Argentina vs Paraguay Prediction 22 June 2021

This year, Argentina has held four meetings. The first two games were held as part of the qualification for the World Cup, where the blue and white drew 1-1 with the Chileans and 2-2 with the Colombians. It is worth noting that after six performances, the national team of Argentina is on the second line in the group, having scored 12 points. The guys are second only to Brazil, which is still going without losing points. The next two matches were played by the Argentines in the group stage of the current campaign, which we will talk about in more detail.

In the 1st round, the proteges of Scaloni met with a weaker national team of Chile, but still failed to keep the advantage. In the 33rd minute, Lionel Messi opened the scoring, but in the 57th, the opponents restored parity in the match. But in the second match, Argentina won three points, beating the national team of Uruguay with a minimum score of 1:0. It is worth noting that the team played well defensively and did not allow the opponent to hit the goal once. It should be noted that in the national team, the main star remains Messi. The team plays according to the 4-3-3 scheme, so Messi is also helped by Martinez (Inter) and Gonzalez (Stuttgart) – in general, a fairly good attacking line-up. In attacking terms, the national team is doing a lot, and, as shown by the last performance, the coach was able to correct the problems in defense, although before that the team conceded four goals in three matches.

The red and white finally pleased the fans with a winning result, beating the national team of Bolivia with a score of 3:1. Before that, the national team of Paraguay went four matches in a row without winning. Berisso's side fared poorly in qualifying for the World Cup, scoring only two points in three appearances. And in the standings, the Paraguayans have only the sixth line and seven points in the asset, however, the gap from the playoff zone is only one point.

In the 1st round of the Cup, the national team of Paraguay met with the national team of Bolivia. The Bolivians came to the match as clear underdogs with a win ratio of 7.7, but already in the 10th minute they converted a penalty. Perhaps Bolivia would have won the match, but in 45+9 minutes Cuellar grabbed a second yellow card and was sent off. Bolivia took advantage of this and scored three unanswered goals in the second half – a double from Romero and a goal from Kaku. It is worth noting that Bolivia is the weakest team in the group, so in the remaining matches, the Paraguayans will have to show their best game.

According to the predictions of sportbooks, the clear contender for the victory is the national team of Argentina. The blue and white team is not going to concede the first place in the standings, so they will try to play the first number of the entire match. The national team is quite good at building a positional game, so the Argentines will not be in a hurry in the confrontation. Red and white understand the power of the enemy, but still will not deviate from the usual scheme. Most likely, the guys will be more focused on defense with rare forays to someone else's goal on the counterattack.

The national team of Argentina has already played 15 matches in a row without defeats, however, the national team often diverges in peace. This year, in three of the four confrontations, the guys went in peace, and each draw turned out to be productive. The team managed to set up a game in defense and play to zero with the Uruguayans, but there the opponent did not particularly seek to attack. The national team of Paraguay does not perform in the best way and, for example, in the first two matches of this year, they did not manage to distinguish themselves – 0:0 with Uruguay and 0:2 with Brazil. So expect them to attack the action is not particularly worth it. We believe that the Scaloni brigade will not sit on the defensive, but will put a powerful pressure on the opponent and win a landslide victory.