Argentina vs. Uruguay Prediction on November 16, 2023

Match info

The goal of the FIFA World Cup holder in men’s football, Argentina, is to continue its unbeaten run in the CONMEBOL qualifying for the 2026 FIFA World Cup (the South American section of the 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification) when they host Uruguay on Thursday night, November 16, at 9 p.m. local time at “La Bombonera“ (officially: Estadio Alberto José Armando) in Buenos Aires.

Meanwhile, following their most recent qualifier, which took place last month, the visitors will be hoping to build on their valiant victory over continental powerhouse Brazil despite the fact that bookmakers with Android apps don’t give them much chance to get triumphant in the capital of Argentina.

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The current form of Argentina

With 34 goals scored in its last 14 international games across all competitions, Argentina comes into Thursday’s match in high spirits. “La Albiceleste“ have also kept eight straight clean sheets since defeating France to win the World Cup in December of last year. After defeating Ecuador, Bolivia, Paraguay, and Peru in their first four CONMEBOL World Cup qualifiers, Lionel Scaloni’s team is the only South American team with a perfect record. They now lead the 10-team standings by five points.

Five days prior to World Cup hero Lionel Messi scoring a brace in an away 2-0 victory over Peru in its most recent match, Argentina defeated Paraguay 1-0 thanks to a goal in the third minute from Nicolás Otamendi. Argentina will be eager to continue its excellent form into next week’s match against Brazil, who’s currently five points behind Scaloni’s team, just like Uruguay. The Argentine team will be motivated by the possibility of moving eight points clear of second-place Uruguay with a victory on Thursday.

With a perfect record of seven victories against “La Celeste“ and three victories by an overall margin of five goals, “La Albiceleste“ will be optimistic about their chances of defeating Uruguay.

The current form of Uruguay

After losing 1-2 to Ecuador in September, Uruguay turned around and won both of its World Cup qualifying matches last month, against Colombia and Brazil, securing a 2-2 draw in the first and a landmark 2-0 triumph in the second. Darwin Núñez of Liverpool saved Uruguay’s point against Colombia in the 90th minute with a penalty kick, and the striker went on to lead “La Celeste“ to their first victory over Brazil in 22 years with a diving header in the 42nd. After that, in the 77th minute, he set up Nicolás de la Cruz for a second goal, helping Marcelo Bielsa’s wards secure all three points in a game that was clouded by the serious knee injury that the other team’s star Neymar suffered.

The winner of the World Cup twice, Uruguay, can’t afford to let its standards slip if it wants to stay in the automatic qualification spots going into the New Year, even though it’s currently second in the CONMEBOL standings with just three points separating it from Chile in eighth place.

The Uruguayan manager, Bielsa, who was born in Argentina, will be eager to improve his team’s road performance after four wins in his first six games since taking over in May: In its last nine World Cup qualifying matches away from home, Uruguay had only triumphed twice, giving up at least twice in five of those contests. Uruguay’s most recent triumph over Argentina came in October 2013, when it prevailed 3-2 at home in a World Cup qualifying match. Its most recent victory on Argentine territory came in July 1987, when it narrowly defeated the rival 1-0 in the Copa America playoffs before winning the championship.

Match analytics

Uruguay is a formidable opponent for Argentina after its thrilling victory over Brazil last time out, but the world champion will be considered the favorite for Thursday’s match. With star player Messi expected to lead his country out once more, Scaloni appears to have settled on a team that has had a lot of success in the past 12 months. As a result, we think the hosts should have little trouble taking all three points.

We say: Winning margin Argentina by 2 at odds of 4.54 on TonyBet.

Results of the forecast

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