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World: World Cup · Group J Jun 17
Strengths comparison
Argentina
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Defense
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Argentina Algeria
Algeria
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Current lineup
ARG 4-4-2·4-3-3 ALG
Argentina
11 starters · 15 bench
# Name / Club Age Caps MV Actions Rate
Starting XI
23
Martinez E. (G)
Aston Villa
33 61 €12.1m 93
6.8
4
Montiel G.
River Plate
29 41 €4.5m 59
↓ 46'
6.7
13
Romero C.
Tottenham
28 59 €45.3m 82
↓ 80'
7.4
6
Martinez Li.
Manchester United
28 32 €38.6m 73
7.2
25
Medina F.
Marseille
27 35 €16.3m 70
6.7
7
de Paul R.
Inter Miami
32 87 €14.3m 79
6.8
20 27 56 €69.5m 87
6.3
24 25 42 €90.6m 86
7.4
16
Almada T.
Atl. Madrid
25 46 €15.1m 63
↓ 55'
6.5
10
Messi L. (C)
Inter Miami
38 173 €16.8m 98
⚽ 17' ⚽ 60' ⚽ 76' ↓ 80'
9.6
22 28 90 €88.0m 82
↓ 55'
6.1
Bench
9
Alvarez J.
Atl. Madrid
26 80 €100.7m 82
↑ 55'
6.4
8
Barco V.
Strasbourg
21 16 €41.4m 67
15
Gonzalez N.
Atl. Madrid
28 54 €20.9m 67
↑ 55'
7.0
11 30 70 €8.1m 63
21
Lopez J.
Palmeiras
25 5 €25.2m 70
26
Molina N.
Atl. Madrid
28 64 €14.0m 75
↑ 46'
6.6
1
Musso J. (G)
Atl. Madrid
32 4 €2.9m 66
19 38 129 €1.0m 70
↑ 80'
14
Palacios E.
Bayer Leverkusen
27 47 €24.5m 75
5
Paredes L.
Boca Juniors
31 77 €5.1m 72
18 21 20 €82.8m 73
↑ 80'
12
Rulli G. (G)
Marseille
34 17 €6.0m 74
2
Senesi M.
Bournemouth
29 7 €24.5m 79
17
Simeone G.
Atl. Madrid
23 19 €39.1m 67
3 33 80 €4.0m 64
Missing
Balerdi L. Marseille
Calf Injury
Algeria
11 starters · 15 bench
# Name / Club Age Caps MV Actions Rate
Starting XI
23
Zidane L. (G)
Granada CF
28 24 €993k 45
5.9
17 24 14 €6.7m 57
6.2
2 34 108 €964k 66
7.2
21 31 80 €7.0m 71
6.9
15
Ait-Nouri R.
Manchester City
25 38 €40.3m 76
6.1
14 26 32 €11.4m 61
↓ 64'
6.2
19 31 54 €4.6m 63
↓ 82'
6.5
22
Maza I.
Bayer Leverkusen
20 29 €44.7m 69
↓ 81'
6.1
11 24 20 €23.8m 62
↓ 64'
6.4
9
Gouiri A.
Marseille
26 80 €27.0m 73
↓ 64'
5.9
10
Chaibi F.
Eintracht Frankfurt
23 29 €14.5m 59
6.6
Bench
3
Abada A.
USM Alger
26 12 €993k 34
18
Amoura M.
Wolfsburg
26 47 €19.0m 64
↑ 64'
6.1
8
Aouar H.
Al Ittihad
27 38 €7.7m 58
↑ 64'
6.5
5
Belaid Z.
Kabylie
27 21 €1.7m 44
16
Benbot O. (G)
USM Alger
31 3 €820k 43
12 26 5 €1.1m 37
20
Boulbina A.
Al-Duhail
23 21 €3.0m 38
↑ 81'
26
Chergui S.
Paris FC
27 5 €2.9m 44
25
Ghedjemis F.
Frosinone
23 1 €7.4m 46
13
Hadjam J.
Young Boys
23 22 €6.9m 47
7
Mahrez R.
Al Ahli SC
35 103 €5.1m 71
↑ 64'
6.3
1
Mastil M. (G)
Stade Nyonnais
26 2 €245k 27
24
Titraoui Y.
Charleroi
22 11 €6.8m 48
4
Tougai M.
Esperance Tunis
26 30 €1.3m 40
6 28 53 €6.3m 59
↑ 82'

Match info

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