Argentina vs France, Worldcup 2022 FINAL
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Overview
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Match Details
- Referee Tomasz Kwiatkowski
- Referee Szymon Marciniak
- Referee Tomasz Listkiewicz
- Referee Ismail Elfath
- Referee Pawel Sokolnicki
- Referee Juan Soto (Peru)
Head-to-Head
Last 5 meetingsRecent Form
Key Stats
100% Both Teams to Score
H2H (2 games)100% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history -
Events
Match Events
- 0' The referee blows the starting whistle. The fans are roaring. The teams are ready for the match. Argentina is hosting France for another epic battle.
- 5' The travelling France supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
- 10' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
- 15' It looks surprising Argentina does not make any changes. Rodrigo de Paul has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
- 20' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Argentina needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
- 23' Lionel Messi puts Argentina on the lead.
- 28' Adrien Rabiot needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Red cards this season.
- 33' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
- 36' Goal! Angel di Maria scores his 74 goal in 501 matches.
- 41' The France manager makes a substitution. Ousmane Dembele departs to be replaced by Randal Kolo Muani.
- 45' The referee shows Argentina player a Yellow card on 45.
- 50' Argentina is showing some good football. However, Argentina are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
- 55' Adrien Rabiot is having his name booked by the referee on 55.
- 60' It’s high time Lionel Scaloni made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
- 64' The whistle greets Angel di Maria as he departs to be replaced by Marcos Acuna.
- 69' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 0 times this season with winning -% of all matches.
- 71' The whistle greets Antoine Griezmann as he departs to be replaced by Kingsley Coman.
- 76' Although teams showed high tempo form the start, they seem to slow down a bit. Both sides really need to catch a fire. Otherwise, we have another goalless match.
- 80' What a strike from Kylian Mbappe! The score is 2-1.
- 81' GOAL! Kylian Mbappe scores on 81. Assisted by Marcus Thuram-Ulien
- 86' The referee is likely to let players tackle, as he already missed some meaty challenges during opening seconds. He is still to establish what should not be done by the players and what is acceptable on the pitch. It’s going to be a tough game for Christian Romero suffering a number of foals already.
- 87' Marcus Thuram-Ulien is having his name booked by the referee on 87.
- 90' Olivier Giroud is having his name booked by the referee on 90.
- Full Time. Argentina beats France
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Lineups
Argentina Lineups
Starting XI
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- 19
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3
Nicolas Tagliafico ↓ Paulo Dybala 120'
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11
Angel di Maria ↓ Marcos Acuna 64'
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7
Rodrigo de Paul ↓ Leandro Paredes 102'
- 20
- 13
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26
Nahuel Molina ↓ Gonzalo Montiel 91'
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9
Julian Alvarez ↓ Lautaro Martinez 102'
- 24
Bench
- 2
- 12
- 15
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21
Paulo Dybala ↑ 120'
- 17
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22
Lautaro Martinez ↑ 102'
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6
German Pezzella ↑ 116'
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8
Marcos Acuna ↑ 64'
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5
Leandro Paredes ↑ 102'
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- 14
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4
Gonzalo Montiel ↑ 91'
- 25
- 16
- 18
Coach Lionel ScaloniFrance Lineups
Starting XI
- 9
- 1
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14
Adrien Rabiot ↓ Youssouf Fofana 96'
- 10
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5
Jules Kounde ↓ Axel Disasi 120'
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- 18
- 22
- 7
- 11
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4
Raphael Varane ↓ Ibrahima Konate 113'
Bench
- 6
- 23
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13
Youssouf Fofana ↑ 96'
- 17
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12
Randal Kolo Muani ↑ 41'
- 16
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3
Axel Disasi ↑ 120'
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20
Kingsley Coman ↑ 71'
- 2
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24
Ibrahima Konate ↑ 113'
- 15
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26
Marcus Thuram-Ulien ↑ 41'
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25
Eduardo Camavinga ↑ 71'
Coach Didier Deschamps -
H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Kylian Mbappe 5 Lionel Messi 3 Angel di Maria 2 Kylian Mbappe 2 Gabriel Mercado 1 Benjamin Pavard 1 Antoine Griezmann 1 Sergio Aguero 1 Argentina Form
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Predictions
Prediction accuracy4 / 42.86 Argentina xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo2.18 France xGI would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 87% + Both teams to score 83%Match Result
✓ CorrectActual: Argentina winBoth Teams to Score
✓ CorrectAvg goals/match: 5.04Actual: Yes — both scoredOver / Under Goals
✓ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 99% 1% ± 1.5 96% 4% ± 2.5 87% 13% ± 3.5 72% 28% ± 4.5 55% 45% Double Chance
Argentina or Draw 73%Draw or France 47%Argentina or France 80%Half-Time Result
✓ CorrectActual: Argentina win at HTCorrect Score
✗ 7–5 not predicted7 – 5Actual2 – 2 6.1%2 – 1 5.8%3 – 2 5.7%3 – 1 5.4%1 – 1 4.7%1 – 2 4.5%2 – 3 4.4%3 – 3 4.2%4 – 2 4.1%4 – 1 3.8%1 – 3 3.2%4 – 3 3%Asian Handicap — Argentina
Handicap Argentina covers Push France covers -2.5 20% — 80% -2 20% 15% 66% -1.5 34% — 66% -1 34% 18% 48% -0.5 52% — 48% +0.5 70% — 30% +1 70% 13% 16% +1.5 84% — 16% +2 84% 9% 8% +2.5 92% — 8% Clean Sheet
Argentina keeps clean sheet 12% ✓France keeps clean sheet 7% ✓Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.