Jordan and Argentina have named their teams for their World Cup 2026 meeting in Arlington on matchday three.
The tournament debutants lost 3-1 to Austria on matchday one and spurned a lead to succumb 2-1 to Algeria on Tuesday.
Tournament top scorer Lionel Messi, who has scored all of the holders’ goals across their 3-0 win over the Fennecs and 2-0 victory against Ralf Rangnick’s team, starts on the bench.
“We all would have signed up to win both matches,” head coach Lionel Scaloni said, discussing his plans to rotate his selection (via Ole).
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World Cup 2026: Jordan confirmed team vs Argentina
Jordan starting XI: Yazeed Abulaila, Abdallah Nasib, Husam Abudahab, Yazan Alarab, Ehsan Haddad, Noor Alrawabdeh, Mohannad Abutaha, Nizar Alrashdan, Ali Olwan, Odeh Fakhoury, Ali Azaizeh
Jordan substitutes: Nour Baniateyah, Abdallah Alfakhori, Mohammad Abuhasheesh, Mohammad Abualnadi, Saleem Obaid, Saed Alrosan, Anas Badawi, Amer Jamous, Rajaei Ayed, Ibrahim Sadeh, Mohammad Abughoush, Mohammad Aldaoud, Mohammad Abuzraiq, Mousa Altamari, Mahmoud Almardi
World Cup 2026: Argentina full line up vs Jordan
“The idea is to give most of them the chance to play,” Scaloni said of his squad members. “They deserve it, and we’ll do it whenever the match allows. It’s always good to be able to take care of them.
“To the extent that we can, we will do so, because we believe that everyone has to be involved, [including] the players who have had few minutes.
“Anything we can spare them is good.”
Argentina starting XI: Emiliano Martinez, Marcos Senesi, Nicolas Tagliafico, Nicolas Otamendi, Leandro Paredes, Giovani Lo Celso, Exequiel Palacios, Julian Alvarez, Giuliano Simeone, Nico Paz, Lautaro Martinez
Argentina substitutes: Juan Musso, Geronimo Rulli, Gonzalo Montiel, Lisandro Martinez, Cristian Romero, Facundo Medina, Nahuel Molina, Rodrigo De Paul, Valentin Barco, Nico Gonzalez, Alexis Mac Allister, Enzo Fernandez, Lionel Messi, Thiago Almada, Jose Manuel Lopez
Where to watch Jordan vs Argentina: TV channel, live online streams
Kick-off on Sunday is at 03:00 BST (22:00 ET on Saturday / 19:00 PT on Saturday). In the UK, live TV coverage is on BBC One.
Streaming on a vast range of devices is available through the BBC iPlayer app and BBC Sport website.
World Cup 2026: Jordan vs Argentina stats
- Jordan are without a win in their last seven matches in all competitions (D2 L5), suffering more defeats than they had in their previous 13 games (W7 D2)
- Athe last Asian Cup in 2023, Jordan lost the final 3-1 to hosts Qatar, who have been eliminated from the World Cup
- A tally of 32 goals was Jordan’s highest in a single qualifying campaign, surpassing their 2014 record of 30 goals
- They were one of three AFC sides who reached this World Cup while remaining unbeaten away (W4 D4), along with Australia and South Korea
- Only Iran’s Mehdi Taremi (17 – 10 goals, 7 assists) and Qatar’s Akram Afif (15 – 4 goals, 11 assists) were directly involved in more goals than Jordan forward Yazan Al-Naimat (14 – 8 goals, 6 assists) during AFC qualifying
- Jamal Sellami is at his first World Cup as head coach and is the fourth Moroccan to manage at the finals, after Abdellah Blinda (1994), Walid Regragui (2022) and Mohamed Ouahbi (2026), but the first to lead a nation other than Morocco
- Since losing their group opener to Saudi Arabia in 2022, Argentina have remained unbeaten in nine World Cup games (W7 D2)
- Argentina have won each of their last 10 games in all competitions by an aggregate scoreline of 27-1
- Against Austria, Lionel Messi became the third player in the tournament history to score in six consecutive games, after France’s Just Fontaine in 1958 and Brazil’s Jairzinho in 1970
- Since their first triumph in 1978, Argentina have won the World Cup more times than any other nation (3)
- Seven of the eight FIFA World Cups held in the Americas have been won by a CONMEBOL nation. The exception was in 2014, when Germany beat Argentina in the final
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