📅 22/11/22🕒 10:00🏟️ Lusail Iconic Stadium🧑⚖️ S. Vinčić
Home team
Argentina
Score
1-2
Away team
Saudi Arabia
Biggest Swing+1.77 xT10' L. MessiCards6VAR2reviews
Argentina 1-2 Saudi Arabia — xTears 16.27 (22/11/22)
Saudi Arabia came back to win 1-2 against Argentina on 22 November 2022 during Matchday 1 of the World Cup. Total damage: 16.27 xTears.
The real swing for Saudi Arabia arrived through Saleh Al Shehri 48' goal (+1.34 xT) and Salem Al Dawsari 53' goal (+1.52 xT), the sequence that changed who owned the match.
The match changed hands after the first blow, and Saudi Arabia's comeback ended up outweighing the opening phase.
How It Unfolded
Timeline
8'
Penalty confirmed by VAR
L. Paredes - Argentina
10'
Penalty
L. Messi - Argentina
29'
Goal ruled out by VAR
Lautaro Martínez - Argentina
48'
Goal
Saleh Al Shehri - Saudi Arabia
Assist: Feras Al Brikan
53'
Goal
Salem Al Dawsari - Saudi Arabia
Absolute chaos
🧨
8.24
10'
Penalty
+1.77 xT
L. Messi - Argentina
53'
Goal
+1.52 xT
Salem Al Dawsari - Saudi Arabia
48'
Goal
+1.34 xT
Saleh Al Shehri - Saudi Arabia
Assist: Feras Al Brikan
8'
Penalty confirmed by VAR
+1.18 xT
L. Paredes - Argentina
All-out war
🟥
5.57
90+2'
Yellow card
+1.05 xT
Mohammed Al Owais - Saudi Arabia
88'
Yellow card
+1.00 xT
Nawaf Al Abid - Saudi Arabia
75'
Yellow card
+0.89 xT
Ali Al Bulayhi - Saudi Arabia
79'
Yellow card
+0.89 xT
Salem Al Dawsari - Saudi Arabia
Late drama
🔥
4.28
90+2'
Yellow card
+1.05 xT
Mohammed Al Owais - Saudi Arabia
88'
Yellow card
+1.00 xT
Nawaf Al Abid - Saudi Arabia
82'
Yellow card
+0.89 xT
Saud Abdulhamid - Saudi Arabia
90+9'
Substitution
+0.46 xT
Mohammed Al Burayk for Yasir Al Shahrani - Saudi Arabia
Referee scandal
🧑⚖️
4.04
10'
Penalty
+1.77 xT
L. Messi - Argentina
8'
Penalty confirmed by VAR
+1.18 xT
L. Paredes - Argentina
29'
Goal ruled out by VAR
+1.09 xT
Lautaro Martínez - Argentina
Cruelty
😈
1.09
29'
Goal ruled out by VAR
+1.09 xT
Lautaro Martínez - Argentina
Crushed hope
💔
Never really sparked
0
Nothing big fed this one.