Lionel Messi will be hoping to help fire Argentina to back-to-back World Cup titles.

Group J at the 2026 Fifa World Cup appears to revolve around one question: who can challenge Argentina? The defending world champions enter the tournament as overwhelming favourites to top the pool, but the battle for the remaining qualification places could be fiercely contested.

Algeria and Austria both possess the quality and experience to trouble the South Americans, while World Cup debutants Jordan will look to embrace their underdog status and make history on football's biggest stage.

Here, we dissects the group.

Head Coach: Lionel Scaloni