Canada vs. Chile Prediction on June 29, 2024

Match info

In a match that could be crucial for the qualification for the men’s football 2024 Copa América knockout stage, Canada and Chile square off in the third round of Group A on Saturday, June 29, at 8 p.m. local time at Inter&Co Stadium in Orlando, Florida, USA. The latter is the favorite here by the best bookmakers in Canada, but not by much.

Meeting statistics

With a juicy match against Chile to end its 2024 Copa América group stage campaign, Canada will be hoping to have still a genuine chance of making it to the knockout stages. Since this is the first-ever international encounter between the two countries, they are expected to take some time getting to know one another following the first referee’s whistle.

The current form of Canada

Since their fortunes have declined since the last World Cup, supporters of Canada are hoping that their national team’s first Copa América group stage campaign is a success.

After their fruitful run to the CONCACAF Nations League final (their first in 23 years) in 2022, following a return from Qatar, the North Americans were defeated by the United States 0-2. Just a few days later, Canada embarked on its CONCACAF Gold Cup campaign. A win and two draws in the group stage saw “Les Rouges” advance to the quarterfinals, where they were defeated by the USA once more, this time on penalties. John Herdman’s time commanding Canada came to an end at the end of August, as he took over the bench of Toronto FC, the MLS squad.

After being promoted from assistant coach to interim coach, Mauro Biello faced a daunting task: leading the team through the CONCACAF Nations League A quarterfinals, where a two-leg match victory over Jamaica would earn his team a spot in 2024 Copa América.

A 1-4 friendly loss to Japan marked the beginning of Biello’s tenure, but Canada bounced back to overcome Jamaica 2-1 a month later in the first leg. Even though Canada led at the halftime of the rematch and just needed a draw in the home leg, it lost 2-3 and got eliminated based on away goals.

Following the World Cup, Canada’s team had a dismal year that culminated in this humiliating loss to Jamaica. They now needed to beat Trinidad and Tobago in a play-off in March to secure their spot in the 2024 Copa América. They advanced to the competition, which is hosted in 14 American cities, thanks to goals from Cyle Larin and Jacob Shaffelburg in the second half.

Thanks to a number of circumstances, Biello is gradually making his impact on the team. Players older than 30 weren’t invited to the March gathering. Given the focus on quality and the resolution of various off-field conflicts with the federation, Canada’s players should go into this tournament with considerably more composure than they did after their disastrous 2023 performances.

Compared to Argentina and Chile, Canada is the underdog in the group and has every opportunity to catch everyone off-guard and outperform them all.

The current form of Chile

In order to get ready for the 2026 World Cup qualifiers, Chile started 2023 with three victories and a draw from four friendlies. This was done because they still carried some baggage from their 2022 World Cup exit. September saw “La Roja“ open the campaign with a loss to Uruguay and a draw with Colombia, but their lone victory came at home against Peru. They went scoreless against Paraguay and lost to Venezuela and Ecuador to cap off a chaotic calendar year.

In January 2024, Chile named Ricardo Gareca as head coach. Under his leadership, the team defeated Albania 3-0 before falling 2-3 to France in a subsequent friendly.

The two-time consecutive Copa América winner (2015 and 2016), Chile will be looking to make a big impression when it faces off against Canada for the first time. It’s important that they perform well this summer since they’ll be vying for an automatic qualifying position at WC.

In order to achieve such goals, Chile needs to defeat a resolute Canadian team and claim the second place in group rankings, securing the knockout stage over Canada.

Match analytics

Despite being the favorite, Chile hasn’t scored in five of its previous nine games heading into the competition, plus they scored just once in the 2024 Copa América, thus Canada will be eager to limit them with a defensive masterpiece.

In light of this, this match is probably going to be low-scoring, and the possibility that qualifying dreams are at stake will just heighten the tension.

Tip: Match Result / Both Teams to Score – Tie with Goals with odds of 13/5 at Virgin Bet.