Argentina vs Australia Prediction 3 December 2022

It is necessary to start the prediction for Argentina with the fact that while Lionel Scaloni's team does not radiate overconfident football. Recall that the South Americans started the group stage with a sensational defeat against Saudi Arabia (1:2). Then Messi and company won 2-0 against Mexico and Poland. The match of the 3rd round against the Poles in the performance of Argentina really looked cool: 25 shots at the goal of Szczesny (13 on target), 73% possession of the ball. But why didn't the Scaloni guys play like this before? Perhaps it is Poland that is so bad now? We will find out the answer already in the World Cup playoffs, but we would definitely not rush to record the Argentines as favorites of the tournament for one match.

A weighty argument in favor of the guests in the prediction for Australia will be that Graham Arnold's team reached the 1/8 finals from a fairly strong group. Judge for yourself: in Quartet D there was the reigning world champion – France, as well as strong Denmark and Tunisia. After a disastrous start against Les Bleus (1-4), the Australians won two victories with the same score 1:0. So Arnold's team cannot be attributed to weak national teams in any way. Although against Argentina, Australia will face a difficult test in defense.