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Argentina Guatemala betting prediction


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The most likely scenario for this clash will be Argentina win at half-time. The Celestial national team enjoys players with great technical-tactical quality who will surely take advantage of their opponents's defensive difficulties. On the other hand, the national team of Guatemala presents several flaws in its game model and will most likely leave this game with a heavy defeat.
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Preview
Argentina and Guatemala face at United Airlines Field at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, in a friendly match. This is the 4th friendly match of the year for Argentina, after friendly matches against Haiti, Spain and Italy. As for Guatemala, this is the 3rd friendly match of the year, after previous friendly matches against Cuba. There is no record of official head‑to‑heads between these two teams in the last 3 years. The last time they met, on 15‑06‑2013, the match ended with the final score: Guatemala (0‑4) Argentina. Guatemala registers significant differences between home and away results, so special attention is due to the home/away factor.

Analysis Argentina

This is the 4th friendly match of the year for the home team, after having registered the following final scores in the previous friendlies: Argentina (4‑0) Haiti, Spain (6‑1) Argentina and Argentina (2‑0) Italy. This is a team that usually maintains its competitive level in home and away matches, since in the last 30 matches they register 8 wins, 3 draws and 4 losses in away matches, with 28 goals scored and 22 conceded; against 8 wins, 4 draws and 3 losses at their stadium, with 27 goals scored and 11 conceded. They come to this match after a away loss against France by (4‑3). Argentina has won 2, tied 2 and lost 2 of the last 6 home matches. Defensive consistency hasn’t been their best feature, as they have conceded goals in 7 of the last 10 matches, but their offense has scored consistently, as they have scored goals in 9 of the last 10 matches. In 11 matches, they have conceded the first goal 4 times and have only turned the score around in 1.

Argentina heads to this match after a 4-3 loss against France, thus being eliminated from the World Cup in the round of 16. Coach Lionel Scaloni is expected to play in a 4-3-3 tactical system, favoring a more offensive style of playing, attacking through the side aisles. In addition, the Argentine national team enjoys having the ball and thus take advantage of any imbalance to apply the counterattack. Of note is that Messi is one of the great absentees for the next friendly matches.

Confirmed Lineup: Gerónimo Rulli, Germán Pezzella, Ramiro Funes Mori, Nicolás Tagliafico, Renzo Saravia, Exequiel Palacios, Giovani Lo Celso, Leandro Paredes, Gonzalo Martínez, Cristian Pavón, Giovanni Simeone.

Analysis Guatemala

The away team plays its 3rd friendly match of the year. In the previous friendly matches they registered the following final scores: Guatemala (1‑0) Cuba and Guatemala (3‑0) Cuba. This is a team that usually makes good use of the home advantage, stronger with the help of its supporters, since in the last 30 matches they register 2 wins, 4 draws and 9 losses in away matches, with 10 goals scored and 26 conceded; against 8 wins, 4 draws and 3 losses at their stadium, with 28 goals scored and 18 conceded.

The national team of Guatemala comes to this match after a 1-0 home victory over Cuba, in a game in which Pineda scored the only goal of the team. Coach Walter Claverí usually plays in a traditional 4-3-3, preferring a more direct style of playing, attacking quickly through the aisles. In the midfield it is possible for Contreras, Ceballos and Rodrigo Saravia to play. The coach of Guatemala can count on all his players.

Confirmed Lineup: Paulo Motta Donis, Allen Yanes Pinto, Elías Vásquez Prera, Rafael Morales, Héctor Moreira Pérez, Kevin Norales, Rodrigo Saravia, Jorge Vargas García, José Contreras Contreras, Frank de León Reyna, José Martínez.

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The tip and bet suggestion for the Argentina vs Guatemala match, on 8 September 2018, of the preview written by the editors of Online Betting Academy, goes to: Asian Handicap Half time, Argentina -1.5 ⇒ bet available on betfair.

The Argentina vs Guatemala on 8 September 2018 will be played at Los Angeles, California, United Airlines Field at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum.

 

Friendlies - 2018

  • 94% 390 / 414 Games

  • Home team wins 44.87%
  • Draws 28.72%
  • Away team wins 26.41%
  • Over 1.5 65.64%
  • Over 2.5 41.28%
  • Over 3.5 23.85%
  • Goals 918
  • Goals /match 2.35
  • Goals /match home 1.4
  • Goals /match away 0.96
  • Both teams score 39.23%
  • Goals after 80' 11.98%
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