Jordan and Argentina have named their teams for their World Cup 2026 meeting in Arlington on matchday three. The tournament debutants lost 3-1 to Austria on matchday one and spurned a lead to succumb 2-1 to Algeria on Tuesday.Tournament top scorer Lionel Messi, who has scored all of the holders goals across their 3-0 win over the Fennecs and 2-0 victory against Ralf Rangnicks team, starts on the bench.We all would have signed up to win both matches, head coach Lionel Scaloni said, discussing his plans to rotate his selection (via Ole). Table of ContentsWorld Cup 2026: Jordan confirmed team vs ArgentinaWorld Cup 2026: Argentina full line up vs JordanWhere to watch Jordan vs Argentina: TV channel, live online streamsWorld Cup 2026: Jordan vs Argentina statsWorld Cup 2026: Jordan confirmed team vs ArgentinaJordan starting XI: Yazeed Abulaila, Abdallah Nasib, Husam Abudahab, Yazan Alarab, Ehsan Haddad, Noor Alrawabdeh, Mohannad Abutaha, Nizar Alrashdan, Ali Olwan, Odeh Fakhoury, Ali AzaizehJordan substitutes: Nour Baniateyah, Abdallah Alfakhori, Mohammad Abuhasheesh, Mohammad Abualnadi, Saleem Obaid, Saed Alrosan, Anas Badawi, Amer Jamous, Rajaei Ayed, Ibrahim Sadeh, Mohammad Abughoush, Mohammad Aldaoud, Mohammad Abuzraiq, Mousa Altamari, Mahmoud AlmardiWorld Cup 2026: Argentina full line up vs JordanThe idea is to give most of them the chance to play, Scaloni said of his squad members. They deserve it, and well do it whenever the match allows. Its always good to be able to take care of them.To the extent that we can, we will do so, because we believe that everyone has to be involved, [including] the players who have had few minutes.Anything we can spare them is good.Argentina starting XI: Emiliano Martinez, Marcos Senesi, Nicolas Tagliafico, Nicolas Otamendi, Leandro Paredes, Giovani Lo Celso, Exequiel Palacios, Julian Alvarez, Giuliano Simeone, Nico Paz, Lautaro MartinezArgentina substitutes: Juan Musso, Geronimo Rulli, Gonzalo Montiel, Lisandro Martinez, Cristian Romero, Facundo Medina, Nahuel Molina, Rodrigo De Paul, Valentin Barco, Nico Gonzalez, Alexis Mac Allister, Enzo Fernandez, Lionel Messi, Thiago Almada, Jose Manuel LopezWhere to watch Jordan vs Argentina: TV channel, live online streamsKick-off on Sunday is at 03:00 BST (22:00 ET on Saturday / 19:00 PT on Saturday). In the UK, live TV coverage is on BBC One.Streaming on a vast range of devices is available through the BBC iPlayer app and BBC Sport website.World Cup 2026: Jordan vs Argentina statsJordan are without a win in their last seven matches in all competitions (D2 L5), suffering more defeats than they had in their previous 13 games (W7 D2)Athe last Asian Cup in 2023, Jordan lost the final 3-1 to hosts Qatar, who have been eliminated from the World CupA tally of 32 goals was Jordans highest in a single qualifying campaign, surpassing their 2014 record of 30 goalsThey were one of three AFC sides who reached this World Cup while remaining unbeaten away (W4 D4), along with Australia and South KoreaOnly Irans Mehdi Taremi (17 10 goals, 7 assists) and Qatars Akram Afif (15 4 goals, 11 assists) were directly involved in more goals than Jordan forward Yazan Al-Naimat (14 8 goals, 6 assists) during AFC qualifyingJamal Sellami is at his first World Cup as head coach and is the fourth Moroccan to manage at the finals, after Abdellah Blinda (1994), Walid Regragui (2022) and Mohamed Ouahbi (2026), but the first to lead a nation other than MoroccoSince losing their group opener to Saudi Arabia in 2022, Argentina have remained unbeaten in nine World Cup games (W7 D2)Argentina have won each of their last 10 games in all competitions by an aggregate scoreline of 27-1Against Austria, Lionel Messi became the third player in the tournament history to score in six consecutive games, after Frances Just Fontaine in 1958 and Brazils Jairzinho in 1970Since their first triumph in 1978, Argentina have won the World Cup more times than any other nation (3)Seven of the eight FIFA World Cups held in the Americas have been won by a CONMEBOL nation. 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