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Spain 6–1 Argentina

Tuesday 27 Mar 2018 · Madrid, Spain

Spain6–1Argentina

Goals7

0′15′30′45′60′75′90′Costa Isco Otamendi Isco Alcantara Aspas Isco

12′1–0Diego Costa Spain
27′2–0Isco Spain
39′2–1Nicolás Otamendi Argentina
52′3–1Isco Spain
55′4–1Thiago Alcantara Spain
73′5–1Iago Aspas Spain
74′6–1Isco Spain

Hat-trick: Isco

Line-ups

Starters, then substitutes who came on. ● a goal; yellow and red marks are cards; ↑ on, ↓ off.

Spain

1David de GeaGK
2Dani CarvajalDF
3Gerard PiquéDF ↓72′
15Sergio RamosDF
18Jordi AlbaDF ↓79′
6Andrés IniestaMF ↓56′
8KokeMF
10Thiago AlcantaraMF● ↓82′
19Diego CostaFW● ↓45′
20Marco AsensioFW
22IscoFW●●● ↓76′

Came on

17Iago Aspas●↑45′
7Saúl Ñíguez↑56′
5César Azpilicueta↑72′
14Lucas Vázquez↑76′
24Marcos Alonso↑79′
23Dani Parejo↑82′

Argentina

Came on

23Wilfredo Caballero↑22′
21Cristian Pavón↑56′
22Lautaro Martínez↑59′
2Gabriel Mercado↑62′
15Pablo Pérez↑62′
8Marcos Acuña↑84′

Elo

World Football Elo before kick-off, and what the result did to it.

Spain: 2076 → 2089
Argentina: 2053 → 2040

Expected score for Spain: 67% (a draw counts half), home advantage included.

Head to head

Meeting 14 of 15, 1952–2026.

Spain wins: 7
Draws: 2
Argentina wins: 6

Form either side

Spain

Before

3–0 v Albania 6 Oct 2017 · FIFA World Cup qualification 2017
1–0 v Israel 9 Oct 2017 · FIFA World Cup qualification 2017
5–0 v Costa Rica 11 Nov 2017 · Friendly
3–3 v Russia 14 Nov 2017 · Friendly
1–1 v Germany 23 Mar 2018 · Friendly

After

1–1 v Switzerland 3 Jun 2018 · Friendly
1–0 v Tunisia 9 Jun 2018 · Friendly
3–3 v Portugal 15 Jun 2018 · FIFA World Cup 2018
1–0 v Iran 20 Jun 2018 · FIFA World Cup 2018
2–2 v Morocco 25 Jun 2018 · FIFA World Cup 2018

Argentina

Before

0–0 v Peru 5 Oct 2017 · FIFA World Cup qualification 2017
3–1 v Ecuador 10 Oct 2017 · FIFA World Cup qualification 2017
1–0 v Russia 11 Nov 2017 · Friendly
2–4 v Nigeria 14 Nov 2017 · Friendly
2–0 v Italy 23 Mar 2018 · Friendly

After

4–0 v Haiti 29 May 2018 · Friendly
1–1 v Iceland 16 Jun 2018 · FIFA World Cup 2018
0–3 v Croatia 21 Jun 2018 · FIFA World Cup 2018
2–1 v Nigeria 26 Jun 2018 · FIFA World Cup 2018
3–4 v France 30 Jun 2018 · FIFA World Cup 2018

Every Spain v Argentina match15

From Spain's side.


19 Jul 2026	Argentina	1–0	Neutral	FIFA World Cup 2026	Final
27 Mar 2018	Argentina	6–1	Home	Friendly	—
7 Sep 2010	Argentina	1–4	Away	Friendly	—
14 Nov 2009	Argentina	2–1	Home	Friendly	—
11 Oct 2006	Argentina	2–1	Home	Friendly	—
17 Nov 1999	Argentina	0–2	Home	Friendly	—
20 Sep 1995	Argentina	2–1	Home	Friendly	—
12 Oct 1988	Argentina	1–1	Home	Friendly	—
12 Oct 1974	Argentina	1–1	Away	Friendly	—
11 Oct 1972	Argentina	1–0	Home	Friendly	—
13 Jul 1966	Argentina	1–2	Neutral	FIFA World Cup 1966	Group stage
11 Jun 1961	Argentina	2–0	Home	Friendly	—
24 Jul 1960	Argentina	0–2	Away	Friendly	—
5 Jul 1953	Argentina	0–1	Away	Friendly	—
7 Dec 1952	Argentina	0–1	Home	Friendly	—

Score: openfootball · Scorers: ESPN · Line-ups: ESPN · Cards: ESPN