Both Brazil and Paraguay will be looking to go back to their winning ways in World Cup qualifiers-South Americawhen they lock horns at the Governador Magalhaes Pinto on Wednesday with kickoff at 03:30.
The Seleção remain at the top of the group with 36 points from 14 games. In their last five fixtures, they claimed two wins and three draws and total number of goals that have gone in at their end over the course of their last six matches standing at 3.
Brazil will want to make amends following a 1-1draw last time out by Ecuador. In that game, The Selecao had 55% possession, twelve shots with six of them on target and a goal by Felix Torres 75’. Ecuador on the other end got 10 shots with one of them on target and a goal by Casemiro 6’.
On the other hand, Paraguay sit ninth in the table with just 13 points from 15 matches. The visitors will be targeting to win having lost in four of their last five matches. In 5 of the previous 6 clashes featuring Paraguay, a low number of goals have gone in their end standing at 1.33.
Paraguay will go into this game following a 1-0 defeat to Uruguay. In that game, Paraguay had 46% possession, eight shots with two of them on target. Uruguay had 15 shots with four of them on target and a goal by Luis Suarez 50’.
Brazil vs Paraguay head to head
Both sides have met in 12 encounters since 2004 with Brazil claiming 4 victories while Paraguay have claimed 5 victories and there are 3 draws.
- Paraguay 0-2 Brazil 09/06/21
- Brazil 4-3 Paraguay 28/06/19
- Brazil 3-0 Paraguay 29/03/17
- Paraguay 2-2 Brazil 30/03/16
- Brazil 3-4 Paraguay 28/06/15
Home
- Ecuador 1-1 Brazil
- Argentina 0-0 Brazil
- Brazil 1-0 Colombia
- Brazil 4-1 Uruguay
- Colombia 0-0 Brazil
Away
- Paraguay 0-1 Uruguay
- Colombia 0-0 Paraguay
- Paraguay 0-1 Chile
- Bolivia 4-0 Paraguay
- Chile 2-0 Paraguay
Brazil team news
Brazil will be without the services of Emerson Royal and Eder Militao due to suspension.
Paraguay team news
Paraguay will be without Omar Alderete due to injuries and the duo of Matias Rojas and Gustavo Gomez due to suspension.
Prediction and odds
Brazil is currently on an eight-game unbeaten run and has conceded just three goals in that period. We are backing them to grab all the three points from an opponent who is on a six-game winless run which has seen them lose four times.
- Brazil win
- Goals under 2.5
- Both teams score (No)
