{"id":6907,"date":"2026-07-19T09:04:31","date_gmt":"2026-07-19T09:04:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/?p=6907"},"modified":"2026-07-19T09:04:31","modified_gmt":"2026-07-19T09:04:31","slug":"spain-vs-argentina-prediction-odds-picks-for-world-cup-final","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/?p=6907","title":{"rendered":"Spain vs. Argentina Prediction, Odds, Picks For World Cup Final"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"subnav-title ff-ffc bold fs-23 lh-25 uc pd-b-10\">\n            POPULAR SEARCHES\n          <\/p>\n<p class=\"subnav-title ff-ffc bold fs-23 lh-25 uc pd-b-10\">\n            BROWSE BY\n          <\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" data-v-a2155f14>Lionel Messi. Lamine Yamal. A generational World Cup final is set.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" data-v-a2155f14>Spain will face Argentina in the 2026 FIFA World Cup Final on Sunday, July 19, 2026, at New York New Jersey Stadium on FOX.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" data-v-a2155f14>This historic matchup is the first time the No. 1 and No. 2 ranked teams in FIFA&#8217;s pre-tournament rankings have met in the World Cup final (since rankings were introduced in 1992).<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" data-v-a2155f14>Additionally, this will be the first ever World Cup final between the reigning UEFA European champions and the reigning CONMEBOL Copa Am\u00e9rica champions, and only the second final between two Spanish-speaking countries since 1930 (Uruguay vs. Argentina).<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" data-v-a2155f14>With its dominating 2-0 win over France in the semifinals, Spain has reached the World Cup final for the first time since 2010 and just the second time ever. With the win, Spain became the first ever European nation to win eight consecutive knockout stage matches at major tournaments (World Cup and Euros).\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" data-v-a2155f14>Spain comes into the final on a 37-game unbeaten streak, the longest in team history (28-9-0, W-D-L), last losing 1-0 to Colombia in March 2024; It is tied for the longest unbeaten streak by a European team ever, with Italy also going unbeaten in 37 straight matches from October 2018 to September 2021.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" data-v-a2155f14>Through seven games this summer, La Roja has only allowed one goal.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" data-v-a2155f14>Meanwhile, Argentina&#8217;s late-game heroics continued in its 2-1 semifinal win over England. After trailing 1-0 in the 84th minute, Argentina only had a 1.3% chance of winning the game within 90 minutes.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" data-v-a2155f14>However, Argentina&#8217;s two late goals in a seven-minute span sent La Albiceleste to its seventh World Cup final.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" data-v-a2155f14>Argentina is looking to become the third team to win back-to-back World Cups (Italy in 1934-38; Brazil in 1958-62), and the first team to win four straight major titles (won Copa Am\u00e9rica in 2021 and 2024, and World Cup in 2022).<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" data-v-a2155f14>With the historic final now set, let\u2019s check out the odds for the Spain vs. Argentina matchup at FanDuel Sportsbook as of July 19.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span>Lionel Messi is +130 to score against Spain in the World Cup final (Photo by Shaun Botterill\/Getty Images).\u00a0<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" data-v-a2155f14>This page may contain affiliate links to legal sports betting partners. If you sign up or place a wager, FOX Sports may be compensated. Read more about <u>Sports Betting on FOX Sports<\/u>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" data-v-a2155f14>From FOX Sports Research:<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" data-v-a2155f14>Let&#8217;s take a look at some other bets for the match.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>POPULAR SEARCHES BROWSE BY Lionel Messi. Lamine Yamal. A generational World Cup final is set.\u00a0 Spain will face Argentina in the 2026 FIFA World Cup Final on Sunday, July 19, 2026, at New York New Jersey Stadium on FOX.\u00a0 This historic matchup is the first time the No. 1 and No. 2 ranked teams in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":6906,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6907","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-soccer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6907","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6907"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6907\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/6906"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6907"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6907"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/play-live.eu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6907"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}