Copa América 2024: Chile vs Argentina Predictions (06/25/24)

The current Copa América champion will face its second continental duel against an old classic known from recent years, Chile. La Roja knew how to snatch two consecutive trophies in 2015 and 2015 from Lionel Messi, but the current situation of both teams is very different and Argentina appears as the main favorite to win the Group A match.

The Chilean team began its participation in the continental tournament regularly. A disappointing 0-0 draw against Peru lowered the enthusiasm generated after the arrival of Ricardo Gareca and the good results in the previous friendlies. La Roja showed a lackluster and very erratic game against one of the weakest teams in the Copa América. Now, Alexis Sánchez and company will have to save some points against the world champions, Argentina, if they do not want to complicate their classification to the next phase.

The Albiceleste had a more complicated start than expected against Canada. Despite having many scoring chances to end the match, including a couple of one-on-one matches that Lionel Messi missed, they were unable to score and the Americans had clear chances of equalizing the score. Near the end, Lautaro Martínez scored the final 2-0, confirming the good moment of the Argentines who do not stop winning. Now, they will try to leave a contemporary classic, Chile, with one foot out of the continental tournament.

• Both teams do NOT score or there are NO more than 2.5 goals in the match – odds 2.07 in Betane
• Both teams receive 2 or more cards – odds 1.57 in Betane
• Argentina will be the first team to reach 5 corners – odds 1.72 in Betane

All odds courtesy of Betano, correct at time of publication and subject to change

Argentina is favorite in a disputed duel

The duels between Argentina and Chile tend to be highly contested in recent years, although the result is usually favorable for the Albiceleste. Both teams have a defense that has been solid in the Copa América debut and in the previous friendlies. However, if something can cause an imbalance on the scoreboard it would be the Argentine individuals.

That is why a match is expected where equality could occur or, failing that, a trans-Andean victory, but not by a landslide. This is reflected in absolutely all of his Qualifying matches where he has had no matches where both scored and only one where more than 2 goals were scored.

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In the last official meeting between both teams, a total of 9 yellow cards were shown. The duels between Argentina and Chile tend to be very hot and frictional, a contemporary classic that was born after the two Copa América that La Roja took from Lionel Messi’s Albiceleste. In the last three duels between the two, 2 or more cards were seen for each side, which is also expected for the next duel in Group A.

Regarding corner kicks, Chile has shown very little activity from set pieces in their last matches. In the duel prior to the Copa América he did not register any corners against Paraguay and in the debut against Peru he took a total of 3.

On the other hand, Argentina has achieved 5 or more corner kicks in four of its last five duels, where its rival has also not reached that amount. This suggests that in the next match, the Albiceleste is likely to maintain superiority in generating corner kicks.