Two of the greatest nations in World Cup history, Netherlands and Argentina, will meet for the sixth time at FIFA World Cup following their Round of 16 victories over USA and Australia respectively.
Head to Head
Both the teams have met 9 times at International level.
Netherlands won: 4; Argentina won: 3; Draw: 2.
However, in World Cup, they met five times earlier.
Netherlands won: 2; Argentina won: 1; Draw 2.
FIFA World Cup
1974: Netherlands 4-0 Argentina
1978: Argentina 3-1 Netherlands
1998: Netherlands 2-1 Argentina
2006: 0-0
2014: 0-0
Argentina
- Lionel Messi capped off his 1000th career appearance with the 789th goal of his career. This was the 94th goal in the Argentina colours.
- Julian Alvarez became only 6th player in the history of the World Cup to score in his first two starts for Argentina. Hernan Crespo was the last player to do so in 2006.
- Lionel Messi opened the scoring in 6 WC games, the most in the competition along with Christian Vieri, David Villa and Ronaldo.
- Argentina are the second team to reach quarterfinals after losing the 1st game. The last team to repeat the same was Spain in 2010 who went on to win the World Cup.
- In 2006, Italy defeated Australia in Round of 16 and went on to win the World Cup. Argentina are the second team to eliminate Australia from Round of 16.
- Argentina reached WC Quarterfinal for 9th time: 1966, 1978, 1986, 1990, 1998, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2022
- Argentina’s appearance in World Cup Finals 18 – Played: 85 Matches; Won: 46; Draw: 15; Lost: 24; (Knockout matches which were decided on penalty shoot-out – included in draw) Updated till Round of 16 Match against Australia.
Netherlands
- Netherlands continued their unbeaten record against Non-European opponents in the World Cup after defeating USA in Round of 16. They are now 20 matches unbeaten against non-European nations, dating back since 1994.
- Memphis Depay scored a goal in Round of 16, which was his 43rd goal for the Oranjes. He now becomes the 2nd highest goal scorer for his country. Only Robin van Persie (50) is ahead of him.
- Denzel Dumfries became only the third Dutch player in the history of the World Cup to have 3+ goal involvements in a single game. Johan Cruff (1974) and Rob Rensenbrink (1978) are the other two.
- Netherlands have never lost a WC match with Louis Van Gaal as their coach – Played: 11; Won: 8; Draw: 3;
- Netherlands reached WC Quarterfinal for 7th time: 1974, 1978, 1994, 1998, 2010, 2014, 2022
- Netherland’s appearance in World Cup Finals 11 – Played: 54 Matches; Won: 30; Draw: 13; Lost: 11; (Knockout matches which were decided on penalty shoot-out – included in draw) Updated till Round of 16 Match against USA.
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