USA vs Brazil prediction: WORLD: Friendly International betting tips on match 2024-06-12 23:00.
[p]What a difference a few months has made for the USA, as despite winning the CONCACAF Nations League in March, calls for manager Gregg Berhalter to lose his job grew even louder as his side suffered their heaviest defeat since November 2016 last weekend when they humiliatingly lost 5-1 to Colombia on home soil at Commanders Field in a friendly that will have no doubt unsettled the squad ahead of this summer’s Copa América, which they host. [/p]
[p]Berhalter said after the match that the experience was a “wake-up call”, which is a fair assessment as it was the first time that the USMNT had conceded 5+ goals since a 5-0 defeat to Mexico all the way back in July 2009. Next up is potentially an even tougher task as they face world-ranked #5 nation Brazil, with the South American outfit having won each of the last 11 H2Hs, which doesn’t bode well for Berhalter’s chance of redemption on this occasion. [/p]
[p]To make matters even worse, Brazil have scored 3+ goals in five of the last seven meetings between these two sides and they arrive here buoyed further by a 3-2 win over Mexico in their last outing. That victory was made all the more impressive as head coach Dorival JĂşnior played a largely second-string team, with several big names expected to start here instead.[/p]
[p]So far in 2023, the Seleção are unbeaten in three encounters (W2, D1), which is strong form to take into the Copa América as Brazil look to go one better than in 2021, when they lost the final to fierce rivals Argentina. If there’s one small concern though, it’s the visitors’ continued defensive troubles, as they’ve now kept just one clean sheet across their last seven internationals (W2, D2, L3), a record they’ll be very keen to improve on in this final pre-tournament friendly. [/p]
[p]Players to watch: Timothy Weah netted his sixth USMNT goal last time out, four of which have acted as his side’s opener, whereas Brazil’s Endrick tends to strike later, with his three goals in five caps all having come in the second half, including a 96th-minute winner against Mexico on Sunday. [/p]
[p]Hot stat: Brazil have opened the scoring in the first 15 minutes in each of the last three H2Hs. [/p]