Draw & results
(NZ dates & times)
Tuesday, November 22
Argentina 1 (Messi) Saudi Arabia 2 (Alshehri & Alsawsari)
Wednesday, November 23
Mexico 0 Poland 0
Sunday, November 27
Poland 2 (Zielinski & Lewandowski) Saudi Arabia 0
Argentina 2 (Messi & Fernandez) Mexico 0
Thursday, December 1
Poland 0 Argentina 2 (MacAllister & Alvarez)
Saudi Arabia 1 (Aldawsari) Mexico 2 (Martin & Chavez)
Sunday, December 4
8am - Round of 16: Argentina v Australia
Monday, December 5
4am - Round of 16: France v Poland
Teams
Argentina
South American Football Confederation
World Ranking: 3rd
TAB Odds: $6.50
Round of 16 2018
Winners 1978, 1986
Runners-up 1930, 2014, 1990
Goalkeepers: Franco Armani (River Plate), Emiliano Martinez (Aston Villa), Geronimo Rulli (Villarreal)
Defenders: Marcos Acuna (Sevilla), Juan Foyth (Villarreal), Lisandro Martinez (Manchester United), Nahuel Molina (Atletico Madrid), Gonzalo Montiel (Sevilla), Nicolas Otamendi (Benfica), German Pezzella (Real Betis), Cristian Romero (Tottenham Hotspur), Nicolas Tagliafico (Olympique Lyonnais)
Midfielders: Rodrigo De Paul (Atletico Madrid), Enzo Fernandez (Benfica), Alejandro Gomez (Sevilla), Alexis Mac Allister (Brighton & Hove Albion), Exequiel Palacios (Bayer Leverkusen), Leandro Paredes (Juventus), Guido Rodriguez (Real Betis)
Forwards: Julian Alvarez (Manchester City), Joaquin Correa (Inter Milan), Angel Di Maria (Juventus), Paulo Dybala (AS Roma), Nicolas Gonzalez (Fiorentina), Lautaro Martinez (Inter Milan), Lionel Messi (Paris St Germain)
Saudi Arabia
Asian Football Confederation
World Ranking: 51st
TAB Odds: $501
Goalkeepers: Nawaf Al-Aqidi (Al-Nassr), Mohamed Al-Owais (Al-Hilal), Mohamed Al-Yami (Al-Ahly)
Defenders: Saud Abdulhamid (Al-Hilal), Abdulelah Al-Amri (Al-Nassr), Mohammed Al-Breik (Al-Hilal), Ali Al-Bulaihi (Al-Hilal), Sultan Al-Ghanam (Al-Nassr), Yasser Al-Shahrani (Al-Hilal), Abdullah Madu (Al-Nassr), Hassan Tambakti (Al-Shabab)
Midfielders: Abdulrahman Al-Aboud (Ittihad), Nasser Al-Dawsari (Al-Hilal), Salem Al-Dawsari (Al-Hilal), Salman Al-Faraj (Al-Hilal), Ali Al-Hassan (Al-Nassr), Abdulelah Al-Malki (Al-Hilal), Sami Al-Najei (Al-Nassr), Hattan Bahebri (Al-Shabab), Mohamed Kanno (Al-Hilal), Abdullah Otayf (Al-Hilal), Riyadh Sharahili (Abha)
Forwards: Firas Al-Buraikan (Al-Fateh), Fahad Al-Muwallad (Al-Shabab), Saleh Al-Shehri (Al-Hilal), Haitham Asiri (Al-Ahly)
Mexico
Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football
World Ranking: 13th
TAB Odds: $81
Round of 16 in 2018
Goalkeepers: Rodolfo Cota (Leon), Guillermo Ochoa (America), Alfredo Talavera (Juarez)
Defenders: Kevin Alvarez (Pachuca), Nestor Araujo (America), Gerardo Arteaga (KRC Genk), Jesus Gallardo (Monterrey), Cesar Montes (Monterrey), Hector Moreno (Monterrey), Jorge Sanchez (Ajax Amsterdam), Johan Vasquez (US Cremonese).
Midfielders: Roberto Alvarado (Guadalajara), Edson Alvarez (Ajax Amsterdam), Luis Chavez (Pachuca), Andres Guardado (Real Betis), Erick Gutierrez (PSV), Hector Herrera (Houston Dynamo), Orbelin Pineda (AEK Athens), Carlos Rodriguez (Cruz Azul), Luis Romo (Monterrey), Uriel Antuna (Cruz Azul)
Forwards: Rogelio Funes Mori (Monterrey), Raul Jimenez (Wolverhampton Wanderers), Hirving Lozano (Napoli), Henry Martin (America), Alexis Vega (Guadalajara)
Poland
Union of European Football Associations
World Ranking: 26th
TAB Odds: $101
Goalkeepers: Bartlomiej Dragowski (Spezia), Lukasz Skorupski (Bologna), Wojciech Szczesny (Juventus)
Defenders: Jan Bednarek (Aston Villa), Bartosz Bereszynski (Sampdoria), Matty Cash (Aston Villa), Kamil Glik (Benevento), Robert Gumny (FC Augsburg), Artur Jedrzejczyk (Legia Warsaw), Jakub Kiwior (Spezia), Mateusz Wieteska (Clermont), Nicola Zalewski (AS Roma)
Midfielders: Krystian Bielik (Birmingham City), Przemyslaw Frankowski (Lens), Kamil Grosicki (Pogon Szczecin), Jakub Kaminski (VfL Wolfsburg), Grzegorz Krychowiak (Al-Shabab), Michal Skoras (Lech Poznan), Damian Szymanski (AEK Athens), Sebastian Szymanski (Feyenoord), Piotr Zielinski (Napoli), Szymon Zurkowski (Fiorentina)
Forwards: Robert Lewandowski (Barcelona), Arkadiusz Milik (Juventus), Krzysztof Piatek (Salernitana), Karol Swiderski (Charlotte FC)
