World Cup Qualifiers, Saturday, 07.09.2024 at 01:30 PM
With the European Championship barely over, we can already turn our attention to the upcoming World Cup! The battle for places has been raging in South America for some time now, and now the qualifiers are entering the next round.
On Saturday night, the current runners-up will face a team that tends to struggle offensively. In my Uruguay Paraguay betting tip, I’ll tell you why I’m not expecting the most spectacular game and why I’m ruling out an away win!
Another game, 90 minutes, maybe even a goal and probably a lot of tears afterwards: When I look at the next match of the Uruguay national team, I can’t help but look at a very special kicker.
Luis Suarez is calling it a day! The striker will play the last international match of his career on Saturday, and that alone makes the encounter on home soil something very special once again
37 years old and under contract with Inter Miami, he has given his all for his country 142 times and scored 69 times. Of course, his departure will be a big topic, and his team-mates will want to guarantee him the three points as a gift.
Uruguay have started this World Cup qualifying campaign with four wins, one draw and one defeat and have the best attack with 13 goals. And yes, Argentina lead the competition with just eight goals from six games.
So things are generally quite defensive in South America, which I’ll come to in more detail later when I look at Paraguay. The qualifiers started almost exactly a year ago.
The Celeste won against Brazil, Argentina and Bolivia with a clean sheet each time, plus a three-pointer against Chile and a 2-2 draw against Colombia. Importantly, the team scored at least twice in all of these games.
The Oddset app would offer us odds of 1.62 for precisely this bet on Saturday.
A 2-1 defeat against Ecuador was the only defeat to date. There was usually a lot on offer, Uruguay is by far the most spectacular team in qualifying
This year, the focus was of course on the Copa America, which ended with a bronze medal for the Whites and Blues. The preliminary round was initially very spectacular, as they beat Panama 3:1 and Bolivia 5:0.
Things then became more defensive. 1-0 against the USA, 4-2 against Brazil after a penalty shoot-out (previously 0-0) and 0-1 against Colombia in the semi-finals, Suarez and Co. can therefore present two different faces
The victory against Canada, which came after a 2-2 draw (Suarez scored the equalizer in stoppage time), was once again the result of a successful penalty shoot-out.
So you can’t quite figure out the team, not least because they only managed a 1-1 draw in the recent test against Guatemala. So I’ll take a look at the direct comparison to get a better idea of how many goals we can expect
The Celeste are unbeaten in ten matches against Paraguay, which of course underlines why they are clearly ahead in the upcoming match with odds of 1.55 to 6.60. But: It hasn’t been that clear-cut in recent years!
1:0, 1:0, 1:1, 2:1, 4:0, 1:1, 1:1, 1:1? An excerpt from the past results shows that it was only really clear once. For Paraguay, Saturday will be less about history and more about finally gaining a foothold in the qualifiers.
The Guaranies have won just one game and are the team that has produced the fewest highlights. One goal in six games, three goals conceded? It really doesn’t get much less spectacular than that!
0:0, 0:1, 0:1, 1:0, 0:0 and 0:1 – it’s enough to make your eyes water. Incidentally, two of the three goals conceded were from the spot. Wouldn’t 0-0 be an option as a result bet? The odds for this result at Betano would be 9.00.
This year’s Copa America was over in no time at all, with nothing to laugh about against Colombia (1:2), Brazil (1:4) and Costa Rica (1:2). The last tests were very mixed, resulting in a 0-0 draw against Peru, a 0-3 draw against Chile and a 1-0 draw against Panama
Luis Suarez will (presumably) bid a tearful farewell to his fans, so what could be better than a win! Uruguay are playing a strong qualifying campaign, and the team also impressed with third place at the Copa America.
As Paraguay were eliminated directly after three defeats and have only won once in qualifying, my double chance 1X is certain. Although Uruguay are known for their slightly more offensive games, the visitors are the exact opposite.
They never score more than one goal per game, and the last direct duels were usually not spectacular. For this reason, I opt for the following bet:
Uruguay will score a maximum of three goals
