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World Cup 2022 - Round 1 - Group C

Lusail Iconic Stadium - Lusail - Qatar

November 22, 2022 - 11:00

Argentina

1 - 2

Saudi Arabia

(penalty) Lionel Messi

10'

48'

Saleh Al Shehri (left foot) Assist by Firas Al Birakan

53'

Salem Al Dawsari (right foot)

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10' - Goal Lionel Messi10

49' - Substitution Salman Al Farajis substituted by Nawaf Al Abed

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48' - Goal Saleh Al Shehri

53' - Goal Salem Al Dawsari

58' - Substitution Cristian Romerois substituted by Lisandro Martínez photo Julián Álvarez

58' - Substitution Papu Gómezis substituted by Julián Álvarez58

59' - Substitution Leandro Paredesis substituted by Enzo Fernandez59

67' - Yellow card Abdulelah Al Malki

71' - Substitution Nicolás Tagliaficois substituted by Marcos Acuña71

75' - Yellow card Ali Al Bulayhi

78' - Substitution Saleh Al Shehriis substituted by Sultan Al Ghanam

82' - Yellow card Saud Abdulhamid

88' - Substitution Firas Al Birakanis substituted by Haytham Asiri photo Nawaf Al Abed

88' - Yellow card Nawaf Al Abed

89' - Substitution Nawaf Al Abedis substituted by Abdulelah Al Amri

91' - Yellow card Mohammed Al Owais

99' - Substitution Yaser Al Shahraniis substituted by Mohamed Al Burayk

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Team line-ups LIVE Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Argentina

1 - 2

Saudi Arabia

Argentina Saudi Arabia

Team line-ups

Argentina

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

22Martínez

Lautaro Martínez

Argentina

B.date22/08/1997

Age25 years

H1m79

positionStriker

17Gómez58

Papu Gómez

Argentina

B.date15/02/1988

Age34 years

H1m61

positionLeft Winger

10Messi10

Lionel Messi

Argentina

B.date24/06/1987

Age35 years

H1m69

positionRight Winger

11Di María

Ángel Di María

Argentina

B.date14/02/1988

Age34 years

H1m80

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

5Paredes59

Leandro Paredes

Argentina

B.date29/06/1994

Age28 years

H1m80

positionCentre Midfield

7De Paul

Rodrigo De Paul

Argentina

B.date24/05/1994

Age28 years

H1m78

positionRight Midfielder

3Tagliafico71

Nicolás Tagliafico

Argentina

B.date31/08/1992

Age30 years

H1m67

positionLeft full-back

19Otamendi

Nicolás Otamendi

Argentina

B.date12/02/1988

Age34 years

H1m83

positionLeft central defender

13Romero58

Cristian Romero

Argentina

B.date27/04/1998

Age24 years

H1m85

positionRight central defender

26Molina

Nahuel Molina

Argentina

B.date06/04/1998

Age24 years

H1m75

positionRight full-back

23Martinez

Emiliano Martinez

Argentina

B.date02/09/1992

Age30 years

H1m93

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
23	G	Emiliano Martinez		30	20	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
13	D	Cristian Romero	58	24	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
19	D	Nicolás Otamendi		34	94	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Nicolás Tagliafico	71	30	43	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
26	D	Nahuel Molina		24	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	M	Leandro Paredes	59	28	47	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	M	Rodrigo De Paul		28	45	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	M	Ángel Di María		34	125	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
17	M	Papu Gómez	58	34	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	M	Lionel Messi	10	35	166	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
22	F	Lautaro Martínez		25	41	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

29.6 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Saudi Arabia

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

9Al Birakan88

Firas Al Birakan

Saudi Arabia

B.date14/05/2000

Age22 years

H1m81

positionCentre forward

10Al Dawsari53

Salem Al Dawsari

Saudi Arabia

B.date19/08/1991

Age31 years

H1m74

positionLeft Winger

7Al Faraj45+4

Salman Al Faraj

Saudi Arabia

B.date01/08/1989

Age33 years

H1m81

positionCentre Midfield

11Al Shehri4878

Saleh Al Shehri

Saudi Arabia

B.date01/11/1993

Age29 years

H1m82

positionCentre forward

8Al Malki67

Abdulelah Al Malki

Saudi Arabia

B.date11/10/1994

Age28 years

H1m76

positionDefensive Midfielder

23Kanno

Mohamed Kanno

Saudi Arabia

B.date22/09/1994

Age28 years

H1m91

positionCentre Midfield

13Al Shahrani90+9

Yaser Al Shahrani

Saudi Arabia

B.date25/05/1992

Age30 years

H1m71

positionFull-back

5Al Bulayhi75

Ali Al Bulayhi

Saudi Arabia

B.date21/11/1989

Age33 years

H1m82

positionCentral defender

17Al Tambakti

Hassan Mohammed Al Tambakti

Saudi Arabia

B.date09/02/1999

Age23 years

H1m78

positionCentral defender

12Abdulhamid82

Saud Abdulhamid

Saudi Arabia

B.date18/07/1999

Age23 years

H1m71

positionRight full-back

21Al Owais91

Mohammed Al Owais

Saudi Arabia

B.date10/10/1991

Age31 years

H1m85

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
21	G	Mohammed Al Owais	91	31	41	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	Ali Al Bulayhi	75	33	36	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
17	D	H. M. Al Tambakti		23	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
13	D	Yaser Al Shahrani	90+9	30	71	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
12	D	Saud Abdulhamid	82	23	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Abdulelah Al Malki	67	28	26	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	M	Salman Al Faraj	45+4	33	67	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
23	M	Mohamed Kanno		28	37	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	M	Saleh Al Shehri	4878	29	19	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	F	Firas Al Birakan	88	22	28	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	M	Salem Al Dawsari	53	31	67	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

28.3 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
12	G	Gerónimo Rulli		30
1	G	Franco Armani		36
25	D	Lisandro Martínez	58	24	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	D	Germán Pezzella		31
2	D	Juan Foyth		24
8	D	Marcos Acuña	71	31	43	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	D	Gonzalo Montiel		25
18	M	Guido Rodríguez		28
20	M	Alexis Mac Allister		23
14	M	Exequiel Palacios		24
24	M	Enzo Fernandez	59	21	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
16	M	Thiago Almada		21
9	F	Julián Álvarez	58	22	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
15	F	Angel Correa		27
21	F	Paulo Dybala		29

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
22	G	Nawaf Al Aqidi		22
1	G	Mohamed Al Rubaie		25
4	D	Abdulelah Al Amri	89	25	19	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Abdullah Madu		29
2	D	Sultan Al Ghanam	78	28	25	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	D	Mohamed Al Burayk	90+9	30	37	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	M	Abdullah Otayf		30
15	M	Ali Al Hassan		25
26	M	Riyadh Sharahili		29
24	M	Nasser Al Dawsari		23
18	M	Nawaf Al Abed	45+48988	32	53	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
19	M	Hattan Bahebri		30
16	M	Sami Al Najai		25
25	F	Haytham Asiri	88	22	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
20	F	Abdulrahman Al Obod		27

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Nicolás Tagliafico

Marcos Acuña

OUT

Papu Gómez

Alexis Mac Allister

OUT

Nahuel Molina

Juan Foyth

OUT

Cristian Romero

Lisandro Martínez

OUT

Lautaro Martínez

Julián Álvarez

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Hassan Mohammed Al Tambakti

Abdulelah Al Amri

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Lionel Scaloni

Success rate in this team:

65 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

66 %

Scaloni vs Saudi Arabia

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on November 22, 2022

Scaloni vs Renard

1 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on November 22, 2022

Manager

Age

Match num

Hervé Renard

Success rate in this team:

54 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

37 %

Renard vs Argentina

1 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on November 22, 2022

Renard vs Scaloni

1 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on November 22, 2022

Referee

Slavko Vincic

0 victory	0 draw	1 loss	Argentina1 match	General total	Saudi Arabia2 matches	1 victory	0 draw	1 loss
0 victory	0 draw	1 loss	Argentina1 match	Season total	Saudi Arabia1 match	1 victory	0 draw	0 loss
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Assistant Referee

Andraz Kovacic

0 victory	0 draw	1 loss	Argentina1 match	General total	Saudi Arabia1 match	1 victory	0 draw	0 loss
0 victory	0 draw	1 loss	Argentina1 match	Season total	Saudi Arabia1 match	1 victory	0 draw	0 loss
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Assistant Referee

Tomaz Klancnik

0 victory	0 draw	1 loss	Argentina1 match	General total	Saudi Arabia1 match	1 victory	0 draw	0 loss
0 victory	0 draw	1 loss	Argentina1 match	Season total	Saudi Arabia1 match	1 victory	0 draw	0 loss
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4th official

Maguette N'Diaye

0 victory	0 draw	1 loss	Argentina1 match	General total	Saudi Arabia1 match	1 victory	0 draw	0 loss
0 victory	0 draw	1 loss	Argentina1 match	Season total	Saudi Arabia1 match	1 victory	0 draw	0 loss
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Important actions

90+14'		End of game.
90+14'		Cross repelled by defense from the left wing by Marcos Acuña.
90+11'		Julián Álvarez shoots headershot from close range but the goalkeeper makes the save.
90+10'		Corner taken from the left wing by Marcos Acuña.
90+10'		Julián Álvarez gets a corner, conceded by Saud Abdulhamid.
90+9'		Yaser Al Shahrani is substituted by Mohamed Al Burayk.
90+3'		Sultan Al Ghanam gets a corner.
90+1'		Corner taken from the left wing by Marcos Acuña.
90+1'		Julián Álvarez gets a corner.
90+1'		Yellow card! Mohammed Al Owais is shown a YELLOW CARD.
90'		Foul on Ángel Di María conceded by Haytham Asiri.
89'		Firas Al Birakan is substituted by Haytham Asiri.
88'		Yellow card! Nawaf Al Abed is shown a YELLOW CARD.
88'		Foul on Firas Al Birakan conceded by Enzo Fernandez.
88'		Cross repelled by defense from the right wing by Ángel Di María.
84'		Lionel Messi shoots headershot from inside the box but the goalkeeper makes the save.
83'		Cross captured by the goalkeeper from the left wing by Marcos Acuña.
82'		Yellow card! Saud Abdulhamid is shown a YELLOW CARD.
80'		Lionel Messi misses the target with the left foot from outside the box.
79'		Foul on Lionel Messi.
78'		Saleh Al Shehri is substituted by Sultan Al Ghanam.
77'		Foul on Julián Álvarez conceded by Saud Abdulhamid.
76'		Enzo Fernandez misses the target headershot from inside the box.
76'		Corner taken from the left wing by Marcos Acuña.
75'		Cross deflected from the right wing by Ángel Di María.
75'		Yellow card! Ali Al Bulayhi is shown a YELLOW CARD.
74'		Foul conceded by Nahuel Molina.
72'		Cutback from the left wing by Marcos Acuña.
72'		Ángel Di María shoots with the right foot but the goalkeeper makes the save.
71'		Nicolás Tagliafico is substituted by Marcos Acuña.
69'		Lautaro Martínez misses the target headershot.
69'		Corner taken from the left wing by Lionel Messi.
69'		Corner, conceded by Firas Al Birakan.
67'		Yellow card! Abdulelah Al Malki reçoit un CARTON JAUNE pour protestation.
66'		Cross captured by the goalkeeper from the left wing by Julián Álvarez.
64'		Corner taken from the left wing by Lionel Messi.
63'		Nicolás Tagliafico oblige from close range le gardien à s'employer.
63'		Corner taken from the left wing by Lionel Messi.
63'		Cross deflected from the right wing by Ángel Di María.
60'		Foul on Hassan Mohammed Al Tambakti conceded by Lautaro Martínez.
59'		Leandro Paredes is substituted by Enzo Fernandez.
59'		Papu Gómez is substituted by Julián Álvarez.
59'		Cristian Romero is substituted by Lisandro Martínez.
57'		Foul on Hassan Mohammed Al Tambakti conceded by Lionel Messi.
53'		GOOOAAAAL!! Salem Al Dawsari envoie un missile qui fait mouche.
53'		Cross deflected from the right wing by Saud Abdulhamid.
48'		GOOOAAAAL!! Saleh Al Shehri scores. Assist by Firas Al Birakan.
47'		Ángel Di María is caught offside.
47'		Foul on Ángel Di María.
45'		Second half.
45+7'		Half time.
45+4'		Salman Al Faraj is substituted by Nawaf Al Abed.
45+2'		Cross deflected from the right wing by Ángel Di María.
45+2'		Cross deflected from the right wing by Rodrigo De Paul.
42'		Rodrigo De Paul envoie le ballon with the right foot from outside the box directement dans les tribunes.
41'		Foul on Papu Gómez conceded by Abdulelah Al Malki.
40'		Cross repelled by defense from the right wing by Cristian Romero.
40'		Lionel Messi gets a corner, conceded by Saud Abdulhamid.
40'		Foul on Lautaro Martínez.
36'		Foul on Papu Gómez conceded by Salem Al Dawsari.
35'		Lautaro Martínez se voit refuser un but pour une position de hors-jeu.
33'		Cross deflected from the left midfield by Yaser Al Shahrani.
32'		Ángel Di María is caught offside.
32'		Cross captured by the goalkeeper from the left wing by Salem Al Dawsari.
31'		Grosse faute on Mohamed Kanno conceded by Rodrigo De Paul.
31'		Corner taken from the right wing by Salman Al Faraj.
30'		Corner.
27'		Lautaro Martínez se voit refuser un but pour une position de hors-jeu.
26'		Foul on Papu Gómez conceded by Saud Abdulhamid.
25'		Foul on Nicolás Otamendi conceded by Saleh Al Shehri.
24'		Ángel Di María is caught offside.
22'		Lionel Messi se voit refuser un but pour une position de hors-jeu.
21'		Papu Gómez is caught offside.
21'		Papu Gómez misses the target with the right foot from outside the box.
18'		Lautaro Martínez is caught offside.
17'		Cross captured by the goalkeeper from the right wing by Saud Abdulhamid.
15'		Foul conceded by Lautaro Martínez.
10'		GOOOAAAAL!! Lionel Messi scores.
8'		Holding, and it's a PENALTY on Leandro Paredes.
7'		Foul on Rodrigo De Paul conceded by Mohamed Kanno.
6'		Corner taken from the left wing by Lionel Messi.
4'		Foul on Lautaro Martínez conceded by Abdulelah Al Malki.
3'		Foul conceded by Leandro Paredes.
2'		Lionel Messi oblige with the left foot from inside the box le gardien à s'employer.
0'		First half.

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Key figures

No manager (with more than 30 matches on the bench) before Lionel Scaloni has done less than 10% of losses .

Argentina keeps its 4 matches with at least one goal scored vs Saudi Arabia running (since 06/07/1988). It's a record streak. The first of history

No manager (with more than 30 matches on the bench) before Lionel Scaloni has done less than 0.57 goals conceded per game .

Read the next 10 key stats

General ranking

1	Saudi Arabia	3 pts	1 rd
2	Mexico	1 pt	1 rd
3	Poland	1 pt	1 rd
4	Argentina	0 pt	1 rd

General ranking

1	Saudi Arabia	3 pts	1 rd
2	Mexico	1 pt	1 rd
3	Poland	1 pt	1 rd
4	Argentina	0 pt	1 rd

Pre-match

Current form

Neutral ground

VArgentina 3-0 Ecuador03/07/2021

DArgentina 1-1 Colombia06/07/2021

VItaly 0-3 Argentina01/06/2022

VArgentina 5-0 Estonia05/06/2022

VArgentina 3-0 Honduras23/09/2022

VArgentina 3-0 Jamaica27/09/2022

Overall

DEcuador 1-1 Argentina29/03/2022

VItaly 0-3 Argentina01/06/2022

VArgentina 5-0 Estonia05/06/2022

VArgentina 3-0 Honduras23/09/2022

VArgentina 3-0 Jamaica27/09/2022

VUnited Arab Emirates 0-5 Argentina16/11/2022

Current form

Neutral ground

LVenezuela 1-0 Saudi Arabia09/06/2022

DSaudi Arabia 0-0 Ecuador23/09/2022

DSaudi Arabia 0-0 United States27/09/2022

DSaudi Arabia 0-0 Honduras30/10/2022

VSaudi Arabia 1-0 Iceland06/11/2022

DPanama 1-1 Saudi Arabia10/11/2022

Overall

DSaudi Arabia 0-0 Ecuador23/09/2022

DSaudi Arabia 0-0 United States27/09/2022

DSaudi Arabia 0-0 Honduras30/10/2022

VSaudi Arabia 1-0 Iceland06/11/2022

DPanama 1-1 Saudi Arabia10/11/2022

LSaudi Arabia 0-1 Croatia16/11/2022

Running streaks

	Neutral ground	Total
Winning streak	4	5
Unbeaten streak	19	36
Drawless streak	4	5
Scoring streak	14	9
Invincibility streak	4	5

Running streaks

	Neutral ground	Total
Drawing streak	1	0
Loosing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	5	0
Winless streak	1	2
Drawless streak	0	1
Scoring streak	2	0
Goalless streak	0	1
Conceding streak	1	2

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

0	Number of games (Competition total)	0
0	Victories (Competition total)	0
0	Draws (Competition total)	0
0	Losses (Competition total)	0

Goals

0	Goals scored (Competition total)	0
0	Goals conceded (Competition total)	0
0	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	0
0	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0

Betting aid

0	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	0
0	Clean sheets (Competition total)	0
0	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	0
0	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	0

Bookings

0	Yellow cards (Competition total)	0
0	Red cards (Competition total)	0

Key players

No statistics here yet

Historical head to head

Home

2 matches

1 v

1 d

0 l

4 gf

2 ga

Away

2 matches

1 v

1 d

0 l

3 gf

1 ga

Total

4 matches

2 v

2 d

0 l

7 gf

3 ga

Historical head to head

Home

2 matches

0 v

1 d

1 l

1 gf

3 ga

Away

2 matches

0 v

1 d

1 l

2 gf

4 ga

Total

4 matches

0 v

2 d

2 l

3 gf

7 ga

Largest victory

Overall	3 - 1	October 20, 1992
Neutral ground	No success yet

Largest victory

No success yet

Latest head to head

November 14, 2012 - Rencontres amicales 2012

Saudi Arabia

0 - 0

Argentina

October 20, 1992 - Coupe Intercontinentale des Nations 1992

Argentina

3 - 1

Saudi Arabia logo Saudi Arabia

July 16, 1988 - Rencontres amicales 1988

Argentina

2 - 0

Saudi Arabia logo Saudi Arabia

July 06, 1988 - Rencontres amicales 1988

Argentina

2 - 2

Saudi Arabia logo Saudi Arabia

Best historical scorers against Saudi Arabia

Diego Simeone	2 goals	1988 - 1992
Hernán Edgardo Díaz	2 goals	1988 - 1988
Claudio Caniggia	1 goal	1992 - 1992
Leonardo Rodríguez	1 goal	1992 - 1992
Óscar Dertycia	1 goal	1988 - 1988

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 06/07/1988. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Argentina

Saeed Al Owairan

1 goal

1992 - 1992

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 06/07/1988. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Saudi Arabia

Óscar Ruggeri	3 matches	1988 - 1992
Fernando Lanzidei	2 matches	1988 - 1988
Claudio Cabrera	2 matches	1988 - 1988
Nestor Lorenzo	2 matches	1988 - 1988
Jose Luis Rodríguez	2 matches	1988 - 1988
Diego Simeone	2 matches	1988 - 1992

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 06/07/1988. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Argentina

Osama Hawsawi	1 match	2012 - 2012
Yaser Al Shahrani	1 match	2012 - 2012
Saud Al Otaibi	1 match	1992 - 1992
Taiseer Al Jassam	1 match	2012 - 2012
Salem Al Alawi	1 match	1992 - 1992
Nasser Al Shamrani	1 match	2012 - 2012