Nigeria vs Argentina Prediction & Betting Tips - World Cup

Prediction published on 22/06/2018, 16:41  by Steve Ashfield | Modified on 27/06/2018 at 03:19 in World Cup Predictions

Argentina put in an appalling performance against Croatia and are in danger of failing to reach the last sixteen. They also struggled in qualifying before clinching qualification on the final matchday but performances haven't been anywhere near the standard we expect of an Argentinian side. Messi has failed to score so far and that includes the vital penalty miss against Iceland in their opening fixture.  Their defence was a big worry coming into this tournament and those fears have been totally confirmed with some shambolic defending in the first two games. Now they take on a Nigeria side who have no reason to be scared of them at all.

That's because these two sides met last year and Nigeria came from 2-0 down to beat the Argentinians 4-2 so they know just how bad Argentina can defend. Not that Nigeria defended that well themselves when facing Croatia in their opening game of this tournament as they went down to a 2-0 defeat and frankly looked a poor side. That all changed  when they took on Iceland on Friday and beat the European team 2-0 to take them into second place in this group and in with a chance of reaching the knock-out stages for the third straight tournament. This is such a tough game to predict because surely Argentina can't play as bad as they did against Croatia and can Nigeria keep up their form considering the poor performance against Croatia. Both sides have good attacking options and defences that can't entirely be trusted, so go for over 2.5 goals to be scored in this game.