Saudi Arabia's victory over Argentina is the greatest upset in World Cup history, says data company

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Argentina has won the World Cup twice but at Qatar 2022 La Albiceleste wrote its name into the history books in an altogether different way. According to sports data group Gracenote, Argentina's 2-1 defeat by Saudi Arabia in their Group C match is the biggest upset in World Cup history.

, ranked third in the world, unbeaten for three years and among the favourites to win the 2022 tournament, many had expected Argentina to sweep aside Saudi Arabia with 48 places separating the two teams in the world rankings.

According to Gracenote, the previous most surprising World Cup win was USA's victory against England in 1950, in which the American team had a 9.5% chance of victory. Four years later, the tournament was hosted by Italy and Maradona came into the World Cup having led Italian club Napoli to an iconic Serie A title.

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