{"id":26529,"date":"2022-12-02T16:41:40","date_gmt":"2022-12-02T15:41:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1749549"},"modified":"2022-12-02T18:00:21","modified_gmt":"2022-12-02T17:00:21","slug":"argentina-v-australia-prediction-and-team-news-who-will-win-round-of-16-game","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/argentina-v-australia-prediction-and-team-news-who-will-win-round-of-16-game\/","title":{"rendered":"Argentina v Australia prediction and team news: Who will win Round of 16 game?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"><\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By Michael Potts\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Friday, 02 December 2022 at 12:00 am<\/p><hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body><p>Argentina begin their World Cup knockout games with a potential banana skin encounter with Australia.<\/p>\n<p>Lionel Messi\u2019s men were humbled by Saudi Arabia in their opening gambit in this tournament but recovered well to win Group C.<\/p>\n<p>Australia were also brought low in their opener, a 4-1 defeat at the hands of reigning champions France, but hit back with impressive victories over Tunisia and Denmark to qualify.<\/p>\n<ul><li><strong>Check out our <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/sport\/football\/world-cup-2022-today\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">World Cup matches on today<\/a> guide | <a href=\"\/\/qatar22wc.ecal.com\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Add World Cup 2022 fixtures directly to your calendar<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>There are no easy games in the World Cup knockout rounds. Favourable draws, yes. Easy games, absolutely not.<\/p>\n<p class=\"&quot;p1&quot;\"><a href=\"\/\/RadioTimes.com&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">RadioTimes.com<\/a> brings you our predictions and team news for Argentina v Australia in the World Cup 2022 Round of 16.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For more World Cup features check out: <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/sport\/football\/world-cup-2022-kits-ranked-comment\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">World Cup 2022 kits ranked<\/a> | <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/sport\/football\/qatar-world-cup-stadiums-2022\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">World Cup 2022 stadiums<\/a> | <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/sport\/football\/world-cup-2022-fixtures\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">World Cup 2022 fixtures<\/a> | <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/sport\/football\/best-football-players-world\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Best players in the world 2022<\/a><\/strong><\/p> <div class=\"&quot;brightcove\" embed=\"\"> <div class=\"&quot;embed__intrinsic&quot;\"> <div class=\"&quot;brightcove__player\" vjs-playlist-player-container=\"\"> <video data-video-id=\"6316310357112\" data-account=\"69912529001\" data-player=\"ByeOf0VZEl\" data-embed=\"&quot;default&quot;\" data-application-id=\"\" controls=\"\" class=\"&quot;video-js&quot;\"> <\/video> <\/div> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<script src=\"&quot;\/\/players.brightcove.net\/69912529001\/ByeOf0VZEl_default\/index.min.js&quot;\"\/> <h2 class=\"&quot;p1&quot;\"><b>When is Argentina v Australia?<\/b><\/h2>\n<p class=\"&quot;p1&quot;\">Argentina v Australia will kick off at <strong>7pm<\/strong> on <strong>Saturday 3rd December 2022<\/strong><strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"&quot;p1&quot;\">Check out all the games coming up with our <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/sport\/football\/world-cup-2022-tv-schedule\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">World Cup TV schedule<\/a> guide.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"&quot;p1&quot;\"><b>Argentina v Australia team news<\/b><\/h2>\n<p class=\"&quot;p1&quot;\"><b>Argentina predicted line-up:\u00a0<\/b>Martinez; Molina, Romero, Otamendi, Acuna; De Paul, Fernandez, Mac Allister; Di Maria, Messi, Alvarez<\/p>\n<p class=\"&quot;p1&quot;\"><b>Australia predicted line-up:\u00a0<\/b>Ryan; Degenek, Souttar, Rowles, Behich; Leckie, Mooy, Irvine, Goodwin; Duke, McGree<b><br\/><\/b><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"&quot;p1&quot;\"><b>Argentina v Australia prediction<\/b><\/h2>\n<p>Whatever we said about no easy games, there is a distinct gulf in quality between these two sides.<\/p>\n<p>Expect a staunch Australian defensive effort in the first half. Expect them to turn the game into a cagey, gritty, bitty slug-fest.<\/p>\n<p>However, once the Australian dam bursts, expect Messi and his mates to flood in, to devastating effect.<\/p>\n<p><b>Our prediction: Argentina 3-0 Australia (<\/b><a href=\"\/\/www.bet365.com\/olp\/open-account?affiliate=365_01001255&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\"><span class=\"&quot;s2&quot;\"><b>6\/1<\/b><\/span><\/a><b>\u00a0at <\/b><a href=\"\/\/www.bet365.com\/olp\/open-account?affiliate=365_01001255&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\"><span class=\"&quot;s2&quot;\"><b>bet365<\/b><\/span><\/a><b>)<\/b><\/p> <h2 class=\"&quot;p1&quot;\"><b>Argentina v Australia odds<\/b><\/h2>\n<p class=\"&quot;p8&quot;\">In working partnership with the <strong>Radio Times<\/strong>,\u00a0<a href=\"\/\/www.bet365.com\/olp\/open-account?affiliate=365_01001255&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\"><span class=\"&quot;s2&quot;\">bet365<\/span><\/a>\u00a0has provided the following betting odds for this event:<\/p>\n<p class=\"&quot;p8&quot;\">bet365 odds: Argentina (<a href=\"\/\/www.bet365.com\/olp\/open-account?affiliate=365_01001255&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\"><span class=\"&quot;s2&quot;\">1\/5<\/span><\/a>) Draw (<a href=\"\/\/www.bet365.com\/olp\/open-account?affiliate=365_01001255&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\"><span class=\"&quot;s2&quot;\">6\/1<\/span><\/a>) Australia (<a href=\"\/\/www.bet365.com\/olp\/open-account?affiliate=365_01001255&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\"><span class=\"&quot;s2&quot;\">14\/1<\/span><\/a>)*<\/p>\n<p class=\"&quot;p8&quot;\">For all the latest World Cup odds and more, visit bet365 today. 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