Preview Line Up Formation Greece vs Argentina Predictions
The only previous match between these two sides was in the 1994 World Cup, Argentina won 4-0 thanks to a Gabriel Batistuta hat trick and a goal by Diego Maradona, his last ever for the Albiceleste.Argentina have won their last seven internationals, their best run since 1998.The last time Argentina conceded more than one goal in a World Cup match was in the 1998 quarter final against the Netherlands.The South-Americans are unbeaten in their last eight World Cup matches (five wins and three draws); their last defeat was against England in 2002.Greece managed their first ever World Cup win last week against Nigeria, Dimitrios Salpingidis scoring their first ever goal.Gonzalo Higuain became the third Argentine player to score a World Cup hat trick, after Guillermo Stabile (1930) and Gabriel Batistuta (1994 and 1998).Greece's win over Nigeria was the first time they had came from behind to win a match in major tournament.Argentina's opener against South Korea marked the first time the Albiceleste profited from an own goal in the World Cup.The Albiceleste have won just one of their last seven meetings with European opponents at the World Cup.Two of the three goals Greece have conceded in the 2010 World Cup came after free-kicks.
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