The Argentine national team faces its counterpart Cape Verde tomorrow morning, Saturday, in the round of 32 matches of the 2026 World Cup.
The qualifier from the Argentina and Cape Verde match is scheduled to play against the winner of the Egypt and Australia match.
Albiceleste has not lost in its last 7 matches against African teams in the World Cup.
Facts and figures before the Argentina and Cape Verde match
1 – Cape Verde became the first team to participate for the first time in the World Cup and finish its first three matches without defeat since Senegal in 2002.
2 - Cape Verde became the first team to qualify for the knockout stages with three draws since Chile in 1998, and only the fourth team to draw in its first three matches in the tournament after Wales, Cameroon and the Republic of Ireland.
3 - Seven of Argentina's last 13 knockout matches in the World Cup went to extra time, as no team has played more matches that extended beyond 90 minutes than Albiceleste (11 matches tied with Germany and Italy).
4 - This is the first confrontation between Argentina and Cape Verde, as the Argentine national team achieved victory in all its last seven matches against African teams in the World Cup, but it stumbled in its first match against an African team, losing 1-0 to Cameroon in 1990.
