Argentina vs Australia Prediction on December 3, 2022

Match info

On Saturday, December 3, at 10 p.m. local & Moscow time, Argentina takes on Australia in a round-of-16 match of the men’s football 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar. The duel at the Ahmad bin Ali Stadium in Al Rayyan is the second on the schedule in the knockout stage and second on the schedule for the day following the encounter between the Netherlands and the United States.

Meeting statistics

The opening matches of the World Cup’s round of 16 in Qatar will be played on Saturday, and one of those matches will be between the Group C winner and the outstanding favorite in the match looking at the odds of the best mobile bookmakers, Argentina, and Group D runner-up Australia.

The current form of Argentina

Argentina’s World Cup campaign had previously started disastrously when they were humiliated 2-1 by Saudi Arabia, but Lionel Scaloni’s team has since managed to mount a comeback by claiming back-to-back victories over Mexico and Poland, both by scores of 2-0, to spare the country’s blushes and advance to the knockout stage. However, in each of these recent victories, Argentina put on ineffective performances, and ‘La Albiceleste’ had to show extraordinary patience in order to make the crucial passes that led to the breakthroughs.

On the other hand, Scaloni will be expecting more of the same from Argentina against Australia on Saturday as they aim to extend their outstanding record of only one loss in their previous 39 games across all competitions. Scaloni will have been pleased with Argentina’s last two clean sheets.

The current form of Australia

With a 1-0 victory over one of the favorites to win Group D, Denmark, the national team of Australia delivered a fantastic result that not only gave the ‘Socceroos’ their second straight victory but also qualified them for the knockout round of this competition. The current world champions, France, defeated Australia in their opening match 4-1, which wasn’t the kind of start manager Graham Arnold and his team had envisioned. This early setback was a major test of the team’s resiliency, but the Australians recovered by winning 1-0 matches against Tunisia and Denmark to draw some attention on the international stage.

In the big picture, Australia has won seven of its past eight games across all competitions while keeping five clean sheets, so they’ll also be feeling optimistic going into Saturday’s showdown.

Match analytics

Although Argentina is the overwhelming favorite to win this match, they struggled to get going in their final two group games, and it may take some time for them to dismantle Australia, which has displayed incredible resiliency to advance to the round of 16.

Our pick: Draw at HT and Argentina to win in FT at BetSofa with odds of 3.80.

Results of the forecast

Successful forecast. Argentina vs Australia 2:1