messi gave their best performance in their previous game against Poland while Alvarez and Mac Allister scored a goal. The Argentinian team is now boosted up and now they don’t have any pressure or burden of a winning streak or anything. They will play a fresh mind game against the Australian team.
Predicted Line-up
Goalkeepers: Emiliano Martinez
Defenders: Cristian Romero, Nicolas Otamendi, Lisandro Martinez, Leandro Paredes
Midfielders: Rodrigo De Paul, Alexis Mac Allister, Enzo Fernandez
Forwards: Lionel Messi, Angel Di Maria, Julian Alvarez
Argentina Team Formation against Australia Round of 16

Australia Squad and line-up for round of 16
Australia will play in a 4-4-2 formation against Argentina like they played against Denmark. Australia needs to play or we can say Argentina will force Australia to play in a defensive way. Though Denmark had 60% possession against Australia still Australia wins to defend against Denmark and found an opportunity to score a goal against a team that was said to be the Dark horse of the tournament. We will get to see the same formation as we saw against Denmark, Australia will not do any experiment in this match against Argentina.
Predicted Line-up
Goalkeepers: Mat Ryan
Defenders: Milos Degenek, Aziz Behich, Harry Souttar, Kye Rowles
Midfielders: Aaron Mooy, Jackson Irvine, Craig Goodwin, Mathew Leckie
Forwards: Mitchell Duke, Riley McGree
Australia Team Formation against Argentina

Argentina vs Australia head-to-head
Argentina has faced the Australian team 7 times in international FIFA tournaments of which Argentina has won 5 matches while they lost 1 match and 1 match resulted in a draw.
14 Jul 1988 | Australia v Argentina | L | 4-1 | Bicentennial Gold Cup |
18 Jun 1992 | Argentina v Australia | W | 2-0 | International Friendly |
31 Oct 1993 | Australia v Argentina | D | 1-1 | FIFA World Cup |
17 Nov 1993 | Argentina v Australia | W | 1-0 | FIFA World Cup |
30 Jun 1995 | Argentina v Australia | W | 2-0 | International Friendly |
18 Jun 2005 | Australia v Argentina | W | 2-4 | FIFA Confederations Cup |
11 Sep 2007 | Australia v Argentina | W | 0-1 | International Friendly |
Argentina vs Australia Match Prediction Round of 16
Argentina will play a match that fans are waiting to watch against Australia. Angel Di Maria will start and he will be the center of the match for every Argentine player. Di Maria will create more and more opportunities for Lionel Messi and other strikers and midfielders. The game will be a gem and Australia won’t be able to survive against South American world cup attacks.
Argentina will win the match 2 NIL Argentina 2-0 Australia. Messi and Lisandro Martinez will score a goal.
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