A Must Win Game for Both Teams as Paraguay Host Uruguay
Paraguay vs Uruguay - 28/01/2022
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We have reached crunch time in 2022 World Cup qualifying in South America and on the 27th of January we have a meeting between Paraguay and Uruguay at the Estadio General Pablo Rojas.
The hosts begin this round of fixtures in 9th place on 13 points while the visitors are in 7th place on 16 points.
Paraguay know they must win this game if they are to keep their faint hopes of World Cup qualification alive. Paraguay come into the match on the back of a 0-0 draw at Colombia in their previous World Cup qualifying match.
That result ended a run of 3 straight defeats for Paraguay. They lost in Chile and Bolivia plus at home against Chile. Those results were damaging to their hopes of qualification.
Home form in World Cup qualifying shows Paraguay are undefeated in 3 of their last 4 fixtures. However, they have managed to win only 1 of their 9 most recent World Cup qualifying games, which is a poor record. The win came at home against Venezuela, who are currently bottom of the group.
Trends show Paraguay have failed to score a single goal in their last 5 World Cup qualifying games and it is easy to see what the problem is for the team going forward. They have also failed to keep a clean sheet in 14 of their last 15 home World Cup qualifying matches.
Uruguay make the trip to the Estadio General Pablo Rojas on the back of a 3-0 away defeat at the hands of Bolivia. It was an extremely disappointing result for Uruguay and they even conceded a goal in the second half when their opponents were down to ten men.
That was a fourth successive defeat for Uruguay in World Cup qualifying and they have fallen down the table.
In addition to the defeat at Bolivia, Uruguay have lost at home to Argentina and away to Brazil and Argentina, meaning they have had some difficult fixtures.
Away form in World Cup qualifying shows Uruguay have failed to win any of their 5 most recent games on the road.
They have won just 1 of their last 8 away World Cup qualifying fixtures and that came against Colombia back in November 2020.
Trends show Uruguay are on a poor run of 3 away defeats by a margin of 3 goals.
Team news and Paraguay will be hoping Antonio Sanabria and Miguel Almirón can combine to score goals. However, despite being two of the top scorers in the squad, they only have 5 goals between them.
Uruguay continue to rely on the experience of Luis Suárez and Edinson Cavani in attack. Rodrigo Bentancur and Federico Valverde of Juventus and Real Madrid respectively are expected to start in midfield.
This is a vital game for both teams and we expect it to be tight, with few goals being scored. However, Uruguay have the superior attacking talent at their disposal and could come away with a narrow 1-0 win to keep their qualification hopes alive.
Home team
Away team
Pred
Correct score
Avg. goals
Weather conditions
Coef.
Score
Live
coef.
WCQ
302644
2
0 - 1
2.05
28°
2.50
2.88
3.10
2.50
no
no
no
0 - 1(0 - 0)
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