Group Stage - 1• 17 Jun 2026

Argentina 3–0 Algeria

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Goals

17'

Assist: R. de Paul

60'

76'

Assist: N. Gonzalez

Match Recap

Argentina beat Algeria 3–0 in the World Cup (Group Stage - 1) on 17 June 2026. Algeria saw more of the ball with 52% possession, and Argentina had 10 shots (6 on target) to Algeria's 7 (0 on target). The expected-goals (xG) figures read 1.47 for Argentina and 0.30 for Algeria. The goals came from L. Messi 17', L. Messi 60', L. Messi 76'. Argentina move up to 9 points in World Cup, having won 4 of their last 5. Relive the Argentina vs Algeria World Cup highlights on Daily Goal: watch every goal and the full match below, free, with each strike timestamped so you can jump straight to the moment it happened.

Match Statistics

Argentina

VS

Algeria

48% Ball Possession 52%

1.47 Expected goals (xG) 0.30

10 Total Shots 7

6 Shots on target 0

4 Shots off target 4

0 Blocked Shots 3

4 Shots inside box 3

6 Shots outside box 4

2 Corner Kicks 2

3 Offsides 1

13 Fouls 8

— Yellow Cards —

— Red Cards —

0 Goalkeeper Saves 3

561 Total passes 609

504 Accurate passes 563

90% Pass accuracy 92%

-0.78 Goals prevented -0.78

Lineups

Argentina

Lionel Scaloni 4-4-2

VS

Algeria

Vladimir Petkovic 4-3-3

23Martinez

25Medina 6Martinez 13Romero 4Montiel

16Almada 24Fernandez 20Mac Allister 7de Paul

22Martinez 10Messi

10Chaibi 9Gouiri 11Hadj Moussa

22Maza 19Bentaleb

14Boudaoui

15Ait-Nouri 21Bensebaini 2Mandi 17Belghali

23Zidane

Substitutes — Argentina

12G. Rulli 1J. Musso 19N. Otamendi 5L. Paredes 14E. Palacios 15N. Gonzalez 26N. Molina 17G. Simeone 3N. Tagliafico 11G. Lo Celso 2M. Senesi 9J. Alvarez 21J. Lopez 8V. Barco 18N. Paz

Substitutes — Algeria

1M. Mastil 16O. Benbot 7R. Mahrez 8H. Aouar 6R. Zerrouki 26S. Chergui 13J. Hadjam 24Y. Titraoui 20A. Boulbina 25F. Ghedjemis 4M. Tougai 5Z. Belaid 18M. Amoura 12N. Benbouali 3A. Abada