The spotlight is on Italy and Argentina when they meet in the opening round of the World Cup. Their upcoming Group G match kicks off at Eden Park on Monday.
This is the opening match of the World Cup group stage for both Italy and Argentina, with both of them still upbeat. They’ll fight hard to come out the other end with a good result before facing the other two teams in the group.
While Italy might encounter some resistance in their first match at the World Cup, we expect any efforts to stop the favorites from taking all three points to be fruitless. Should Argentina actually escape with points to their account from the opening match at the World Cup it’ll be a massive surprise. Bookmakers expect them to be run over at Eden Park on Monday.
Form: Italy vs Argentina
Italy Form
In their last three matches, Italy won 2-1 against Colombia, before drawing 0-0 against Morocco, and then beating New Zealand 0-1. Italy won four of their past 10 international matches, drawing one of those games. Unfortunately, they experienced defeat in five matches.
Italy have some mixed stats from their previous ten matches. They averaged 0.9 goals per game, scoring nine times while conceding nine. That is an average of 0.9 per game, as they pulled off a clean sheet in three of the matches.
Argentina Form
Argentina look in good shape before their upcoming match as they seek to remain unbeaten. In their last three matches, they first lost on penalties to Venezuela after drawing 1-1. They then avenged themselves by hammering Venezuela by a 3-0 scoreline. A 4-0 win over Peru followed. Argentina achieved a win in five of their last 10 internationals in all tournaments, drawing four and being defeated in one defeat of the matches.
Argentina scored 20 goals in their previous 10 matches. This is an average of 2.0 goals per game. They gave away 1.1 goals on average, 11 in total, and kept five clean sheets.
Getting three points on the board as early as possible is essential for everyone at a World Cup. In this particular encounter, we expect Italy to come out shining against Argentina.
Italy vs Argentina Stats
- In 12 of the last 14 Italy matches the sum of goals was under 3.5
- In the last 4 matches in a row Italy played, both teams scored
- In the last 4 Italy matches the sum of goals was over 2.5
- Italy have conceded in 11 of the last 13 matches
- Italy have lost 5 of the last 7 matches while scoring less than 1.5 goals
- Argentina have won 4 of the last 5 matches without conceding a goal
- Argentina have not lost the last 5 matches in a row
- In the last 4 Argentina matches the sum of goals was under 3.5
- Argentina have won 4 of the last 5 matches
- Argentina have scored in the last 5 matches in a row
Current position in the World Cup standings: Italy vs Argentina
Italy vs Argentina H2H
Topscorer
It is the beginning of the World Cup campaign, and both Italy and Argentina will be looking for their main strikers in this tournament. Accordingly, we have listed some of the in-form players who are expected to be getting it on for each team.
WIN – DRAW – WIN
Argentina have won five of their last six games, losing just once in this run. Italy are on a run of three wins in four games (D1).
OVER – UNDER
Italy witnessed over 2.5 goals in four of their previous ten matches across all tournaments. Over 2.5 goals came up in four of Argentina’s previous ten outings. Under 2.5 goals proved to be a winning bet in the remaining six games.
BTTS & FIRST TO SCORE
Amazingly, Italy scored the first goal of the match in just three out of the last ten games at home. Curiously, Argentina failed to score the opening goal of the match in the last seven away games.
Argentina were also unable to score the opening goal in any of their last 10 matches overall. On the other hand, Italy opened the scoring two times in the last 10 matches.
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