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Spain 6-1 Argentina - March 27, 2018 / Friendlies 2018

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Friendlies 2018 - Intercontinental

Wanda Metropolitano - Madrid - Spain

March 27, 2018

65 541

Spain

6 - 1

Argentina

Assist by Marco Asensio (right foot) Diego Costa

12'

Assist by Marco Asensio (right foot) Isco

27'

Assist by Iago Aspas (right foot) Isco

52'

(right foot) Thiago Alcántara

55'

Assist by David De Gea (right foot) Iago Aspas

73'

Assist by Iago Aspas (right foot) Isco

74'

39'

Nicolás Otamendi (header) Assist by Ever Banega

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12' - Goal Diego Costa12

22' - Substitution Sergio Romerois substituted by Willy Caballero

27' - Goal Isco27

39' - Goal Nicolás Otamendi

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46' - Substitution Diego Costais substituted by Iago Aspas46

52' - Goal Isco52

55' - Goal Thiago Alcántara55

56' - Substitution Andrés Iniestais substituted by Saúl56

56' - Substitution Javier Mascheranois substituted by Cristian Pavón

59' - Substitution Gonzalo Higuaínis substituted by Lautaro Martínez

62' - Substitution Fabricio Bustosis substituted by Gabriel Mercado photo Pablo Pérez

62' - Substitution Ever Banegais substituted by Pablo Pérez

68' - Yellow card Isco68

68' - Yellow card Nicolás Tagliafico

72' - Substitution Gerard Piquéis substituted by César Azpilicueta72

73' - Goal Iago Aspas73

74' - Goal Isco74

76' - Substitution Iscois substituted by Lucas Vázquez76

79' - Substitution Jordi Albais substituted by Marcos Alonso79

81' - Yellow card Maximiliano Meza

82' - Substitution Thiago Alcántarais substituted by Dani Parejo82

84' - Substitution Giovani Lo Celsois substituted by Marcos Acuña

87' - Yellow card Marcos Rojo

89' - Yellow card Sergio Ramos89

89' - Yellow card Cristian Pavón

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Spain

6 - 1

Argentina

Spain Argentina

Team line-ups

Spain

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

19Diego Costa1246

Diego Costa

Spain

B.date07/10/1988

Age29 years

H1m88

positionStriker

20Asensio

Marco Asensio

Spain

B.date21/01/1996

Age22 years

H1m82

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

22Isco7427527668

Isco

Spain

B.date21/04/1992

Age25 years

H1m76

positionPlaymaker

6Iniesta56

Andrés Iniesta

Spain

B.date11/05/1984

Age33 years

H1m70

positionLeft central midfielder

10Thiago Alcántara5582

Thiago Alcántara

Spain

B.date11/04/1991

Age26 years

H1m74

positionRight central midfielder

8Koke

Koke

Spain

B.date08/01/1992

Age26 years

H1m78

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

18Alba79

Jordi Alba

Spain

B.date21/03/1989

Age29 years

H1m70

positionLeft full-back

15Ramos89

Sergio Ramos

Spain

B.date30/03/1986

Age31 years

H1m84

positionLeft central defender

3Piqué72

Gerard Piqué

Spain

B.date02/02/1987

Age31 years

H1m94

positionRight central defender

2Carvajal

Dani Carvajal

Spain

B.date11/01/1992

Age26 years

H1m73

positionRight full-back

1De Gea

David De Gea

Spain

B.date07/11/1990

Age27 years

H1m92

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	David De Gea		27	27	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Gerard Piqué	72	31	96	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
15	D	Sergio Ramos	89	31	151	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
18	D	Jordi Alba	79	29	60	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	D	Dani Carvajal		26	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	M	Andrés Iniesta	56	33	125	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	M	Thiago Alcántara	5582	26	27	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
22	M	Isco	7427527668	25	27	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
20	M	Marco Asensio		22	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Koke		26	38	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
19	F	Diego Costa	1246	29	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27.7 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Argentina

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

9Higuaín59

Gonzalo Higuaín

Argentina

B.date10/12/1987

Age30 years

H1m84

positionStriker

27Meza81

Maximiliano Meza

Argentina

B.date15/12/1992

Age25 years

H1m81

positionRight Midfielder

19Banega62

Ever Banega

Argentina

B.date29/06/1988

Age29 years

H1m73

positionPlaymaker

20Lo Celso84

Giovani Lo Celso

Argentina

B.date09/04/1996

Age21 years

H1m77

positionBox-to-box midfielder

14Mascherano56

Javier Mascherano

Argentina

B.date08/06/1984

Age33 years

H1m74

positionDefensive Midfielder

6Biglia

Lucas Biglia

Argentina

B.date30/01/1986

Age32 years

H1m76

positionDefensive Midfielder

3Tagliafico68

Nicolás Tagliafico

Argentina

B.date31/08/1992

Age25 years

H1m67

positionLeft full-back

16Rojo87

Marcos Rojo

Argentina

B.date20/03/1990

Age28 years

H1m87

positionLeft central defender

17Otamendi39

Nicolás Otamendi

Argentina

B.date12/02/1988

Age30 years

H1m78

positionLeft central defender

26Bustos62

Fabricio Bustos

Argentina

B.date28/04/1996

Age21 years

H1m67

positionRight full-back

1Romero22

Sergio Romero

Argentina

B.date22/02/1987

Age31 years

H1m92

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Sergio Romero	22	31	94	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
17	D	Nicolás Otamendi	39	30	53	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
16	D	Marcos Rojo	87	28	55	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
26	D	Fabricio Bustos	62	21	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Nicolás Tagliafico	68	25	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	M	Javier Mascherano	56	33	142	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	M	Lucas Biglia		32	57	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
20	M	Giovani Lo Celso	84	21	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
27	M	Maximiliano Meza	81	25	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
19	M	Ever Banega	62	29	61	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	F	Gonzalo Higuaín	59	30	71	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27.7 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
25	G	Pepe Reina		35
13	G	Kepa Arrizabalaga		23
4	D	Nacho		28
5	D	César Azpilicueta	72	28	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
24	D	Marcos Alonso	79	27	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
16	D	Álvaro Odriozola		22
12	M	Rodri		21
7	M	Saúl	56	23	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
23	M	Dani Parejo	82	28	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	M	Lucas Vázquez	76	26	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
17	F	Iago Aspas	7346	30	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	F	Rodrigo		27

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
23	G	Willy Caballero	22	36	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
12	G	Nahuel Guzmán		32
13	D	Ramiro Funes Mori		27
4	D	Federico Fazio		31
2	D	Gabriel Mercado	62	31	19	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	D	Marcos Acuña	84	26	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
15	M	Pablo Pérez	62	32	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	M	Leandro Paredes		23
24	M	Diego Perotti		29
21	F	Cristian Pavón	5689	22	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
22	F	Lautaro Martínez	59	20	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
18	F	Angel Correa		23

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Diego Costa

Rodrigo

OUT

Marco Asensio

David Silva

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Marcos Rojo

Federico Fazio

OUT

Maximiliano Meza

Ángel Di María

OUT

Sergio Romero

Willy Caballero

OUT

Javier Mascherano

Leandro Paredes

OUT

Ever Banega

Manuel Lanzini

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Julen Lopetegui

Success rate in this team:

72 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

65 %

Lopetegui vs Argentina

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on March 27, 2018

Lopetegui vs Sampaoli

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on March 27, 2018

Manager

Age

Match num

Jorge Sampaoli

Success rate in this team:

50 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

48 %

Sampaoli vs Spain

1 victory

1 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on March 27, 2018

Sampaoli vs Lopetegui

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on March 27, 2018

Referee

Anthony Taylor

2 victories	0 draw	2 losses	Spain4 matches	General total	Argentina1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
2 victories	0 draw	0 loss	Spain2 matches	Season total	Argentina1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on October 10, 2021					Latest figure on March 27, 2018

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Key figures

Spain keeps its 14 matches with at least one goal scored at home in Friendlies running (since 29/05/2010). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 07/06/2006 (3 matches)

It's the first time Diego Costa scores a goal in his professional career with since the 11/06/2017 (with vs )

It's the first time in his career that Isco scores at least 3 goals during the same game in his professional career

Read the next 23 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VSpain 8-0 Liechtenstein05/09/2016

VSpain 4-0 North Macedonia12/11/2016

VSpain 4-1 Israel24/03/2017

VSpain 3-0 Italy02/09/2017

VSpain 3-0 Albania06/10/2017

VSpain 5-0 Costa Rica11/11/2017

Overall

VLiechtenstein 0-8 Spain05/09/2017

VSpain 3-0 Albania06/10/2017

VIsrael 0-1 Spain09/10/2017

VSpain 5-0 Costa Rica11/11/2017

DRussia 3-3 Spain14/11/2017

DGermany 1-1 Spain23/03/2018

Current form

Away

LBrazil 3-0 Argentina10/11/2016

LBolivia 2-0 Argentina28/03/2017

VSingapore 0-6 Argentina13/06/2017

DUruguay 0-0 Argentina31/08/2017

VEcuador 1-3 Argentina10/10/2017

VRussia 0-1 Argentina11/11/2017

Overall

DArgentina 1-1 Venezuela05/09/2017

DArgentina 0-0 Peru05/10/2017

VEcuador 1-3 Argentina10/10/2017

VRussia 0-1 Argentina11/11/2017

LArgentina 2-4 Nigeria14/11/2017

VItaly 0-2 Argentina23/03/2018

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	6	0
Drawing streak	0	2
Unbeaten streak	6	17
Winless streak	0	2
Drawless streak	19	0
Scoring streak	6	17
Conceding streak	0	2
Invincibility streak	3	0

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	2	1
Unbeaten streak	4	1
Drawless streak	2	4
Scoring streak	2	4
Invincibility streak	1	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

1	Number of games (Competition total)	1
0	Number of games (Home / Away)	0
0	Victories (Competition total)	1
0	Victories (Home / Away)	0
1	Draws (Competition total)	0
0	Draws (Home / Away)	0
0	Losses (Competition total)	0
0	Losses (Home / Away)	0

Goals

1	Goals scored (Competition total)	2
0	Goals scored (Home / Away)	0
1	Goals conceded (Competition total)	0
0	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	0
1	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	2
0	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0
1	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0
0	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	0

Betting aid

0	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	0
0	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	0
0	Clean sheets (Competition total)	1
0	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	0
0	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	0
0	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	0
1	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	0
0	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	0
0	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	0

Bookings

0	Yellow cards (Competition total)	0
0	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	0
0	Red cards (Competition total)	0
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Rodrigo	1 goal	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	1 goal	Ever Banega
Andrés Iniesta	1 assist	Player with most assists (Competition total)	1 assist	Gonzalo Higuaín
Rodrigo	1 goal during the last match	The fittest player	1 goal during the last match	Ever Banega

Historical head to head

Home

8 matches

5 v

1 d

2 l

10 gf

7 ga

Away

4 matches

0 v

1 d

3 l

2 gf

8 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

0 v

0 d

1 l

1 gf

2 ga

Total

13 matches

5 v

2 d

6 l

13 gf

17 ga

Historical head to head

Home

4 matches

3 v

1 d

0 l

8 gf

2 ga

Away

8 matches

2 v

1 d

5 l

7 gf

10 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

1 v

0 d

0 l

2 gf

1 ga

Total

13 matches

6 v

2 d

5 l

17 gf

13 ga

Largest victory

Overall	2 - 0	June 11, 1961
Home	2 - 0	June 11, 1961

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 1	September 07, 2010
Away	2 - 0	November 17, 1999

Latest head to head

September 07, 2010 - Rencontres amicales 2010

Argentina

4 - 1

Spain

November 14, 2009 - Rencontres amicales 2009

Spain

2 - 1

Argentina

October 11, 2006 - Rencontres amicales 2006

Spain

2 - 1

Argentina

November 17, 1999 - Rencontres amicales 1999

Spain

0 - 2

Argentina

September 20, 1995 - Rencontres amicales 1995

Spain

2 - 1

Argentina

Best historical scorers against Argentina

Pirri	2 goals	1966 - 1974
Xabi Alonso	2 goals	2009 - 2009
David Villa	1 goal	2006 - 2006
Emilio Butragueño	1 goal	1988 - 1988
Alfredo Di Stéfano	1 goal	1961 - 1961
Julen Guerrero	1 goal	1995 - 1995

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 07/12/1952. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Spain

J. F. Sanfilippo	2 goals	1960 - 1960
Lionel Messi	2 goals	2009 - 2010
Luis Artime	2 goals	1966 - 1966
Gonzalo Higuaín	1 goal	2010 - 2010
Kily González	1 goal	1999 - 1999
Sergio Agüero	1 goal	2010 - 2010

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 07/12/1952. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Argentina

Cesc Fàbregas	3 matches	2006 - 2010
Xabi Alonso	3 matches	2006 - 2010
Andrés Iniesta	3 matches	2006 - 2010
Pepe Reina	3 matches	2006 - 2010
Iribar	3 matches	1966 - 1974
Antonio Ramallets	3 matches	1952 - 1960

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 07/12/1952. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Spain

Roberto Ayala	3 matches	1995 - 2006
Javier Mascherano	3 matches	2006 - 2010
Javier Zanetti	3 matches	1995 - 2010
Lionel Messi	3 matches	2006 - 2010
Carlos Tévez	3 matches	2006 - 2010
Ernesto Grillo	3 matches	1952 - 1960