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World Cup 2026 · Group --

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Nation form coming into the tournament

Team form · Internationals · 17 games · player leaders from national-team comps
Team Form Per game · ranked across WC nations
Over 2.5
53% 20/48
Both teams score
35% 37/48
Goals / game
2.82 28/48
Goals for
2.29 13/48
Shots
12.2 24/48
Shots on target
5.2 19/48
Goals against
0.53 9/48
Clean sheets
10 14/48
Cards against
2.4 7/48
Fouls won
12.8 8/48
Fouls made
11.2 22/48
Cards for
1.4 12/48
Squad Form Leaders
Goals
1 Lionel Messi MIA · 15 apps 0.67 2 Lautaro Martínez INT · 15 apps 0.33 3 Thiago Almada ATM · 10 apps 0.30 4 Julián Alvarez ATM · 20 apps 0.25 5 Nicolás Otamendi SLB · 18 apps 0.22
Assists
1 Thiago Almada ATM · 10 apps 0.40 2 Lionel Messi MIA · 15 apps 0.27 3 Giovani Lo Celso BET · 10 apps 0.20 4 Nico González ATM · 15 apps 0.20 5 Enzo Fernández CHE · 17 apps 0.18
Shots
1 Lionel Messi MIA · 15 apps 3.60 2 Julián Alvarez ATM · 20 apps 1.30 3 Lautaro Martínez INT · 15 apps 1.27 4 Thiago Almada ATM · 10 apps 1.20 5 Nico González ATM · 15 apps 1.00
Shots on Target
1 Lionel Messi MIA · 15 apps 1.53 2 Thiago Almada ATM · 10 apps 0.70 3 Julián Alvarez ATM · 20 apps 0.65 4 Lautaro Martínez INT · 15 apps 0.53 5 Enzo Fernández CHE · 17 apps 0.47
Fouls Won
1 Lionel Messi MIA · 15 apps 2.60 2 Rodrigo De Paul MIA · 20 apps 2.30 3 Enzo Fernández CHE · 17 apps 1.76 4 Giovani Lo Celso BET · 10 apps 1.60 5 Alexis Mac Allister LIV · 17 apps 1.59
Cards
1 Nicolás Tagliafico LYO · 17 apps 0.18 2 Cristian Romero TOT · 18 apps 0.17 3 Leonardo Balerdi OM · 7 apps 0.14 4 Leandro Paredes BOC · 15 apps 0.13 5 Lautaro Martínez INT · 15 apps 0.13
Goals
1 Lionel Messi MIA · 15 apps 10 2 Lautaro Martínez INT · 15 apps 5 3 Julián Alvarez ATM · 20 apps 5 4 Nicolás Otamendi SLB · 18 apps 4 5 Thiago Almada ATM · 10 apps 3
Assists
1 Lionel Messi MIA · 15 apps 4 2 Thiago Almada ATM · 10 apps 4 3 Nico González ATM · 15 apps 3 4 Nahuel Molina ATM · 18 apps 3 5 Julián Alvarez ATM · 20 apps 3
Shots
1 Lionel Messi MIA · 15 apps 54 2 Julián Alvarez ATM · 20 apps 26 3 Lautaro Martínez INT · 15 apps 19 4 Rodrigo De Paul MIA · 20 apps 17 5 Enzo Fernández CHE · 17 apps 16
Shots on Target
1 Lionel Messi MIA · 15 apps 23 2 Julián Alvarez ATM · 20 apps 13 3 Lautaro Martínez INT · 15 apps 8 4 Enzo Fernández CHE · 17 apps 8 5 Thiago Almada ATM · 10 apps 7
Fouls Won
1 Rodrigo De Paul MIA · 20 apps 46 2 Lionel Messi MIA · 15 apps 39 3 Enzo Fernández CHE · 17 apps 30 4 Alexis Mac Allister LIV · 17 apps 27 5 Nicolás Tagliafico LYO · 17 apps 19
Cards
1 Nicolás Tagliafico LYO · 17 apps 3 2 Cristian Romero TOT · 18 apps 3 3 Nicolás Otamendi SLB · 18 apps 2 4 Leandro Paredes BOC · 15 apps 2 5 Alexis Mac Allister LIV · 17 apps 2
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Club Form

Squad club form this season

Player leaders rolled up across domestic & continental club competitions · min 300 mins
Squad Club-Form Leaders
Goals
1 Lionel Messi MIA · 14 apps 0.86 2 Lautaro Martínez INT · 40 apps 0.55 3 Julián Alvarez ATM · 48 apps 0.42 4 José Manuel López PAL · 24 apps 0.33 5 Nico Paz COM · 40 apps 0.33
Assists
1 Lionel Messi MIA · 14 apps 0.50 2 Rodrigo De Paul MIA · 13 apps 0.31 3 José Manuel López PAL · 24 apps 0.29 4 Valentín Barco STR · 43 apps 0.21 5 Leandro Paredes BOC · 21 apps 0.19
Shots
1 Lionel Messi MIA · 14 apps 5.86 2 Nico Paz COM · 40 apps 3.38 3 Lautaro Martínez INT · 40 apps 2.98 4 Julián Alvarez ATM · 48 apps 2.38 5 José Manuel López PAL · 24 apps 2.25
Shots on Target
1 Lionel Messi MIA · 14 apps 2.43 2 Nico Paz COM · 40 apps 1.40 3 Lautaro Martínez INT · 40 apps 1.25 4 Julián Alvarez ATM · 48 apps 1.17 5 José Manuel López PAL · 24 apps 0.88
Key Passes
1 Lionel Messi MIA · 14 apps 3.00 2 Rodrigo De Paul MIA · 13 apps 2.38 3 Leandro Paredes BOC · 21 apps 2.05 4 Enzo Fernández CHE · 54 apps 1.83 5 Julián Alvarez ATM · 48 apps 1.75
Tackles
1 Nico Paz COM · 40 apps 2.42 2 Cristian Romero TOT · 32 apps 2.25 3 Valentín Barco STR · 43 apps 2.02 4 Leonardo Balerdi OM · 35 apps 1.94 5 Exequiel Palacios B04 · 25 apps 1.76
Goals
1 Lautaro Martínez INT · 40 apps 22 2 Julián Alvarez ATM · 48 apps 20 3 Enzo Fernández CHE · 54 apps 15 4 Nico Paz COM · 40 apps 13 5 Lionel Messi MIA · 14 apps 12
Assists
1 Julián Alvarez ATM · 48 apps 9 2 Valentín Barco STR · 43 apps 9 3 Enzo Fernández CHE · 54 apps 8 4 Lionel Messi MIA · 14 apps 7 5 Alexis Mac Allister LIV · 55 apps 7
Shots
1 Nico Paz COM · 40 apps 135 2 Lautaro Martínez INT · 40 apps 119 3 Julián Alvarez ATM · 48 apps 114 4 Enzo Fernández CHE · 54 apps 102 5 Lionel Messi MIA · 14 apps 82
Shots on Target
1 Julián Alvarez ATM · 48 apps 56 2 Nico Paz COM · 40 apps 56 3 Lautaro Martínez INT · 40 apps 50 4 Enzo Fernández CHE · 54 apps 43 5 Lionel Messi MIA · 14 apps 34
Key Passes
1 Enzo Fernández CHE · 54 apps 99 2 Julián Alvarez ATM · 48 apps 84 3 Valentín Barco STR · 43 apps 73 4 Nico Paz COM · 40 apps 57 5 Alexis Mac Allister LIV · 55 apps 55
Tackles
1 Nico Paz COM · 40 apps 97 2 Valentín Barco STR · 43 apps 87 3 Alexis Mac Allister LIV · 55 apps 84 4 Enzo Fernández CHE · 54 apps 81 5 Giuliano Simeone ATM · 52 apps 81
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