Argentina vs. Australia Prediction: 2022 World Cup Betting Odds

Payton Matthews
December 2, 2022

The Argentines are -553 favourites on the soccer odds with the Aussies +1300 and a regulation draw +525.

Argentina vs. Australia Odds

Argentina -433
Draw +589
Australia +800

To advance, Argentina is -1659 and Australia +1300. On the draw no bet odds, the Argentines are -3333 and the Aussies +800. The total is set at 3.5 goals (first time I’ve seen more than 2.5) with the under at -238 and over +175. To score first, Argentina is -556, Australia +420 and no goals +1300. That only Argentina scores is -159, only Australia +2500, both teams +175 and no goals +1500.

That there’s an overtime is +450 with no -909. An overtime goal is +520 with no -2000. For a penalty shootout, yes is +860 and no -3333. The favoured exact score is Argentina 2-0 at +309. For half-time/full-time, Argentina/Argentina is the -200 favourite.

These counties last met in 2007 friendly. Their last World Cup meeting was a 1-0 Argentina win in 1993. The winner faces either the USA or Netherlands in the quarterfinals.

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Team Argentina

The biggest betting upset in World Cup history was Argentina getting stunned 2-1 by Saudi Arabia in the team’s first group-stage match – ending the country’s 36-match winning streak — and all of a sudden, Lionel Messi & Co. were in a big hole, but Albiceleste bounced back with 2-0 wins over Mexico and Poland to finish atop Group C with six points and a plus-3 goal differential. Messi leads the club with two goals in this tournament but was irked at himself not converting a penalty in the win over the Poles on Wednesday. Coach Lionel Scaloni made one major change in his lineup against Poland by giving Manchester City’s Julian Alvarez his first start in Qatar and Alvarez had the second goal. Alvarez’s goal was his third in his past five matches for Argentina and his fourth career goal internationally. To no surprise, Messi is the clear-cut -145 favourite for an anytime goal in this match.

Team Australia

Australia punched its ticket to the knockout round with a 1-0 upset over Denmark on Wednesday thanks to a 60^th-minute goal from Mathew Leckie. “He’s the guy we always look to and trust to produce big moments and big performances. And look at him now. In his third World Cup, he’s produced one of the greatest moments in the history of Australian football,” said teammate Jackson Irvine. Leckie and goalkeeper Mat Ryan equaled Australia’s record for the most-ever appearances at a World Cup. The Aussies finished second in Group D behind France – they each had six points, but the French had a goal differential of plus-3 and Australia minus-1. The Socceroos had reached the Round of 16 just once previously, 16 years ago. That ended in a 1-0 loss to Italy. Leckie is +780 for an anytime goal in this match.