Argentina vs Mexico Head-to-Head Record in FIFA World Cup
The FIFA World Cup is less than two weeks away from its kick-off. Hosts Qatar will kick-start the 2022 World Cup by taking on Ecuador in Group A on November 20th.
Argentina will face Mexico in their second group-stage match of the 2022 World Cup. The two sides have faced each other plenty of times in the past. Before they clash at the 2022 World Cup, let’s take a look at their statistics and head-to-head- record
Argentina vs Mexico head-to-head have faced 35 times each other. Argentina have won 16 of those matches, while Mexico secured victories in 14 matches. While five matches between the two sides ended in a draw.
Since the turn of the century, Argentina and Mexico have clashed 13 times. Argentina have got the better of Mexico in 10 of those matches. Mexico have won just one game against Argentina so far in the 21st century. Two matches, meanwhile, ended in draws.
At the FIFA World Cup, Argentina and Mexico have battled three times. Mexico and Argentina have clashed at FIFA’s flagship event in 1930, 2006, and 2010.
Argentina have defeated Mexico on all three of those occasions. They trounced Mexico 6-3 in the 1930 World Cup. In the 2006 World Cup, Argentina knocked Mexico out of the competition with a 2-1 win in the round of 16.
The two sides again clashed at the round-of-16 stage four years later. Argentina again emerged victorious, defeating Mexico 3-1 to progress to the quarter-finals.
Argentina have faced Mexico 35 times. The two sides first met at the 1930 World Cup, where Argentine romped to a 6-3 win over Mexico. The latest clash between the two sides came in September 2019. In that game, Argentina cruised to a comfortable 4-0 win over Mexico.
Yes. Argentina have won the World Cup. They have become the World Cup champions twice. Argentina became the world champions for the first time in 1978. The South American nation defeated the Netherlands in the final to win the title. Argentina registered a 3-1 win over the Netherlands in that game.
Argentina then again became the World Cup champions eight years later. They won the title at the 1986 World Cup, which Mexico hosted. Argentina secured a 3-2 win over West Germany to win their second World Cup.
Argentina’s biggest defeat have come at the hands of Czechoslovakia, Bolivia, and Spain. Czechoslovakia cruised to a 6-1 win over Argentina in 1958.
Bolivia inflicted a heavy 6-1 defeat on Argentina in 2009. Their 6-1 defeat at the hands of Spain, meanwhile, came in 2019, as La Roja ran riot against the South American nation.
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