Argentina vs Jamaica is a friendly and will be played on Wednesday at 02:00 (CET): odds, predictions, statistics, insights.
ARGENTINA – JAMAICA | Wednesday 02:00 CET
Second friendly match in the space of a few days for Lionel Scaloni’s Argentina, who want to be one of the great protagonists at the next World Cup, scheduled in a month and a half in Qatar. Messi and his team-mates have just beaten Honduras with ease, overwhelming them with a peremptory 3-0 victory. The seven-time Ballon d’Or winner himself was the star of the evening, scoring a brace after Inter player Lautaro Martinez had opened the scoring in the first quarter of an hour. The victory extended the unbeaten streak of the Albiceleste national team, whose last defeat dates back to 2019.
The march towards the World Cup continues apace. In New Jersey, USA, there is a test against another Concacaf-affiliated selection, Jamaica. The Reggae Boyz, led a few weeks ago by Icelandic coach Heimir Hallgrimsson – the architect of Iceland’s ride to Euro 2016 – failed to qualify for Qatar 2022, finishing only sixth in the final group. Their only World Cup appearance was in 1998, in France, when they happened to be in the same group as Argentina: for the record, at the Parc des Princes in Paris it ended 5-0 to the South Americans, who went on the offensive with a double from Ortega and a hat-trick from Batistuta. Returning to the present, Jamaica stumbled into an ugly defeat last Friday against Morocco, who scrambled the Caribbeans 3-0.
With these premises, it will be complicated to limit the damage with one of the strongest selections in the world like Argentina, although Scaloni will take advantage of this to rotate several players. In the meantime, the Doble Amarilla newspaper reported yesterday that the players will ask their clubs to allow them to skip the last day of the championship in order to prepare more calmly for their debut against Saudi Arabia.
Argentina-Jamaica: the prediction
Despite the turnover, another wide victory for Argentina looms. They will prevail over Jamaica by at least two goals, while keeping their goal unbeaten.
The likely line-ups
- ARGENTINA (4-3-3): Rulli; Montiel, Romero, Otamendi, Tagliafico; De Paul, Fernandez, Lo Celso; Messi, Lautaro Martinez, Di Maria.
- GIAMAICA (4-2-3-1): Barnes; Mariappa, Lowe, Brown, Bell; Stewart, Russell; Reid, Morrison, Bailey; Antonio.
POSSIBLE RESULT: 0-4
