Welcome along to today's Qatar 2022 World Cup fixture wherein Argentina and Australia face off in group Round of 16 at the Ahmad Bin Ali Stadium, in the city of Rayán. The referee for this match is Szymon Marciniak (POL). The two assistant referees will be Pawel Sokolnicki (POL) and Tomasz Listkiewicz (POL), and the VAR official is Tomasz Kwiatkowski (POL).
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Team news
One change for Argentina
Angel Di Maria is out injured meaning Pau Gomez takes his place in the team.
Argentina XI: Martinez, Molina, Romero, Otamendi, Acuna, De Paul, Fernandez, Mac Allister, Gomez, Messi, Alvarez
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One change for Australia
Keanu Baccus comes into midfield in place of Craig Goodwin. The first international start for the St Mirren midfielder. No pressure.
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Can Australia cause another World Cup upset?
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Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
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Argentina coach Scaloni is expected to return to his favoured starting XI with Lautaro Martinez expected to come back in for Julian Alvarez. Alexis Mac Allister is in line for a start after his display against Poland.
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Predicted Argentina XI: E. Martinez; Montiel, Otamendi, Li.Martinez, Acuna; De Paul, Rodriguez, Mac Allister; Di Maria, Messi, La.Martinez.
Predicted Australia XI: Ryan; Degenek, Souttar, Rowles, Behich; Leckie, Mooy, Irvine, Goodwin; McGree, Duke.
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On December 3, Argentina and Australia will face each other to try to reach the quarter-finals of the Qatar 2022 World Cup. We've got all of the information you need to follow the game.
In which stadium will the World Cup fixture between Argentina and Australia be played?
The match between Argentina and Australia will be played at the Ahmad Bin Ali Stadium in the city of Rayán The Ahmad Bin Ali Stadium is one of the eight stadiums hosting 2022 World Cup matches. It has a capacity of 40,000 spectators.
Which players did Argentina call up for the Qatar 2022 World Cup?
For the Qatar 2022 World Cup, Argentina and national team coach, Lionel Scaloni, called up the following players:
Goalkeepers: Franco Armani, Emiliano Martínez, Gerónimo Rulli
Defenders: Nahuel Molina, Gonzalo Montiel, Cristian Romero, Germán Pezzella, Nicolás Otamendi, Lisandro Martínez, Marcos Acuña, Nicolás Tagliafico, Juan Foyth
Midfieldiers: Rodrigo De Paul, Leandro Paredes, Alexis Mac Allister, Guido Rodríguez, Alejandro Papu Gómez, Enzo Fernández, Exequiel Palacios
Forwards: Ángel Di María, Lautaro Martínez, Julián Álvarez, Ángel Correa, Thiago Almada, Paulo Dybala, Lionel Messi
Which players did Australia call up for the Qatar 2022 World Cup?
For the Qatar 2022 World Cup, Australia and national team coach, Graham Arnold, called up the following players:
Goalkeepers: Matt Ryan, Andrew Redmayne and Danny Vukovi
Defenders: Milos Degenek, Aziz Behich, Joel King, Nathaniel Atkinson, Kye Rowles, Fran Karacic, Harry Souttar, Bailey Wright and Thomas Deng
Midfieldiers: Aaron Mooy, Jackson Irvine, Ajdin Hrustic, Keanu Baccus, Cameron Devlin and Riley McGree
Forwards: Awer Mabil, Mathew Leckie, Martin Boyle, Jamie Maclaren, Jason Cummings, Garang Kuol, Mitchell Duke and Craig Goodwin