Our Argentina vs Benin prediction, best bets and odds for Tuesday’s friendly at the Monumental — Lionel Messi’s last match for Argentina, billed as The Last Tango.
Kick-off in Buenos Aires is 7:00 PM ET on Tuesday, October 6. Full broadcast details are below.
Argentina vs Benin: Best Bets & Predictions
Argentina at -2500 is unbackable. Everything interesting about this market is in the margin.
Our approach: ignore the result market entirely and buy the scoreline — goals, a clean sheet, and the number that delivers both.
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Where to watch Argentina vs Benin
Argentina vs Benin kicks off at 7:00 PM ET / 4:00 PM PT on Tuesday, October 6, at the Estadio Monumental in Buenos Aires. That is 8:00 PM locally.
In the United States the match streams on ViX and Prime Video.
Argentina vs Benin: what’s at stake?
This is the end of it. Lionel Messi plays his last match for Argentina on Tuesday, closing a twenty-one-year international career on 208 caps and 125 goals — both national records, neither likely to be threatened soon. He announced the decision after the World Cup final defeat to Spain in July, saying he had nothing more to give.
He skipped Saturday’s friendly against Burkina Faso deliberately, joining the squad only for this one. Argentina won that game 7-0, five of them before half-time, which tells you roughly what a motivated Albiceleste side does to opposition of this level even without their captain.
Benin are here to make up the numbers and will know it. The honest framing is that Tuesday is a ceremony with a football match attached, and the market has priced it accordingly: Argentina are -2500, Benin +7000.
Team news and talking points
Messi is back in the squad for this game only, alongside Rodrigo De Paul and Giovani Lo Celso. Expect him to start and expect the occasion to shape everything — substitutions, the armband, the pace of the game after the result is settled. Benin arrive at the end of a long trip with nothing riding on the outcome. Saturday’s 7-0 is the most recent evidence of what this Argentina side does when it is allowed to play, and the rest of the window is in our international coverage.
Argentina vs Benin prediction
Farewell matches are rarely competitive and this one has no business being close. Argentina scored seven on Saturday against a better side than Benin, and Tuesday adds Messi, a full house and a squad that will want to send him off properly. Benin will defend deep, concede early and fade. Prediction: Argentina 4-0.
Argentina vs Benin FAQ
Argentina vs Benin kicks off at 7:00 PM ET / 4:00 PM PT on Tuesday, October 6 — 8:00 PM local time in Buenos Aires.
The match streams on ViX and Prime Video in the United States.
Argentina vs Benin is being played at the Estadio Monumental in Buenos Aires.
Our prediction is Argentina 4-0. Our top pick is Over 3.5 goals at -161.
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