Bolivia Must Win in Venezuela to Keep Their World Cup Hopes Alive

Venezuela vs Bolivia - 28/01/2022

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We have a full selection of 2022 World Cup qualifiers in South America this week including the meeting between Venezuela and Bolivia.

The match will take place at the Estadio Rafael Agustín Tovar and the hosts begin this round of fixtures bottom of the table on 7 points while the visitors are in 8th place on 15 points.

Venezuela come into this match on the back of a 2-1 loss at home against Peru in their most recent World Cup qualifying game.

Having scored the equaliser early in the second half, Venezuela did not stay level for long and conceded a second goal 13 minutes later.

That result was the third successive defeat for Venezuela in World Cup qualifying having previously been beaten by Chile and Ecuador away from home.

This has been a tough World Cup qualifying campaign for Venezuela and they have lost 7 of their last 8 games in the competition.

Their only victory in those 8 matches came at home against Ecuador and Venezuela will be hoping to make home advantage count again in this fixture.

Trends show Venezuela have conceded at least 1 goal in each of their last 10 games in all competitions. They have managed to find the back of the net themselves in each of their last 4 home World Cup qualifying matches.

Bolivia make the trip to the Estadio Rafael Agustín Tovar having previously recorded a 5-0 win over Trinidad and Tobago in a friendly match. Prior to that win, Bolivia beat Uruguay 3-0 at home in what was a tremendous result and performance.

That result means Bolivia have won 3 of their last 4 World Cup qualifying games but all the wins have come at home against Uruguay, Paraguay, and Peru.

When we look at the away record of Bolivia things begin to unravel and they have lost each of their last 4 World Cup qualifying fixtures on the road.

In fact, Bolivia have failed to win any of their last 51 away World Cup qualifying games, which is an incredible record.

Trends show Bolivia have suffered 4 away defeats by 2 or more goals in a row in their latest World Cup qualification games in South America. They have failed to score a goal in each of their last 3 away trips, losing all of them 3-0.

Looking ahead to the team news and Venezuela can call upon the experience strike force of Salomón Rondón and Josef Martínez for this game. Tomás Rincón will captain the team in midfield.

Bolivia also have experienced players in attack, with Marcelo Moreno and Juan Carlos Arce having a combined age of 70.

This game presents the perfect opportunity for Venezuela to record only their third win of the group. Bolivia have such a bad away record in World Cup qualifying, we expect to see Venezuela win and score a few goals in the process.

Home team
Away team

Probability %

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WCQ

Venezuela Bolivia 28/01/2022 23:00

442531

1

3 - 0

3.64

25°

1.75

1.75 3.60 4.75 no no no

FT

4 - 1(2 - 1)

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