Spain vs Brazil prediction: WORLD: Friendly International betting tips on match 2024-03-25 20:30.
[p]Preparations for this summerâs European Championships took a step backwards for Spain as they kicked off this break with a shock 1-0 loss to Colombia at the London Stadium, thus ending their impressive eight-game winning run. It must be noted that Luis de la Fuente left some of his big hitters, including Ălvaro Morata and Lamine Yamal out of the starting XI for Spainâs last outing, with more changes to the frontline expected yet again.[/p]
[p]Here they return to the Estadio Santiago BernabĂ©u, where they welcome Brazil, who also kicked off their March campaign with a trip to England, albeit a 1-0 winning one against Gareth Southgateâs side! De La Fuenteâs men will be hoping to avoid such a fate, but as Spain have failed to score in five of the last six H2Hs (W1, D2, L3), they may need to overcome a psychological hurdle.[/p]
[p]In contrast to their hostsâ losing a strong vein of form, Brazil bucked their own four-game winless run to kick off this break (D1, L3) in timely fashion as the Seleção enter their final three games ahead of this summerâs Copa America. Some good times are desperately needed for the Brazilians, who sit in the final qualification spot in their World Cup Qualification group and eight points behind their bitter rivals Argentina. [/p]
[p]More fortune could come their way if history is anything to go by, as Brazil are unbeaten in all but one friendly international when playing as the designated away side since the beginning of October 2013 (W21, D1, L1). Moreover, four of their last six friendlies at any venue produced at least two first-half goals, so we could be in for a flying start here.[/p]
[p]Players to watch: The next generation of El Clasico stars could take centre stage here as Barcelona and Spainâs 16-year-old Yamal already seeks his third senior international goal – both of his previous strikes were the first or last of the game. Heâll be hoping to outshine Real Madridâs incoming Brazilian prodigy, 17-year-old Endrick, who scored his first international goal at the third time of asking against England – each of his last four strikes for club & country have opened the scoring. [/p]
[p]Hot stat: Spain were unbeaten in 19 straight friendlies until their latest outing (W11, D8), with seven of those wins accompanied by a clean sheet. [/p]