The second quarterfinal match of the 2022 Qatar World Cup will be played this Friday by the Argentina and Netherlands national teams, following the Brazil-Croatia match which secured the first ticket to the semifinals of the ultimate football competition.
The match between the albiceleste and the Dutch is one of the most evenly matched in the elimination phase. On one hand, Argentina finished first in Group C after an initial stumble against Saudi Arabia and defeated Australia 2-1 in the round of 16 with the help of Lionel Messi; on the other hand, the Netherlands also secured the top spot in their zone, Group A, without losing a single game and achieved a 3-1 victory against the United States in the round of 16.
In the Qatar 2022, the Argentine team has scored 8 goals while the Dutch team has scored 7 goals. However, the Argentine team is more accurate, with 38 shots on goal compared to the Dutch team’s 17 shots on goal. Additionally, the Argentine team has a higher percentage of successful passes, with 2,412 passes compared to the Dutch team’s 1,828 passes. The statistics from DataFactory show that the Argentine team is performing better in terms of goal scoring, shot accuracy, and passing accuracy.
This match has a greater relevance because it includes World Cups, from historical friendly matches to duels in football, and it also has higher figures.
Here we present the historical balance between the Dutch and the Argentinians.
In their history, the senior men’s national teams of Argentina and the Netherlands have faced each other nine times, as stated by the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation (RSSSF): five occasions occurred in World Cups and four more in friendly matches.
Netherlands has won four times (two in World Cups and two in friendly matches), Argentina has triumphed three times (two in World Cups and one in a friendly match), and two draws (one in the World Cup and another in a friendly match) have been recorded out of those nine matches.
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