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Argentina vs Cape Verde Islands – World Cup

World Cup·World·📍 Miami Stadium, Miami Gardens·🕒 Fri, 03 Jul 2026, 22:00

⚽Lionel Messi 29'⚽Lisandro Martínez 92'

FULL TIME

3:2

HT 1–0

✦

Match story

Argentina won 3–2. Argentina created the better chances (xG 2.07–0.57).

◎xGHome

2.070.57

78%22%

⚠FoulsHome

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Referee

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⚖ Drew Fischer

3.0

cards / match

Lenient

LenientStrict

Referee profile (200 matches)

2.8

Yellows/match

0.13

Reds/match

21.8

Fouls/match

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Cape Verde Islands

⚽Deroy Duarte 59'⚽Sidny Lopes Cabral 103'⚽Diney Borges 111' (OG)

13

12

52%48%

🎯ShotsHome

2216

58%42%

◐PossessionHome

64%36%

64%36%

⛳CornersEven

88

50%50%

🟨CardsEven

11

50%50%

2.9

Goals/match

0.26

Penalties/match

Discipline insights

●Averages 3.0 cards per match across 200 tracked matches.

●Red cards are rare in this referee’s matches.

●Awards a penalty roughly every 4 matches.

Match officials

⚖ Drew FischerReferee ⚖ Michael BarwegenAssistant 1 ⚖ Lyes ArfaAssistant 2 ⚖ Katia Itzel GarcíaFourth official

MATCH INTELFT

Result

Argentina win 3–2

Match snapshot

2.07xG0.57

68%Pressure32%

22Shots16

8Corners8

Top performer

8.7

Lionel Messi

1 goal · 0.98 xG

Key insight

Argentina have won 8 out of their 10 most recent World Cup matches.

Win probability

Model prediction not published for this fixture.

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Data from Sportmonks · times Europe/Oslo