Our prediction for this World Cup 2022 match:
Venezuela
Match Time & Date:
13/10/2020
04:00 PM
Prediction: 1-2
Paraguay
Estadio Metropolitano de Merida will host Tuesday’s football match between Venezuela and Paraguay, who face each other in the World Cup qualifiers. El Vinotinto kicked off their qualifying campaign with a 3-0 loss at Colombia, and seeing that the likes of Salomon Rondon, Jose Martinez, Junior Moreno, and Arquimedes Figuera have not been given permission to travel to Colombia, we do not believe that Venezuela are capable of making life difficult for Paraguay.
The visitors, on the other hand, played out a 2-2 draw with Peru in the opening match of their qualifying campaign. Paraguay are eager to record their first win of the process, and they should take advantage of the current situation in Venezuela’s dressing room. Angel Romero, who scored a brace in the 2-2 draw with Peru, is widely expected to return to the starting line-up for the visiting team.
Highlighted Player (Josef Martinez):
Josef Martinez started his senior career at Caracas, but he made no more than 36 league appearances for the Venezuelan outfit from 2010 to 2012. Martinez then moved to Europe and the 170-cm tall striker scored 4 goals in 34 appearances for the capital club. In the 2013/2014 season he played for fellow Swiss outfit Thun (on loan) and on June 7, 2014 he signed a contract with Serie A team Torino.
In December, 2017 Josef Martinez scored his first ever goal in the Italian top flight in a 2-2 draw with Palermo. The Venezuela international currently plays (on loan) for Atlanta United in MLS and he made his debut for Gerardo Martino’s team against New York Red Bulls. Speaking of his international career, Martinez made his Venezuela debut against El Salvador, coming from the bench after 76 minutes.
On November 10, 2016 he scored a hat-trick for La Vinotinto in a thrilling 5-0 victory over Bolivia and it has to be noted that he has four caps (two goals) for Venezuela U20 team.
Highlighted Team (Paraguay):
Los Guaranies are the part of CONMEBOL confederation vying for glory at the international scene since 1919 and their debut loss to Argentina 5-1. Paraguay are regular participants at the Copa America winning the tournament on two occasions thus far, most recently in 1979.
They came close to glory in recent editions of the tournament as they fell short in the final of 2011 to Uruguay, while they finished fourth in 2015. The most successful period of the Paraguay national team came under Argentine coach Gerardo Martino, who took Paraguay to the quarter-finals of the 2010 FIFA World Cup for the first time in history. Following the 2010 success, Paraguay failed to qualify for their fourth successive FIFA World Cup finals as they have also missed out on the third consecutive global championship held inside their own continent.
Toluca FC centre back Paulo da Silva is the most capped player of the Paraguay national team, while former Bayern Munich and Manchester City striker Roque Santa Cruz is the team’s top scorer with 32 goals to his name.
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