Argentina vs Austria Preview

Monday’s Group J showdown at AT&T Stadium brings together the two perfect sides from the opening round, as Argentina take on Austria with both nations sitting on maximum points. With Jordan and Algeria already off the pace at the bottom, the winner here will take a giant stride towards topping the group.

Argentina have been utterly dominant heading into and through the start of this tournament. Their most recent outing produced a comfortable 3-0 victory over Algeria in their World Cup opener on 17th June. Prior to that, they beat Iceland 3-0 at home in a pre-tournament friendly. Before that, a 2-0 home win over Honduras. Earlier in this run they thrashed Zambia 5-0 at home, and in their oldest result here they beat Mauritania 2-1 at home. La Albiceleste have won every match in this run conceding just a single goal, and they arrive as the form team of the entire tournament.

Austria have matched that perfect record through their own opening five matches. Their most recent outing was a 3-1 win at home to Jordan in their World Cup opener on 17th June. Prior to that, they beat Tunisia 1-0 at home in a friendly. Before that, a 1-0 home win over South Korea. Earlier in this run they thrashed Ghana 5-1 at home, and in their oldest result here they drew 1-1 at home with Bosnia and Herzegovina. Das Team have been consistently impressive throughout this run and arrive full of confidence that they can match Argentina’s quality.

The sole previous meeting between these sides ended level, with Austria and Argentina sharing a 1-1 draw at home to Austria in May 1990 — the only fixture on record between the two nations.

Both sides sit on three points with maximum goal difference advantage in the group, Argentina on +3 and Austria on +2. The winner here would move to six points and take a commanding position at the top of Group J, while a draw would leave both sides well clear of Jordan and Algeria heading into the final round of fixtures.

In the UK, this match is live on BBC One and available to stream via BBC iPlayer. In the United States, viewers can watch on FOX Network or fuboTV. Argentinian fans can follow the action on TyC Sports Argentina or Telefe Argentina, while Austrian viewers can tune in on ORF ON or SRF zwei.

Possible Lineups

Argentina (4-4-2) Martínez, Romero, Martínez, Montiel, Medina, Mac Allister, Fernández, De Paul, Almada, Messi, Martínez

Austria (4-2-3-1) Schlager, Mwene, Alaba, Lienhart, Posch, Laimer, Seiwald, Sabitzer, Schlager, Schmid, Kalajdzic

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Group J Table

Pos	Team	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	P
1	Argentina	1	1	0	0	3	0	+3	3
2	Austria	1	1	0	0	3	1	+2	3
3	Jordan	1	0	0	1	1	3	-2	0
4	Algeria	1	0	0	1	0	3	-3	0

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Argentina Form

Result	Home Team	Score	Away Team	Competition	Date
✅	Argentina	3-0	Algeria	World Cup	17.06.26
✅	Argentina	3-0	Iceland	Friendly	10.06.26
✅	Argentina	2-0	Honduras	Friendly	07.06.26
✅	Argentina	5-0	Zambia	Friendly	01.04.26
✅	Argentina	2-1	Mauritania	Friendly	27.03.26

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Austria Form

Result	Home Team	Score	Away Team	Competition	Date
✅	Austria	3-1	Jordan	World Cup	17.06.26
✅	Austria	1-0	Tunisia	Friendly	01.06.26
✅	Austria	1-0	South Korea	Friendly	31.03.26
✅	Austria	5-1	Ghana	Friendly	27.03.26
🤝	Austria	1-1	Bosnia & Herzegovina	World Cup	18.11.25

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Head-to-Head

Home Team	Score	Away Team	Competition	Date
Austria	1-1	Argentina	Friendly	03.05.90

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TV Listings / Streaming

Country	Channel
Great Britain	BBC One, BBC iPlayer, BBC Radio 5 Live
Ireland	RTE 2, RTE Player, BBC One, BBC iPlayer
USA	FOX Network, fuboTV, Telemundo
Argentina	TyC Sports Argentina, Telefe Argentina, DGO
Austria	ORF ON, SRF zwei, Servus TV
France	M6, M6+, beIN Sports 1
Germany	Das Erste, SRF zwei, MagentaTV
Australia	SBS, SBS On Demand
Canada	TSN1, TSN+, RDS
Italy	DAZN Italia, RAI 1, RaiPlay