Free 2022 World Cup Pick: Australia vs. Argentina Preview
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2022 World Cup Football Handicapping – Round of 16
World Cup 2022: Australia vs. Argentina Gambling Preview
Date: Saturday December 3, 2022
Time: 2:00 PM ET
Venue: Ahmad Bin Ali Stadium
2022 World Cup Money Line Odds: Argentina -500 | Australia +1400 | Draw +550 (Bet Now!)
World Cup 2022 Spread Betting Odds: Australia +2.5 -220 | Argentina -2.5 +180
2022 World Cup Betting Total: 3.5 goals (+125)
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In a round of 16 match Argentina is a heavy favorite facing an Australian team that was not expected to make it out of the group stage.
Argentina is posted at -500 with the Australia at +1400 and a draw at +550.
After a shocking loss to Saudi Arabia in their World Cup opener Argentina won their next two matches and finished first in Group C.
In their last two matches they kept a clean sheet in each and totaled four goals.
Australia Recent Form: WWL
Argentina Recent Form: WWL
After being throttled by defending World Cup champion France, Australia won their last two matches 1-0.
Argentina
Argentina won their group after beating Poland 2-0 and it would have been 3-0 if Lionel Messi would have buried a first half penalty shot.
Alexis Mac Allister was added to the starting 11 in the last match and scored the first goal in the last match with Julian Alvarez adding a second.
While the Albiceleste are match fit with no big injury concerns manager Lionel Scaloni is a little wary that his team is playing in the round of 16 just two days after the big win over Poland.
There may be a few tweaks to the lineup for the two-time World Cup champion but nothing of note. Messi will lead the attack and his creativity should create spaces for others to have chances, which I see the Albiceleste having many of.
Australia
The Socceroos did beat Argentina at the Tokyo Olympics, but both teams, especially Argentina, had very different teams than they have in Qatar.
Australia has never made it to the quarterfinals of the World Cup and their defense has to be great for them to achieve that. G Mat Ryan has played well not allowing a goal in the last two matches and in the match with Denmark they only had possession of the ball 39% of the time.
However, they did have more shots on goal (4-3) and they need to take advantage of the few shots they will get facing Argentina.
Harry Souttar spearheads the Socceroos’ defense and he and that D have their work cut out for them in this match.
Mathew Leckie scored the lone goal in the last match and had an assist in the bad loss to France. Mitchell Duke scored the lone goal in the 1-0 win over Tunisia.
While the strikers will, obviously, be key in this match the defensive unit has to play great and Australia will need the midfielders to play good D and pounce on counterattack chances.
Manager Graham Arnold will not likely change the lineup much from the last match and the team has no major injury concerns.
Free Australia vs. Argentina Prediction: Argentina -105
The Socceroos were more than impressive in getting out of their group, which included beating a solid Denmark team in their last match. However, this time around they are out-classed even more.
The Aussies only have one player playing in the top five domestic leagues in Europe while much of Argentina’s team does. I mean up front Messi is one of the best of all time and Duke is up front for Australia and he plays in Japan’s second tier.
Argentina will dominate the time of possession and kill the counterattack and they will move on to the last eight with a resounding 3-0 win.
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