Argentina vs England 1st Test Predictions - Los Pumas backed against young England outfit

Ralph Staniforth

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Last updated: 04 Jul 2025

Ralph Staniforth 04 Jul 2025

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Argentina is in strong form, having recently beaten top teams.
England is missing 13 key players, impacting their squad depth.
Historically, England dominates head-to-head, winning 12 of the last 13 matches.

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England have won 4 of their last 5 matches. (Getty Images)

Argentina vs England Predictions

Argentina were very impressive in 2024 and against the British & Irish Lions recently. They have plenty of quality and with England missing 13 players to the B+I Lions, I can only see one winner. Los Pumas are tipped to cover the -7.5 handicap.

Argentina vs England Predictions
Head to Head
Argentina Form
Argentina Injuries & Team News
England Form
England Injuries & Team News

Argentina won their last match against the B+I Lions.
England have won 4 of their last 5 matches.
England are missing 13 starting players.

Head to Head

England have won 12 of their last 13 matches against Argentina. The last two both took place at the 2023 Rugby World Cup. In the group stage game, England won 27-10 and in the Broze final, 26-23.

Argentina Form

Argentina will be confident heading into this game against England having had a good run of results in the last 12 months.

During the 2024 Rugby Championship, Los Pumas beat Australia, New Zealand and South Africa once. On their end of year tour, they beat thrashed Italy, lost narrowly to Ireland and lost by 14 points to France.

A couple of weeks ago the Argentina beat the British & Irish Lions 28-24 in Dublin. That result will add further confidence to Los Pumas.

Argentina Injuries & Team News

15 Benjamin Elizalde, 14 Rodrigo Isgró, 13 Lucio Cinti, 12 Fair Piccardo, 11 Santiago Cordero, 10 Santiago Carreras, 9 Gonzalo Bertranou, 8 Facundo Isa, 7 Juan Martín González, 6 Pablo Matera, 5 Pedro Rubiolo, 4 Lucas Paulos, 3 Pedro Delgado, 2 Julián Montoya (captain), 1 Mayco Vivas.

Replacements: 16 Bautista Bernasconi, 17 Thomas Gallo, 18 Francisco Coria Marchetti, 19 Santiago Grondona, 20 Joaquín Moro, 21 Simón Benítez Cruz, 22 Nicolás Roger, 23 Matías Moroni.

England Form

England hare vastly improved since the 2023 Rugby World Cup and results have backed them up. While they are far from the finished product, they are climbing in the right direction.

During the Six Nations, England lost narrowly to Ireland but beat France, Scotland Italy and Wales. Against France and Scotland, the English won by one point while they suffered a three-point loss to Ireland.

England Injuries & Team News

England are far from full strength as 13 of their players are with the British & Irish Lions in Australia. This will be an opportunity for Steve Borthwick to blood some new players and combinations.

15 Freddie Steward, 14 Tom Roebuck, 13 Henry Slade, 12 Seb Atkinson, 11 Will Muir, 10 George Ford (co-captain), 9 Ben Spencer, 8 Tom Willis, 7 Sam Underhill, 6 Ben Currie, 5 Alex Coles, 4 Charlie Ewels, 3 Joe Heyes, 2 Jamie George (co-captain), 1 Fin Baxter.

Replacements: 16 Theo Dan, 17 Bevan Rodd, 18 Asher Opoku-Fordjour, 19 Chandler Cunningham-South, 20 Guy Pepper, 21 Alex Dombrandt, 22 Jack van Poortvliet, 23 Cadan Murley.

Verdict

Argentina v England

Argentina are backed to cover the -7.5 handicap against England.

Argentina -7.5

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