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Chile vs Paraguay Predictions - Draw backed with both sides lacking firepower

Ralph Staniforth

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Last updated: 10 Jun 2024

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Ralph Staniforth 10 Jun 2024

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Predictions for Chile vs Paraguay friendly fixture
Both teams are in preparation for the upcoming Copa America
This friendly takes place at Estadio Nacional on Wednesday

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Chile's midfielder Diego Valdes (Photo via Getty Images)

Chile vs Paraguay Preview

Goals are neither sides' forte of late. I can see this petering out into a 0-0 draw.

Chile vs Paraguay Preview
Head to Head
Chile Form
Chile Squad & News
Paraguay Form
Paraguay Squad & News

Chile have seen under 2.5 goals in their last 3 home matches
Chile have seen under 2.5 goals in 4 of their last 5 matches against Paraguay
Paraguay have seen under 2.5 goals in their last 8 matches

Head to Head

In 21 previous meetings, Chile have won 10 and Paraguay eight along with three draws. The last encounter ended 0-0 in November last year.

Chile Form

Chile return to Santiago for their first home fixture since their stalemate against Paraguay last November. Since that result, the Chileans fell to away losses against Ecuador (1-0) in a World Cup qualifying fixture and France (3-2) in a friendly in Marseille earlier this year.

Chile failed to win seven of their last nine matches, although they did perform well in recent European friendlies. After a strong performance in the 3-2 loss against the aforementioned French, Ricardo Gareca’s side secured a 3-0 win against Euro 2024 participants Albania.

La Roja have a decent home record, which sees them unbeaten in their last six home fixtures over the past 15 months.

Chile Squad & News

Goalkeepers: Claudio Bravo (captain), Brayan Cortés, Gabriel Arias

Defenders: Mauricio Isla, Guillermo Maripán, Paulo Díaz, Gabriel Suazo, Igor Lichnovsky, Matías Catalán, Felipe Loyola, Thomas Galdames

Midfielders: Erick Pulgar, Diego Valdés, Marcelino Núñez, Rodrigo Echeverría, Darío Osorio, César Pérez

Forwards: Alexis Sánchez (vice-captain), Eduardo Vargas, Ben Brereton Díaz, Víctor Dávila, Marcos Bolados, Cristián Zavala, Maximiliano Guerrero

Head coach Ricardo Gareca named a 24-man squad ahead of Chile’s Copa America campaign later this month. Veterans Arturo Vidal and Gary Medel failed to make the final cut after being included in the preliminary selection.

Inter forward Alexis Sánchez has been included and could win his 163rd cap on Wednesday.

Paraguay Form

Paraguay come into Wednesday’s friendly fixture winless in three matches after a goalless draw against Peru on Saturday. Daniel Garnero's side have now failed to win six of their last seven matches.

Short on attacking fire-power, Paraguay drew blanks in six of their last seven international fixtures over the past nine months.

The Albirroja have a particularly poor away record, with just one win collected from 18 road matches over the past three years.

Paraguay Squad & News

Goalkeepers: Carlos Coronel, Alfredo Aguilar, Rodrigo Morínigo

Defenders: Gustavo Gómez, Júnior Alonso, Fabián Balbuena (captain), Omar Alderete, Matías Espinoza, Iván Ramírez, Gustavo Velázquez, Néstor Giménez

Midfielders: Miguel Almirón, Mathías Villasanti, Richard Sánchez, Alejandro Romero Gamarra, Matías Rojas, Andrés Cubas, Hernesto Caballero, Damián Bobadilla, Fabrizio Peralta, Gabriel Aguayo

Forwards: Derlis González, Ángel Romero, Julio Enciso, Ramón Sosa, Adam Bareiro, Alex Arce

Paraguay boss Garnero has a 27-man squad available for Wednesday’s friendly in Santiago.

Premier League-based duo Miguel Almirón and Julio Enciso are both likely to feature in the Paraguayan starting XI.

Verdict

Chile v Paraguay

A low-scoring outcome seems likely in Tuesday’s friendly fixture.

I’m backing under 2.5 goals scored in what is likely to be a tight contest in Santiago.

Under 2.5 Goals

Total Goals

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