World Cup 2026: How will Spain and Argentina stack up before the final?

Argentina will face Spain in the World Cup final on Sunday. South American Championship vs European Championship. How do they compare? This is a story of numbers.

Since both of their games went to extra time, Argentina have played an hour of football against Spain in this competition – so we’ve taken that into account by including the ‘per 90 minutes’ version of each statistic.

By scoring 19 goals, the Argentinian team scored the highest score in the tournament. They have scored at least two goals in their last 13 World Cup games since losing 2-1 to Saudi Arabia in their opening game four years ago.

Despite having more shots, Spain have scored six goals – average so far and as expected given the quality of their chances (scored 13, with an xG rating of 13.3).

Argentina scored just one more goal from inside the box but were very dangerous outside of it, scoring five times and Spain only managed to score from distance.