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Austria Argentina vs Austria: time, TV channel and stadium Group Stage of the FIFA World Cup 2026 · Monday, June 22, 2026 · 13:00 ET · AT&T Stadium, Arlington.
Match preview The world champions look to secure their place. Argentina face Austria at AT&T Stadium in Dallas with the chance to seal qualification in Group J. La Albiceleste, defending the Qatar 2022 title, want a flawless start that confirms their candidacy.
Austria, third in the distant 1954 and with seven World Cups behind them, arrive with the ambition to fight for second place in the group. The Austrians know facing the defending champions is the toughest test, but also the chance to vindicate their good form.
Goals and cards Argentina (2) Lionel Messi 38' Lionel Messi 90'+5 Austria (0) Goals Argentina (2) Facundo Medina 76' Leandro Paredes 90'+2 Austria (2) Stefan Posch 40' Konrad Laimer 76' Cards Match center
Lineups, changes and statistics ESPN 22 starters Argentina 4-4-2 Starting XI 23 Emiliano Martínez G 6 Lisandro Martínez CD-L 13 Cristian Romero CD-R ↓ 25 Facundo Medina LB ↓ 26 Nahuel Molina RB 24 Enzo Fernández CM-L 20 Alexis Mac Allister CM-R 16 Thiago Almada LM ↓ 7 Rodrigo De Paul RM ↓ 22 Lautaro Martínez CF-L ↓ 10 Lionel Messi CF-R Substitutes 12 Gerónimo Rulli SUB 8 Valentín Barco SUB 18 Nico Paz SUB 9 Julián Álvarez SUB ↑ 2 Marcos Senesi SUB 4 Gonzalo Montiel SUB 5 Leandro Paredes SUB ↑ 17 Giuliano Simeone SUB 15 Nico González SUB ↑ 19 Nicolás Otamendi SUB ↑ 3 Nicolás Tagliafico SUB ↑ 14 Exequiel Palacios SUB 21 José Manuel López SUB 11 Giovani Lo Celso SUB 1 Juan Musso SUB Austria 4-2-3-1 Starting XI 1 Alexander Schlager G 8 David Alaba CD-L ↓ 3 Kevin Danso CD-R 20 Konrad Laimer LB 5 Stefan Posch RB ↓ 24 Paul Wanner AM ↓ 4 Xaver Schlager LM 6 Nicolas Seiwald RM 11 Michael Gregoritsch F ↓ 9 Marcel Sabitzer AM-L 18 Romano Schmid AM-R ↓ Substitutes 17 Carney Chukwuemeka SUB ↑ 25 Michael Svoboda SUB 23 Marco Friedl SUB ↑ 12 Florian Wiegele SUB 16 Phillipp Mwene SUB 26 Alessandro Schöpf SUB 2 David Affengruber SUB 19 Dejan Ljubicic SUB 13 Patrick Pentz SUB 15 Philipp Lienhart SUB 10 Florian Grillitsch SUB 22 Alexander Prass SUB ↑ 21 Patrick Wimmer SUB ↑ 14 Sasa Kalajdzic SUB 7 Marko Arnautovic SUB ↑ 10 57' 64' 65' 67' 68' 68' 78' 82' 82' 85' 28 Argentina Austria
13 Fouls 13
2 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 0
2 Offsides 0
1 Corner Kicks 3
1 Saves 2
53.6 Possession 46.4
12 SHOTS 6
5 ON GOAL 1
0.4 On Target % 0.2
0 Penalty Goals 0
1 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
494 Accurate Passes 401
554 Passes 468
0.9 Pass Completion % 0.9
1 Accurate Crosses 3
4 Crosses 17
0.3 Cross % 0.2
27 Long Balls 21
12 Accurate Long Balls 11
0.4 Long Balls % 0.5
3 Blocked Shots 0
11 Effective Tackles 7
21 Tackles 12
0.5 Tackle % 0.6
8 Interceptions 9
35 Effective Clearances 15
35 Clearances 15
ET (US East) 13:00
Colombia / Peru 12:00
Mexico City 11:00
Argentina / Chile 14:00
Spain 19:00
Date: Monday, June 22, 2026.
AT&T Stadium
Arlington, Texas · Capacity 70,122
TV channels and streaming vary by country (Telemundo and Fox in the US, RTVC in Colombia, TVA/Azteca in Mexico, RTVE in Spain, and more).
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