Doha: Former world champions, Argentina will face Australia in a knockout stage match of the ongoing FIFA World Cup at the Ahmad Bin Ali Stadium in Al Rayyan, Doha in Qatar at 12:30 am (IST). Argentina suffered one of the biggest upsets in World Cup history with their opening defeat to Saudi Arabia by ‘1-2’. They then defeated Mexico by ‘2-0’ and Poland by ‘2-0’. Argentina had 6 points from 3 matches.
Australia finished second in Group D. Australia lost to France by ‘ 1-4’ and then defeated Tunisia and Denmark by ‘1-0’. They had 6 points from 3 matches.
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Both the teams had earlier faced each other 7 times. Argentina won 5 matches, Australia won 1 and 1 settled in a draw.
Predicted XI:
Argentina: Martinez – Molina, Otamendi, Lisandro, Tagliafico – Mac Allister, Fernandez, De Paul – Alvarez, Messi, Di Maria
Australia: Ryan – Atkinson, Souttar, Rowles, Behich – Mooy, Leckie, Irvine, McGree, Goodwin – Duke
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