The South American World Cup qualifiers will treat us to another classic on Tuesday night, with Brazil hosting Argentina at the legendary Maracana Stadium.
Bookmaker 10bet offers odds at 5.75 for Brazil to win and both teams to score. The odds are at 6.50 for Argentina to win with both teams scoring and 3.70 for a score draw between the old enemies.
※ Current Odds Date & Time: November 20th, 6:30 P.M. (EST)
The two teams meet up for the 110th time, with Brazil looking to record its 44th win and Argentina chasing a 41st victory. Both could use a positive result after losing in the previous round. Brazil has even dropped back-to-back outings and is now in danger of losing three on the trot for the first time since 2001.
After losing Neymar to injury against Uruguay, Brazil couldn’t get any goals on the board last month in a 2-0 defeat against Uruguay, and the international window in November started for the Selecao with a 2-1 loss to Colombia. The nightmare in Barranquilla brought further bad news for the Brazilians as Vinicius Junior also picked up a serious injury, leaving interim boss Fernando Diniz without another world-class attacking talent.
Things have been worrying for Brazil at the back as well. Through the first five games of the new qualifying campaign, the team has already conceded six times, which is more than they allowed during the entire 2022 World Cup qualifying stage (5). Finding a way to nullify Lionel Messi and his crew would be a massive boost for Diniz and his men.
Argentina started the qualifiers with four consecutive wins and didn’t even concede a single goal in the outings before getting shocked by Uruguay in Buenos Aires last week. Marcelo Bielsa’s side limited the world champions to just three shots on target and battled out a 2-0 victory.
Messi was godly throughout 2022, scoring 18 goals in 14 appearances for Argentina, but he has now finished two of the last three games without a goal. He has never really enjoyed facing the Brazilians either, netting six times in 15 clashes. Three of the goals came via a hat trick in a 2012 friendly.
Should Messi find his scoring boots on Tuesday and lead Argentina to victory, Brazil would suffer its first-ever home defeat in the World Cup qualifiers. The Little Canary has won 15 of their last 16 home qualifiers, scoring 47 goals and conceding only four times.
