International - World CupData current as of 17 July 2026

Argentina vs Cape Verde Islands: match statistics

Argentina crest
Argentina
3 : 2half-time 1:0
Cape Verde Islands crest
Cape Verde Islands

Argentina vs Cape Verde Islands: form, goals and key statistics

Key match information

Argentina play Cape Verde Islands in World Cup (International). The match date is 4 July 2026 at 00:00. Final score: 3:2.

Current form

Argentina: 5-0-0, 3.00 points/match. Cape Verde Islands: 0-3-1, 0.75 points/match.

Goal statistics

Argentina scores 2.71 and concedes 1.00 goals per match. Cape Verde Islands scores 1.00 and concedes 1.25. League average: 2.91 goals.

BTTS / Over / Under

BTTS: Argentina 71%, Cape Verde Islands 50%. Over 2.5: Argentina 86%, Cape Verde Islands 50%. League level: BTTS 55%, Over 2.5 56%.

xG, shots and style

Argentina has higher xG: 1.86 vs 1.19. Argentina: 16.0 shots per match, Cape Verde Islands: 12.3.

Match halves

Argentina: half-time lead 71%, second-half goals 1.86. Cape Verde Islands: half-time lead 0%, second-half goals 0.75.

Goals by minute

Argentina: 76-90+ (12 goals). Cape Verde Islands: 16-30 (1 goals). This is historical distribution, not a predicted goal minute.

League context

World Cup: 2.91 goals per match, BTTS 55%, Over 2.5 56%.

Head-to-head

No aligned head-to-head sample is available in the database.

Match description

Typ 1X2 after 90 minutes: 1. Argentina has patience, experience and tempo control, exactly the qualities needed against the low block Cape Verde Islands. Cape Verde Islands is well organized and can keep a low score for a long time, but offensively it has too few regular solutions. Argentina is most likely to advance without a high score. Our prediction is 66% for Argentina, 23% for draw and 11% for Cape Verde Islands. Most likely exact score: 2-0. Promotion: Argentina (81% vs 19%). Status: BET

Half-by-half

1 : 0
1st half
2 : 2
2nd half

Match statistics

64Possession (%)36
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22Shots16
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10Shots on target5
ArgentinaCape Verde Islands
2.69xG1.61
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8Corners8
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82Dangerous attacks35
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13Fouls12
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1Cards1
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Pre-match profilewhat do the season numbers say?

This is a team profile based on season data and form. Match-flow statistics are shown only after the fixture is played.

ArgentinaCape Verde Islands
2.71Goals scored / match1
ArgentinaCape Verde Islands
1Goals conceded / match1.25
ArgentinaCape Verde Islands
61%Average possession37%
ArgentinaCape Verde Islands
6.29Shots on target / match3
ArgentinaCape Verde Islands

Team statswho is more efficient?

Attack and defence comparison for both teams in the current season.

16Shots per match12.25
ArgentinaCape Verde Islands
6.29Shots on target3
ArgentinaCape Verde Islands
17%Shot conversion8.2%
ArgentinaCape Verde Islands
61%Possession37%
ArgentinaCape Verde Islands
1.86xG for1.19
ArgentinaCape Verde Islands
0.95xG against2.16
ArgentinaCape Verde Islands

Shooting quality

Argentina: DominantCape Verde Islands: Balanced
ArgentinaCape Verde Islands
Accuracy (shots on target)39%24%
Chance quality (xG per shot)0.120.10
Finishing (goals per shot on target)0.430.33

xG per shot around 0.08 usually means long-range attempts; 0.15+ usually means box chances. The style label comes from possession, shot volume and conversion.

* xG (expected goals) says how many goals a team should score from its chances. If actual goals are above xG, finishing is above average; if below xG, chances are being missed.

Team formwho is in better shape?

Last five matches and season record, overall and split by home and away matches.

Argentina is 300% better for: last-5 form.

3 pts / match - Argentina · 0.75 pts / match - Cape Verde Islands

Argentina
WWWWW
5 wins in a row
Season result split
100% W0% R0% P
Season (W-D-L)
7-0-0
3.00 pts / match · goal difference +12
Last 5 (W-D-L)
5-0-0
3.00 pts / match
Record at home (W-D-L)
5-0-0
Last 5 at home
5-0-0
WWWWW
Last 5 matches - averages
Goals scored: 2.8Goals conceded: 1.4xG: 2.09Opponent xG: 0.99BTTS: 100%Over 2.5: 100%
Cape Verde Islands
DDDL
No win in the last 5 matches
Season result split
0% W75% R25% P
Season (W-D-L)
0-3-1
0.75 pts / match · goal difference -1
Last 5 (W-D-L)
0-3-1
0.75 pts / match
Record away (W-D-L)
0-2-1
Last 5 away
0-2-1
DDL
Last 5 matches - averages
Goals scored: 1.0Goals conceded: 1.3xG: 1.19Opponent xG: 2.16BTTS: 50%Over 2.5: 50%

Goalshow do both teams score and concede?

How many goals both teams score and concede, plus how often they keep a clean sheet or fail to score.

Argentina is 171% better for: goals scored per match.

2.71 goals / match - Argentina · 1 goals / match - Cape Verde Islands

Argentina is 25% better for: goals conceded per match.

1 goals / match - Argentina · 1.25 goals / match - Cape Verde Islands

Argentina scoring profile: very strong

Argentina scores in 100% of matches (7 of 7 matches), while Cape Verde Islands keeps a clean sheet in 50% (2 of 4 matches).

Cape Verde Islands scoring profile: mixed

Cape Verde Islands scores in 50% of matches (2 of 4 matches), while Argentina keeps a clean sheet in 29% (2 of 7 matches).

19Goals scored (season)4
ArgentinaCape Verde Islands
7Goals conceded (season)5
ArgentinaCape Verde Islands
3.71Average goals in match2.25
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14Goals scored (last 5)4
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7Goals conceded (last 5)5
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How often they score at least...

100%1 goal50%
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100%2 goals50%
ArgentinaCape Verde Islands
71%3 goals0%
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0%4 goals0%
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How often they concede at least...

71%1 goal50%
ArgentinaCape Verde Islands
29%2 goals50%
ArgentinaCape Verde Islands
0%3 goals25%
ArgentinaCape Verde Islands
0%4 goals0%
ArgentinaCape Verde Islands

* Statistics include both teams' home and away matches in the current season.

Both teams scored (BTTS)how often do both teams score?

How often both teams' matches have goals on both sides, compared with the league average.

50%
Cape Verde Islands - BTTSBTTS - percentage of matches where both teams scored.2 of 4 matches
55%
League average

Goal patterns

0%BTTS at half-time25%
ArgentinaCape Verde Islands
0%BTTS in both halves0%
ArgentinaCape Verde Islands
71%Scored in both halves25%
ArgentinaCape Verde Islands

BTTS and goal count

71%Min. 3 goals and BTTS50%
ArgentinaCape Verde Islands
14%Min. 3 goals without BTTS0%
ArgentinaCape Verde Islands
100%BTTS - last 550%
ArgentinaCape Verde Islands

Goal count (Over/Under)how often do these matches cross the goal lines?

How often matches involving these teams clear goal thresholds, in the full match and in each half.

1st half

86%Min. 1 goal before half-time50%
ArgentinaCape Verde Islands
14%Min. 2 goals before half-time25%
ArgentinaCape Verde Islands
0%Min. 3 goals before half-time25%
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2nd half

100%Min. 1 goal after half-time50%
ArgentinaCape Verde Islands
86%Min. 2 goals after half-time25%
ArgentinaCape Verde Islands
57%Min. 3 goals after half-time25%
ArgentinaCape Verde Islands

Match halveswhen do the teams score more often?

How teams split performance between first and second half: goals, points, clean sheets and half-time state.

Argentina is 358% better for: first-half form (half-time points).

2.29 pts / match - Argentina · 0.5 pts / match - Cape Verde Islands

Argentina - half-time state
71% leading14% draw14% trailing
Cape Verde Islands - half-time state
0% leading50% draw50% trailing

Before half-time (1st half)

2.29Points per match (1st half)0.5
ArgentinaCape Verde Islands
0.86Goals scored (1st half)0.25
ArgentinaCape Verde Islands
0.14Goals conceded (1st half)0.75
ArgentinaCape Verde Islands
1Average goals (1st half)1
ArgentinaCape Verde Islands
86%Clean sheet before half-time50%
ArgentinaCape Verde Islands
29%No goal before half-time75%
ArgentinaCape Verde Islands

After half-time (2nd half)

2.43Points per match (2nd half)1.5
ArgentinaCape Verde Islands
1.86Goals scored (2nd half)0.75
ArgentinaCape Verde Islands
0.86Goals conceded (2nd half)0.5
ArgentinaCape Verde Islands
2.71Average goals (2nd half)1.25
ArgentinaCape Verde Islands
29%Clean sheet after half-time75%
ArgentinaCape Verde Islands
0%No goal after half-time50%
ArgentinaCape Verde Islands

Argentina - second-half results

71% W29% R0% P
16
Half-time points
6
Half-time goals
+5
Goal difference (1st half)
17
Second-half points
+7
Goal difference (2nd half)
2.29
PPG before half-time
Lead holding141%

Leads at half-time in 71% of matches and wins 100%. Also wins matches without a half-time lead.

Defence after half-time+0.7

Concedes 0.7 more goals per match after half-time - defensive level drops in the second half.

Cape Verde Islands - second-half results

25% W75% R0% P
2
Half-time points
1
Half-time goals
-2
Goal difference (1st half)
6
Second-half points
+1
Goal difference (2nd half)
0.50
PPG before half-time
Defence after half-time-0.3

Defence stays stable across the full match.

Argentina - last 5 matches by half
1st half2nd half
Points per match2.002.20
Goals scored / match0.82.0
Goals conceded / match0.21.2
Average goals in match1.03.2
1 goal80%100%
2 goals20%100%
3 goals0%80%
Clean sheet80%0%
No goal40%0%
Goal difference+3+4
Half-time: 60% leading - 20% draw - 20% trailing
2nd half: 60% won - 40% draw - 0% lost
BTTS at half-time (last 5): 0% - Half-time goals total: 4
Cape Verde Islands - last 5 matches by half
1st half2nd half
Points per match0.501.50
Goals scored / match0.30.8
Goals conceded / match0.80.5
Average goals in match1.01.3
1 goal50%50%
2 goals25%25%
3 goals25%25%
Clean sheet50%75%
No goal75%50%
Goal difference-2+1
Half-time: 0% leading - 50% draw - 50% trailing
2nd half: 25% won - 75% draw - 0% lost
BTTS at half-time (last 5): 25% - Half-time goals total: 1

* Colours in tables show event frequency: green is common, yellow is moderate, red is rare. It is frequency, not a team rating.

Goals by minutewhen do goals arrive?

Match phases in which both teams most often score and concede.

Argentina
ScoredConceded
1
1
0-15
3
0
16-30
2
0
31-45
1
3
46-60
0
2
61-75
12
1
76-90

Most dangerous in minutes 76-90 (12 goli). Concedes most in 46-60 (3). Late-goal balance (76-90): +11 - wins late phases.

Cape Verde Islands
ScoredConceded
0
0
0-15
1
1
16-30
0
2
31-45
1
0
46-60
1
0
61-75
1
2
76-90

Most dangerous in minutes 16-30 (1 goli). Concedes most in 31-45 (2). Late-goal balance (76-90): -1 - late phases are a weakness.

* Buckets 31-45 and 76-90 include added-time goals.

Additional team indicatorswhat do xG, efficiency and form show?

A comparison of chance quality, results and trends based on completed matches from the current season.

Match profile

2.98
Estimated goals
attack vs opponent defence
2.0 : 1.0
Estimated goal split
home : away
102%
Pace vs league
100% = league average
61%
Both teams scored (BTTS)
average from both teams' seasons
-100%
Derby effect
H2H goals vs typical matches
50%
BTTS estimate
from both teams' scoring frequency
0%
0:0 risk
practically zero
2-3
Most common goal range
attack vs defence on both sides

Argentina

Net xG balance
Difference between the quality of chances created and allowed per match.
+0.91
Results compared with xG
Difference between the actual goal balance and the balance suggested by xG.
+0.80
Points compared with goal balance
Comparison between collected points and the points implied by the team's goal balance.
+2.5 pts
Finishing efficiency
Does the team convert chances? Positive means it scores more than the quality of chances suggests.
+0.85
Defensive efficiency
Does the defence or goalkeeper save the team? Positive means it concedes less than the chances allowed suggest.
-0.05
Attack vs league
How much the team scores compared with the league average for this role. 120% means 20% above average.
158%
Defence vs league
How much the team concedes compared with the league average. 80% means 20% fewer goals conceded.
83%
Form trend
Compares points from the last 5 matches with the whole-season average.
0.00
Stronger second half?
How many more goals the team scores after half-time than before it.
+1.0
Late goals
63% of this team's goals come in minutes 76-90. For comparison, 5% come in the first quarter-hour.
63%

Cape Verde Islands

Net xG balance
Difference between the quality of chances created and allowed per match.
-0.97
Results compared with xG
Difference between the actual goal balance and the balance suggested by xG.
+0.72
Points compared with goal balance
Comparison between collected points and the points implied by the team's goal balance.
-1.7 pts
Finishing efficiency
Does the team convert chances? Positive means it scores more than the quality of chances suggests.
-0.19
Defensive efficiency
Does the defence or goalkeeper save the team? Positive means it concedes less than the chances allowed suggest.
+0.91
Attack vs league
How much the team scores compared with the league average for this role. 120% means 20% above average.
83%
Defence vs league
How much the team concedes compared with the league average. 80% means 20% fewer goals conceded.
73%
Form trend
Compares points from the last 5 matches with the whole-season average.
0.00
Stronger second half?
How many more goals the team scores after half-time than before it.
+0.5
Late goals
25% of this team's goals come in minutes 76-90. For comparison, 0% come in the first quarter-hour.
25%

* The estimated goal total and split, BTTS estimate, 0:0 risk and goal range are calculated from public season averages and frequencies for both teams. This is a statistical match profile, not a private model prediction or betting pick. The remaining indicators describe completed matches from the season.

League contextis this a high-scoring league?

How both teams compare with league-wide averages (World Cup).

Teams vs league

ArgentinaLigaCape Verde Islands
Average goals in match 3.712.91 2.25
Both teams scored 71%55% 50%
Min. 3 goals (Over 2.5) 86%56% 50%
Clean sheets 29%26% 50%
Goal before half-time 86%70% 50%
Goal after half-time 100%81% 50%

^ green = above league average, ˇ red = below league average. This shows direction of the gap, not a team rating.

2.91
Average goals per match
55%
Both teams scored
56%
Min. 3 goals (Over 2.5)
26%
Clean sheets
1.71
Home goals / match
1.21
Away goals / match
+41%
Home attack advantage
+29%
Home defence advantage
+20%
Total home advantage
Goals in 1st half (whole league)
70%
1 goal
30%
2 goals
16%
3 goals
4%
4 goals
Goals in 2nd half (whole league)
81%
1 goal
51%
2 goals
25%
3 goals
12%
4 goals

FAQ

What was the result of Argentina vs Cape Verde Islands?

The World Cup match finished Argentina 3:2 Cape Verde Islands. Full match statistics, the half-by-half breakdown and head-to-head are on this page.

What do the goal statistics show before Argentina vs Cape Verde Islands?

Argentina score 2.71 goals per game on average and Cape Verde Islands 1.00. The World Cup average is 2.91 goals, with Over 2.5 landing in 56% of games. Both teams score in 71% of Argentina's matches and 50% of Cape Verde Islands's.

What form are Argentina and Cape Verde Islands in?

Over the last 5 games Argentina have a 5-0-0 record (3.00 points per game) and Cape Verde Islands 0-3-1 (0.75 points per game).

Where can I find a betting tip and analysis for Argentina vs Cape Verde Islands?

The statistical background for Argentina vs Cape Verde Islands — form, head-to-head, goals, BTTS and Over/Under — is on this page. The tip with full reasoning and a value assessment is in the NoFluffPicks app.