Chile vs Paraguay prediction: WORLD: Friendly International betting tips on match 2024-06-11 00:00.
[p]Ahead of their attempt to win their third Copa AmĂ©rica in five editions, Chile welcome fellow tournament participants Paraguay in a friendly at Estadio Nacional Julio MartĂnez Prádanos. The upcoming hosts ended the last international break by losing valiantly to France (3-2) and therefore have good reason to be confident about getting back to winning ways here, especially as they are unbeaten in their last six home matches (W4, D2) and have kept a clean sheet in their last five such encounters. [/p]
[p]As it happens, Chile’s most recent game in that run was a 0-0 draw against Paraguay last November, but La Roja had won the previous three H2Hs. Along with acting as a Copa América warm-up, this fixture will interestingly be manager Ricardo Gareca’s first in charge on home soil, having managed the country’s Pacific derby rivals Peru between 2015 and 2022. [/p]
[p]Paraguay, meanwhile, faced Peru on Saturday (0-0), the latest of seven matches featuring the White and Red that has produced one goal at most, with the team only prevailing on one of those occasions (D3, L3). You’d be forgiven therefore for thinking that a third consecutive Copa América quarter-final appearance is a remote possibility, but a victory here in Santiago will certainly increase optimism about their prospects. [/p]
[p]Memories of beating Chile 2-0 in their previous Copa América meeting in 2021 may help bring about a repeat result heading into this summer’s tournament, as visiting manager Daniel Garnero faces off against opposition boss and former Independiente team-mate Gareca. The pair have also pitted their wits against each other in the dugout, although unfortunately for Garnero, he has been on the losing side all four times.[/p]
[p]Players to watch: Chile right-back and Monday’s birthday boy Mauricio Isla got an assist in France in March, and has certainly been in the thick of the action for club side Independiente recently, having either registered a goal involvement or received a yellow card in six of his last eight matches (G1, A2, YC3). Unfortunately, the only player to have scored in Garnero’s five-game tenure so far, Antonio Sanabria, is injured, so the 55-year-old will be hoping that Miguel Almirón can find the net for the first time in 2024. [/p]
[p]Hot stat: In the last two H2Hs, both nations have had a man sent off. [/p]