Argentina - Venezuela

Argentina

World Cup - Qualification South America Group Stage 2026 - Round 17

Friday 5 September 2025 00:30

3 - 0

Finished

Referee: Piero Maza

Venezuela

Result

Ball possession

77%

23%

Timeline

16'

Cristian Sleiker Cásseres Yepes

Lionel Messi

1-0

39'

46'

Tomás Eduardo Rincón Hernández (out)
Jorge Luis Yriarte González (in)

56'

Miguel Ángel Navarro Zárate (out)
Yeferson Julio Soteldo Martínez (in)

56'

José Salomón Rondón Giménez (out)
Josef Alexander Martínez (in)

60'

Jon Mikel Aramburu Mejías

Franco Mastantuono (out)
Nicolás Iván González (in)

63'

Cristian Gabriel Romero

64'

67'

Jefferson David Savarino Quintero (out)
Leonardo José Flores Soto (in)

Leandro Daniel Paredes (out)
Exequiel Alejandro Palacios (in)

74'

Julián Álvarez (out)
Lautaro Javier Martínez (in)

74'

Lautaro Javier Martínez

2-0

76'

Lionel Messi

3-0

80'

Nahuel Molina Lucero (out)
Giuliano Simeone (in)

81'

Thiago Ezequiel Almada (out)
Nicolás Paz Martínez (in)

81'

Eduard Alexander Bello Gil (out)
Jhon Eduard Murillo Romaña (in)

Odds

1X2	10Bet	188Bet	1xBet	Bet365	Betano	Betfair	Marathonbet	Pinnacle	SBO	Superbet	Unibet	William Hill
1 Argentina	1.23	1.24	1.25	1.22	1.26	1.18	1.23	1.23	1.22	1.25	1.25	1.22
X Draw	5.80	6.00	6.53	5.50	6.20	6.00	6.00	6.24	5.03	6.10	6.10	5.50
2 Venezuela	13.50	12.50	14.40	15.00	13.50	15.00	13.25	12.74	9.45	12.00	13.00	13.00

Previous confrontations (H2H)

4 Argentina

3 Draw

1 Venezuela

63% Over 2.5 goals

75% Both teams scored

3.3 Goals per match

2 | 0 Clean sheets

Biggest win: Argentina 3-0 Venezuela (2022)

Most goals: Argentina 4-1 Venezuela (2016)

Goals scored all matches

2.13

1.13

Goals in home matches

2.25

1.00

Goals in away matches

2.00

1.25

Above is calculated based on the below matches

2024-10-10 Thursday 22:00

Draw 🤔

Venezuela

Argentina

2022-03-25 Friday 23:30

Walkover 🔥

Argentina

Venezuela 4

2021-09-03 Friday 01:00

Won 😎

Venezuela 2 P

Argentina

2019-06-28 Friday 20:00

Won 😎

Venezuela 4

Argentina 2

2019-03-22 Friday 20:00

Won 😎

Argentina 2

Venezuela 6 P

2017-09-06 Wednesday 00:30

Draw 🤔

Argentina 3

Venezuela 5

2016-09-07 Wednesday 00:30

Draw 🤔

Venezuela

Argentina 3

2016-06-19 Sunday 00:00

Walkover 🔥

Argentina

Venezuela 4

Stats

Argentina

Venezuela

Shots off goal

Total shots

Blocked shots

Shots outside box

Fouls

Yellow cards

832

Total passes

254

777

Passes success

189

93%

Passes %

74%

Stadion

Stadion name

Estadio Mâs Monumental

Capacity

85018

Address

Avenida Presidente José Figueroa Alcorta 7597, Núñez
Capital Federal, Ciudad de Buenos Aires

Line-ups

Argentina — Formation: 4-2-2-2

Coach: Lionel Sebastián Scaloni

Damián Emiliano Martínez

Nahuel Molina Lucero

Cristian Gabriel Romero

Nicolás Hernán Otamendi

Nicolás Alejandro Tagliafico

Rodrigo Javier De Paul

Leandro Daniel Paredes

Franco Mastantuono

Thiago Ezequiel Almada

Lionel Messi

Julián Álvarez

José Salomón Rondón Giménez

Jefferson David Savarino Quintero

Cristian Sleiker Cásseres Yepes

Tomás Eduardo Rincón Hernández

Eduard Alexander Bello Gil

Miguel Ángel Navarro Zárate

Christian Frederick Bayoi Makoun Reyes

Wilker José Ángel Romero

Nahuel Ferraresi Hernández

Jon Mikel Aramburu Mejías

Rafael Enrique Romo Pérez

Venezuela — Formation: 5-3-2 Logo Venezuela

Coach: Fernando Ariel Batista

Argentina — Formation: 4-2-2-2

Coach: Lionel Sebastián Scaloni

Venezuela — Formation: 5-3-2 Logo Venezuela

Coach: Fernando Ariel Batista

Damián Emiliano Martínez

Nahuel Molina Lucero

Cristian Gabriel Romero

Nicolás Hernán Otamendi

Nicolás Alejandro Tagliafico

Rodrigo Javier De Paul

Leandro Daniel Paredes

Franco Mastantuono

Thiago Ezequiel Almada

Lionel Messi

Julián Álvarez

José Salomón Rondón Giménez

Jefferson David Savarino Quintero

Cristian Sleiker Cásseres Yepes

Tomás Eduardo Rincón Hernández

Eduard Alexander Bello Gil

Miguel Ángel Navarro Zárate

Christian Frederick Bayoi Makoun Reyes

Wilker José Ángel Romero

Nahuel Ferraresi Hernández

Jon Mikel Aramburu Mejías

Rafael Enrique Romo Pérez

Substitutes

Substitutes Argentina

Name	Age	Position
Gerónimo Rulli	34	Goalkeeper
Walter Daniel Benítez	33	Goalkeeper
Gonzalo Ariel Montiel	29	Defender
Leonardo Julián Balerdi Rossa	27	Defender
Giovani Lo Celso	30	Midfielder
Exequiel Alejandro Palacios	27	Midfielder
Giuliano Simeone	24	Midfielder
Nicolás Paz Martínez	21	Midfielder
Alexis Mac Allister	27	Midfielder
Marcos Javier Acuña	34	Attacker
Nicolás Iván González	28	Attacker
Lautaro Javier Martínez	28	Attacker

Substitutes Venezuela

Name	Age	Position
Wuilker Fariñez Aray	28	Goalkeeper
Alain Baroja Méndez	36	Goalkeeper
Josua Antonio Mejías García	29	Defender
Alexander David González Sibulo	33	Defender
Leonardo José Flores Soto	31	Midfielder
Yeferson Julio Soteldo Martínez	29	Midfielder
Daniel Pereira Gil	26	Midfielder
Jorge Luis Yriarte González	26	Midfielder
Kevin Jesús Kelsy Genez	22	Attacker
Gleiker Teodoro Mendoza Barrios	24	Attacker
Josef Alexander Martínez	33	Attacker
Jhon Eduard Murillo Romaña	31	Attacker

Player stats

#	Name	FN rating	Min	Pos	G	A	Sh	SoT	Pas	KP	Pas+	Tkl	Blk	Int	Du	Du+	Dri	Dri+	Foul	Foul+	🟨	Off	Sav	GC	PenSv
10	Lionel Messi ©️	9.2	90	Attacker	2	0	4	4	76	5	68	1	-	-	15	5	11	3	1	1	0	2	-	0	-
22	Rafael Enrique Romo Pérez	8.0	90	Goalkeeper	-	0	-	-	21	-	15	-	-	-	3	3	-	-	-	2	0	-	6	3	0
19	Nicolás Hernán Otamendi	7.9	90	Defender	-	0	1	-	103	-	101	-	-	3	5	5	-	-	-	1	0	-	-	0	-
7	Rodrigo Javier De Paul	7.9	90	Midfielder	-	0	1	-	121	1	111	-	-	-	2	2	-	-	-	2	0	-	-	0	-
16	Thiago Ezequiel Almada	7.9	81	Midfielder	-	1	3	1	62	4	58	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	0	-	-	0	-
9	Julián Álvarez	7.7	74	Attacker	-	1	1	1	34	4	30	-	-	-	7	4	2	2	1	1	0	-	-	0	-
13	Cristian Gabriel Romero	7.3	90	Defender	-	0	-	-	104	-	100	1	-	3	6	3	-	-	2	1	1	1	-	0	-
3	Nicolás Alejandro Tagliafico	7.3	90	Defender	-	0	1	1	46	-	43	1	1	1	3	3	1	1	-	1	0	-	-	0	-
5	Leandro Daniel Paredes	7.3	74	Midfielder	-	0	-	-	103	1	98	1	-	-	3	1	-	-	1	-	0	-	-	0	-
22	Lautaro Javier Martínez (sub)	7.2	16	Attacker	1	0	1	1	5	-	4	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	0	-	-	0	-
2	Nahuel Molina Lucero	7.0	81	Defender	-	0	-	-	55	-	50	1	-	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	0	-	-	0	-
23	Damián Emiliano Martínez	6.9	90	Goalkeeper	-	0	-	-	22	-	21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	-	-	0	0
21	Franco Mastantuono	6.9	63	Midfielder	-	0	1	-	51	-	44	-	-	1	7	2	2	1	3	1	0	-	-	0	-
15	Nicolás Iván González (sub)	6.9	27	Attacker	-	1	1	1	10	1	9	-	-	-	3	2	1	-	-	1	0	-	-	0	-
8	Tomás Eduardo Rincón Hernández ©️	6.9	46	Midfielder	-	0	-	-	12	-	10	3	-	2	5	4	-	-	1	1	0	-	-	0	-
16	Jorge Luis Yriarte González (sub)	6.7	48	Midfielder	-	0	1	-	20	-	15	2	-	1	5	3	-	-	1	1	0	-	-	0	-
14	Exequiel Alejandro Palacios (sub)	6.6	16	Midfielder	-	0	-	-	27	-	27	-	-	-	2	2	-	-	-	1	0	-	-	0	-
18	Nicolás Paz Martínez (sub)	6.6	9	Midfielder	-	0	-	-	7	-	7	-	-	1	5	3	-	-	1	2	0	-	-	0	-
23	José Salomón Rondón Giménez	6.6	56	Attacker	-	0	-	-	15	1	9	-	1	-	4	1	-	-	1	-	0	-	-	0	-
3	Wilker José Ángel Romero	6.5	90	Defender	-	0	-	-	22	-	18	-	1	2	1	-	-	-	1	-	0	-	-	0	-
15	Miguel Ángel Navarro Zárate	6.5	56	Defender	-	0	-	-	10	-	4	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	-	-	0	-
20	Eduard Alexander Bello Gil	6.5	81	Midfielder	-	0	-	-	11	-	9	2	-	1	7	3	1	-	1	1	0	-	-	0	-
10	Yeferson Julio Soteldo Martínez (sub)	6.5	34	Midfielder	-	0	-	-	19	-	15	-	-	-	2	1	2	1	-	-	0	-	-	0	-
17	Giuliano Simeone (sub)	6.3	9	Attacker	-	0	-	-	6	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	1	-	0	-
5	Christian Frederick Bayoi Makoun Reyes	6.3	90	Defender	-	0	-	-	28	-	20	1	1	2	3	1	-	-	-	-	0	-	-	0	-
18	Cristian Sleiker Cásseres Yepes	6.3	90	Midfielder	-	0	1	-	21	-	17	2	-	2	8	3	-	-	4	1	1	-	-	0	-
17	Josef Alexander Martínez (sub)	6.3	34	Attacker	-	0	-	-	4	-	4	-	-	-	3	1	-	-	1	1	0	-	-	0	-
6	Leonardo José Flores Soto (sub)	6.3	23	Midfielder	-	0	-	-	12	1	9	1	-	-	5	3	-	-	1	1	0	-	-	0	-
19	Jhon Eduard Murillo Romaña (sub)	6.3	9	Midfielder	-	0	-	-	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	-	-	0	-
4	Jon Mikel Aramburu Mejías	6.2	90	Defender	-	0	-	-	17	-	13	2	-	1	7	2	-	-	2	-	1	-	-	0	-
2	Nahuel Ferraresi Hernández	6.2	90	Defender	-	0	-	-	29	-	21	1	-	-	3	2	-	-	-	1	0	-	-	0	-
7	Jefferson David Savarino Quintero	6.2	67	Attacker	-	0	1	-	12	1	9	1	-	-	4	1	1	-	-	-	0	-	-	0	-
1	Walter Daniel Benítez (sub)	-	-	Goalkeeper	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	-	-	0	-
12	Gerónimo Rulli (sub)	-	-	Goalkeeper	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	-	-	0	-
8	Marcos Javier Acuña (sub)	-	-	Defender	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	-	-	0	-
6	Leonardo Julián Balerdi Rossa (sub)	-	-	Defender	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	-	-	0	-
4	Gonzalo Ariel Montiel (sub)	-	-	Defender	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	-	-	0	-
11	Giovani Lo Celso (sub)	-	-	Midfielder	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	-	-	0	-
20	Alexis Mac Allister (sub)	-	-	Midfielder	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	-	-	0	-
12	Alain Baroja Méndez (sub)	-	-	Goalkeeper	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	-	-	0	-
1	Wuilker Fariñez Aray (sub)	-	-	Goalkeeper	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	-	-	0	-
14	Josua Antonio Mejías García (sub)	-	-	Defender	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	-	-	0	-
21	Alexander David González Sibulo (sub)	-	-	Defender	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	-	-	0	-
13	Daniel Pereira Gil (sub)	-	-	Midfielder	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	-	-	0	-
11	Gleiker Teodoro Mendoza Barrios (sub)	-	-	Midfielder	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	-	-	0	-
9	Kevin Jesús Kelsy Genez (sub)	-	-	Attacker	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	-	-	0	-