Topic: ⚽ International Football Prediction and Discussion Thread ⚽ - page 9. (Read 2628 times)

I never expected the Argentina team to give such a performance to the audience today. Because I had bet for Argentina and I faced loss because every player in Argentina team is experienced and world cup winning player. But Argentina's audience never thought of such a performance with Uruguay. Because their team lost 2-0 despite having Lionel Messi. Despite repeated attacks by the Argentine team, they could not succeed in any way. In total Argentina had 12 shots on goal and Uruguay had 6 shots on goal. But in between, Uruguay managed to shoot two shots, but the Argentine team did not succeed in any way, because the Uruguayan defense was strong.

Yes, it is true what you said that Uruguay won the match with score of 0 - 2 and this was a great victory for Uruguay because after successfully beating Brazil they have now also beaten Argentina.
These two matches gave them full points and provided very good momentum because they immediately rose to second place more quickly, but this victory cannot replace Argentina at the top of the standings with 12 points and Uruguay with 10 points.
In the next match, Argentina will meet Brazil and Uruguay will meet Bolivia, making it possible for Uruguay to win the match again.
Argentina may be little stressed because they are playing against Brazil, which is quite strong team.
If Argentina loses or draws and Uruguay wins the match by landslide then they will automatically top the standings.

Colombia and Venezuela also performed quite well so the competition might be little more interesting in the future to be able to have secure position as determinant of who is eligible to qualify to participate in the 2026 World Cup.

Argentina vs Uruguay
2026 World Cup Qualifier match Argentina vs Uruguay. Already the first half game is over and the second half game has started. Uruguay scored 1 goal in 41 minutes. Argentina was playing 4 matches of the World Cup qualifiers and is number 1 in the points table after winning all 4 matches. If Argentina lose today, they will lose the top spot in the points table. Uruguay put on a great performance to defeat a strong team, Brazil. Today it seems that Uruguay will win, if Uruguay wins, it will go to the top of the points table. 70 minutes of playing is over and there are 20 minutes, will Argentina finally lose to Uruguay today?

One of the factors in Argentina's success in winning the 2022 World Cup is because of the important role of Lionel Messi. Messi created many assists and goals which influenced Argentina's overall performance. Moreover, having Messi by your side will increase the mental and self-confidence of young players. And in the 2026 World Cup, perhaps Messi will not be able to make the contribution he is now.

I think almost everyone expected this kind of performance from Argentina. After all, they are the defending champions of the World Cup. So it was easy to predict that they were going to win this match. I actually think that Argentina is going to play the final of the World Cup again.

The performance of Brazil has been really bad in recent times in the World Cup. Yes, in this match, Brazil was the favourite to win. But they failed. For some reason, I am starting to think that the Brazil team is generally overrated in recent times.

Argentina secured a 2-0 win over Peru thanks to a great performance by Lionel Messi. Argentina have won all four of the first four matches of the World Cup qualifiers. The former World Cup winning team is at the top of the points table with 12 points. 

In another match of the day, Brazil lost 2-0 to Uruguay. Brazil were favorites against Uruguay but they couldn't prove themselves as favorites on the field due to which they were defeated in this match. Brazil lost 3 points after losing against Uruguay and now they are at number three in the points table. Neymar suffered a major injury in this match against Uruguay and was seen walking off the field on a stretcher.

Argentina won as expected with 2 goals to 0 vs Peru in an away game. The other games results weren't that special until you come in front of Brazil one and see them losing their match by 2-0! Uruguay is a good team ok we know that but Brazilian players and coach should stop shaming themselves! They will play in November vs Colombia then Argentina which isn't promising with their actual form..

World Cup Qualifying Match Argentina vs Peru. Between Argentina and Peru In the last 5 head-to-head matches, Argentina won 3 matches and drew 2 matches. Between Argentina and Peru, Argentina is stronger. Argentina played 3 qualifying matches and won 3 matches. Peru played 3 matches lost 2 matches and drew 1 match. Argentina is number 1 in the points table and Peru is number 9. According to past statistics, Argentina are ahead to win today's match. If I had to make a prediction, I would definitely pick Argentina. Argentina's chances of winning today are very high. The game has already started let's see what happens in the end.

Unfortunately, since UEFA EURO Qualifiers has a dedicated thread, which already figure in the first post, then posts related to this competition should be posted there. This topic is dedicated for competitions where there is no dedicated topics for it.

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Venezuela 3 - 0 Chile, that was an unexpected result. Venezuela made many surprising result. They won vs Paraguay, then got a draw with Brazil and today they embarrassed Chile badly! They are temporarily sitting in the third place which is quite good for a team like them.
Right now Paraguay 0 - 0 Bolivia after almost 30 minutes of the game.

In my opinion it will not be an easy game, because Belgium is already qualified for Euro 2024, even if we see odds of 1.67 in favor of Belgium in this game, I still see this low odds as a big trap, unless this odds would remain the same even when they release the starting 11 and they are the same starting 11 as in previous games, that is, the 11 best players in Belgium are playing. something that I highly doubt will happen, I see a scenario in which the Belgium coach will rotate the players, he will probably remove Lukaku and other good players to avoid unnecessary injuries and also give opportunities to other players who haven't been able to play very often

Belgium is already qualified, so they will not play with much motivation to win, for them this will be a friendly game and the players will save themselves to avoid injuries and not play for their clubs, while on the other side we have Sweden who they are very desperate and need a victory, so they will do everything they can to come out of this game with a victory or a draw, but in my opinion if Belgium rotates their players then at most Sweden will get a draw, but I highly doubt that Belgium will play with their best players and I also highly doubt that Sweden will qualify for Euro 2024.

sweden made mistakes and these mistakes cost them not qualifying for the euro, looking at sweden's performance in the game against belgium, we can see that clearly they are strong, they played against strong belgium and even so they have a chance of winning the euro game, that's why I see Austria winning today's game against Azerbaijan who no longer have any chance of qualifying, and I highly doubt they can beat Austria. so for me belgium and autria are the two teams that qualify in this group

Belgium vs Sweden, I'd expect Belgium to win with relative ease. Sweden do pose a threat but it should be manageable for Belgium. I expect it to be a goalscoring affair with Belgium scoring thrice and Sweden once. Belgium have Lukaku and Doku who are in form while Sweden have Kulusevski and Gyokeres who are doing well for their respective teams.

The problem with the Brazil team is that the national team is just not balanced at all. They have all the wingers in the world on the team. But they have very limited strikers, midfielders, and also defensive players. I am not saying they don't have players for those positions. They definitely have players, but those players are not really good, to be honest. And if a player from the midfield or defense gets injured, they cannot replace him with a player who will be able to give the same level of service to the team. I think the next World Cup is going to be the last for Neymar though.

Yeah I agree with you and I find it interesting to bet on goals rather than the team who could win since sometimes it is quite random and coaches might give a chance to many second-line players. I find that almost all games ended with a goal at least.

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There is many friendlies taking place these days like Saudi Arabia 2 - 2 Nigeria, Ivory Coast 1 - 1 Morocco, USA 1 - 3 Germany.
Egypt - Algeria and Senegal - Cameroon are the most interesting these 24 hours.

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CONMEBOL matches will continue this week in Tuesday and Wednesday.
Uruguay - Brazil and Peru - Argentina are the best. I am afraid Argentina will make the gap bigger with Brazil by the end of the round.

This is a nice thread and good we have matches dedicated to it. But I always have problems predicting international football because of variety of factors that affects the matches such as;

• Weather conditions unknown 
• The seriousness of the competition
• The bookmakers choice of odds

Most times I sometimes bet on only international friendlies and I bet them on goals and it works some timesm

Well he is a long time that he is not coaching national teams,he have been coaching CSKA Moscow,Chelsea and Real Madrid so when he gets to Brazil it will be a completely different thing for him,you should not get your hopes that high for where Brazil will go.The good thing is that he will have quite some time to learn the team and the depth of the squad will surely be helpful but first Brazil needs to qualify for there and chances are really high for them to do so,they should avoid these really bad results like drawing with Venezuela.

Once Ancelotti get in the grips of it I am sure Brazil can go really high and they can even win the World Cup without this being a big surprise for me.

In the 2022 World Cup edition in Qatar, the Brazilian national team only reached the quarter-final stage, and had to suffer defeat to Croatia with an aggregate of 4-2. For the upcoming 2026 edition of the World Cup, I hope that Brazil can be one of the ones who can reach the final, I think with the depth of the squad they currently have they will be able to achieve it. Now Brazil is in second place with 7 points in three matches in the 2026 World Cup qualifiers in the South American zone.

In the future, with Ancelotti as head coach, I think it will provide better opportunities. However, we have to wait until Ancelotti contract ends with Real Madrid. I am very curious about Ancelotti quality of taktic at the National Team level.

Anyone would still have doubts if they expected Bolivia to have a good playing level so that they could actually qualify for the 2026 World Cup and be able to play there in the main event because in the last month alone Bolivia has been made helpless by Brazil and Argentina.
Of the three matches that have taken place they have only suffered humiliating defeats so it is unlikely that Bolivia can become favorites and can also be one of the top teams in the South American zone to qualify.
It looks like Bolivia will only end up in the qualifying round without having more chances.
In fact Argentina which last year won the 2022 World Cup is now dominating the zone and is able to win all three matches.
If they can still play like the 2022 World Cup it is very likely that they will advance to the final again and compete for the championship trophy.

I think the problem is that their Campeonato Brasileiro Serie A is not at the competitive level like the leagues in Europe. I admit that the Brazilian League is one of the best in the world and there are many talented players there. However, a less competitive league atmosphere will make them less likely to develop to become quite great players. What I mean is that they have the talent of a star but if they don't compete in the best league in the world then they are just talented players who haven't really shown their true talent.

Honestly everyone is pissed from Brazil performance lately. Their performance in World Cup wasn't that top, they even failed to reach semifinals and to finish in top 4 teams.. Richarlison didn't give what he was supposed to offer for his team. Neymar might play good in a match and miss it badly in another. Vinicius Junior is fluctuating with his national team... I believe Ancelotti time to train the Brazilian team will be closer than we thought and once confirmed, he will have a heavy task fixing the Brazilians issues!

Brazil made a huge surprise in that game against Venezuela and many people I assume have lost a lot of money that is why it is better to not bet on teams no matter how big they are that has really low odds.The Brasileirao Championship has a lot of talented players and even if they have not the quality of Neymar,they should be given enough minutes,I forgot the names now but Botafogo has good attackers,Flamengo does too,they need just some time to harmonize in the national team and I think we can see a big Brazil again.