Argentina vs Switzerland Key Stats: FIFA World Cup 2026

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• Argentina have won both their World Cup encounters with Switzerland, 2-0 in the 1966 group stage and 1-0 after extra-time in the 2014 round of 16. Overall, the South Americans are unbeaten in their seven meetings (W5 D2).
• Argentina have prevailed in six of their last eight World Cup knockout ties against European teams.
• Argentina have won four and lost four of their eight World Cup quarter-finals ties, all eight being against European teams. They have won the last two, beating Belgium 1-0 in 2014 and the Netherlands via a penalty shoot-out in 2022.
• Argentina are unbeaten in their last 11 FIFA World Cup matches (W9 D2), their longest unbeaten run in tournament history.
• Argentina are aiming to win six successive World Cup matches for the first time.
• Argentina have won nine of their last 11 knockout matches at the World Cup.
• Lionel Messi has scored in a record-extending nine successive fixtures at the FIFA World Cup.
• Lionel Messi has scored in six successive knockout-round matches dating back to 2022.
• Lionel Messi could become the first player to make 15 appearances in World Cup knockout phase matches, moving one clear of Miroslav Klose (Germany).
• Argentina have scored two goals or more in their last 11 World Cup matches, equalling Uruguay’s record from 1930-1954.
• Argentina have scored in their last 14 World Cup fixtures, the most successive games in which they have found the net at the global showpiece.
• Argentina became just the second team at FIFA World Cup 2026 to come from two goals down to win a game against Egypt, matching the feat of Belgium who overturned a 0-2 deficit against Senegal.
• Switzerland are looking to win back-to-back World Cup knockout ties against South American teams having reached the quarter-finals with a penalty shoot-out success against Colombia. Overall, their record in regular time against CONMEBOL teams is P10 W1 D3 L6.
• Switzerland have reached the quarter-finals for the first time since 1954.
• Switzerland are aiming to reach the semi-finals for the first time, having lost three times in the quarter-finals (1934, 1938 and 1954).
• Switzerland have lost only one of their last 19 international matches (W11 D7).
• Switzerland are unbeaten in their last five World Cup matches, equalling their record in the competition which they achieved across the 2006 and 2010 editions.
• Switzerland have kept back-to-back clean sheets for the first time since a five-match run spanning the 2006 and 2010 editions. 
• Murat Yakin is set to be only the second coach to lead Switzerland in ten World Cup matches after Karl Rappan who oversaw ten matches across three editions (3-1938, 4-1954, 3-1962).
• Argentina striker Lautaro Martínez and Switzerland defender Manuel Akanji are team-mates at Inter Milan, winning the Italian Serie A and Coppa Italia double together in 2025/26.
• Giovani Lo Celso (Argentina) and Ricardo Rodríguez (Switzerland) played together for Spanish club Real Betis from 2024-26.
• Argentina’s Exequiel Palacios and Switzerland captain Granit Xhaka won the German Bundesliga and DFB-Pokal double together in 2023/24.
• Julián Alvarez and Manuel Akanji were fellow members of the Manchester City side that won the treble of UEFA Champions League, Premier League and FA Cup in 2022/23 – both in their debut season with the English club.
• Respective head coaches Lionel Scaloni (Argentina) and Murat Yakin (Switzerland) played against each other once in the UEFA Champions League, when Yakin’s Basel beat Scaloni’s Deportivo La Coruña 1-0 at home in the third match of the 2002/03 second group stage, Yakin’s brother Hakan scoring the winning goal. Scaloni took part in the return fixture in Spain a week later – another 1-0 home win – but Murat Yakin did not.