Matchday 2 · World Cup 2026 · June 22, 2026
Goals only: this source has no shots, so the replay comes from each side's goals over the season.
Argentina 2–0 Austria: lucky or expected?
Argentina beat Austria 2–0, and the goals back it up: from both teams’ goals this tournament, Argentina win 7 of 10, 2 end level. Rated on this tournament’s goals, Argentina were expected to score 2.5 here and Austria 0.9.
What the goals say
Luck index +19 Argentina about even · −19 Austria
Our source has this match’s goals but not its shots, so it is replayed from what each side’s goals over the tournament say: both teams rated on every goal scored and conceded, and the match played again 4,000 times from those ratings. How often does this result come out? How the goals-only replay works
Ten replays. Argentina win 7, 2 end level, Austria win 1.
- 1 ARG 3 AUT 2
- 2 ARG 1 AUT 0
- 3 ARG 2 AUT 0
- 4 ARG 2 AUT 0
- 5 ARG 3 AUT 0
- 6 ARG 3 AUT 0
- 7 ARG 5 AUT 0
- 8 ARG 2 AUT 2
- 9 ARG 0 AUT 0
- 10 ARG 0 AUT 1
The goals
Argentina’s chance of winning
Numbers mark the goals, listed below.
| Minute | Goal | Score | Win chance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. 38' | Lionel Messi (Argentina) | 1–0 | +28% Argentina |
| 90+5' | Lionel Messi (Argentina) | 2–0 |
Win chance: the scoring side’s chance of winning the moment before the goal against the moment after it, from the score and the minutes left. A draw counts half.
About these numbers
Scores and goals from openfootball (public domain). It has no shots, so there is no expected goals for this match and no finishing luck: the replay, the in-game win probability and the luck index are our own models, built from the tournament’s goals alone (methodology and validation). The luck index is how far the result was from what the goals say. Argentina win 81% of replays (a draw counted as half).
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