Argentina vs Saudi Arabia Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 22nd November 2022

Argentina and Saudi Arabia open up their respective World Cup campaigns against each other this coming Tuesday. The game is staged at Lusail Stadium.

We are entering the first round of the World Cup group stage with both Argentina and Saudi Arabia hoping this in only the first of many matches in the coming month. Saudi Arabia travel to this game against Argentina as number 51 in the FIFA world ranking, with the home side sitting as number three.

Argentina are heavy favourites with the bookmakers to top their group. Argentina have enough quality in their ranks to also reach for a final at the World Cup.

Saudi Arabia arrive at the World Cup with mischief on their mind, but seeing them get beyond the group would indeed raise some eyebrows.

Argentina vs Saudi Arabia Prediction

Argentina Form

In their last three outings, Argentina won 5-0 against Estonia, beat Honduras by 3-0 and hammered Jamaica 3-0. Argentina have been pretty scary, winning eight of their last 10 games across all tournaments, while also managing to draw two of the games in the process. They suffered no defeats.

Before their upcoming World Cup match, Argentina are performing absolutely brilliant, when it comes to goal scoring. In the past ten outings, they achieved a formidable average of 2.6 goals per game. An awe-inspiring total of 26 goals. They let two goals slip in, which creates an average of 0.2 per game. During this run, they fought their way to a clean sheet eight times.

Saudi Arabia Form

Saudi Arabia managed to gain four points from their previous three matches, which started with a 1-0 win against Iceland. A 1-1 draw with Panama followed, before they lost against Croatia by 0-1. Saudi Arabia claimed two wins in their last 10 matches across all tournaments, while also drawing five along the way. They endured defeat in three of the games in this run.

Saudi Arabia are currently not the most scoring team in the World Cup, as they only found the back of the net four times in ten matches. This is an average of just 0.4 goals a game in which they conceded five times, an average of 0.5 per game. They kept their opponents from scoring five times.

Tournament Overview

Argentina are expected to have little trouble getting off to a good start to their World Cup campaign. Surely, they make sure their first opponent are left empty-handed at Lusail Stadium. Saudi Arabia could be on a hiding to nothing, when setting off their World Cup campaign as hefty outsider at Lusail Stadium. It has the look of trying to minimize defeat at Lusail Stadium on 22nd November at 11:00.

Argentina vs Saudi Arabia Lineups

Argentina vs Saudi Arabia Betting Tips

With another World Cup campaign only just beginning to take form, we are still a bit in the dark as to who will dominate the scoring charts for both Argentina and Saudi Arabia. Accordingly, we have listed some of the players who are expected to be getting it on for each team this season.

Argentina claimed all three points eight times in their last 10 matches across all tournaments, while also drawing two along the way. They endured defeat in zero of the games in this run. Saudi Arabia won two of their last 10 games, while drawing five and losing three in this series of matches.

Argentina won their last six matches on the trot.

Over 2.5 goals came out seven times in the previous ten matches across all tournaments for Argentina, who scored an average of 2.6 goals along the way. Over 2.5 goals came up in zero of the previous ten matches which Saudi Arabia played across all tournaments. They managed to score an average of 0.4 goals in these matches. Argentina scored at least one goal in their last 9 matches on the spin.

In the last 10 games played, Saudi Arabia opened to scoring only once, while Argentina scored the opener nine times in their last 10 games.