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Argentina vs Chile Live Stream & Tips - Argentina Predicted to Win in the World Cup qualifiers

Eddy Tora

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Last updated: 05 Sep 2024

Eddy Tora 05 Sep 2024

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Chile have failed to score in 6 of their last 8 qualifiers
Can Argentina win to stay top of the table?
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Lautaro Martinez has scored 7 goals in his last 7 matches for Argentina (Getty)

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Argentina won Copa America where Chile didn’t score a goal and exited in the group stage. I am backing Lautaro Martinez to score first and send La Albiceleste to victory in Buenos Aires.

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Stats
Head to Head
Argentina Form
Argentina Squad & Team News
Chile Form
Chile Squad & Team News

Stats

Argentina have won to nil in 4 of their last 5 home matches (World Cup qualifiers).
Argentina have kept 8 clean sheets in their last 9 home matches (World Cup qualifiers).
Argentina’s Lautaro Martinez has scored 7 goals in his last 7 internationals.
Argentina have won their last 2 matches against Chile.
Chile have failed to score in their last 3 matches.
Chile have failed to score in 6 of their last 8 World Cup qualifiers.

Head to Head

Argentina have a 45-3 advantage against Chile with 19 draws in 67 matches.

They last met in the 2024 Copa America group stage, Argentina winning 1-0 in New York where Lautaro Martinez scored off the bench.

Argentina Form

Argentina are coming off a successful Copa America campaign where they won the title. They beat Canada 2-0, Chile 1-0 and Peru 2-0 to cruise through the group stage.

Lionel Scaloni’s side conceded a late goal to draw 1-1 against Ecuador in the quarter-finals, getting through the penalty shootout. They beat Canada 2-0 in the semi-finals with Julian Alvarez and Lionel Messi on target.

La Albiceleste had some luck in the final where goalkeeper Emiliano Martínez was man of the match. It was 0-0 after 90 minutes, Lautaro Martinez scoring off the bench once again to secure a 1-0 victory in extra time.

Argentina Squad & Team News

Goalkeepers: Emiliano Martínez, Gerónimo Rulli, Juan Musso, Walter Benítez

Defenders: Nicolás Otamendi, Marcos Acuña, Nahuel Molina, Germán Pezzella, Cristian Romero, Gonzalo Montiel, Lisandro Martínez, Valentín Barco

Midfielders: Rodrigo De Paul, Leandro Paredes, Giovani Lo Celso, Alexis Mac Allister, Guido Rodríguez, Enzo Fernández, Ezequiel Fernández

Forwards: Lautaro Martínez, Nicolás González, Paulo Dybala, Julián Alvarez, Alejandro Garnacho, Valentín Carboni, Valentín Castellanos, Giuliano Simeone, Matías Soulé

Lucas Martínez Quarta, Exequiel Palacios and Lionel Messi were called up for Copa America but miss out here.

Nicolás Tagliafico, Leonardo Balerdi, Marcos Senesi and Juan Foyth are injured.

Valentín Castellanos, Giuliano Simeone and Matías Soulé are in line to make their debuts.

Franco Armani and Ángel Di María have retired.

Lautaro Martinez has scored 29 goals in 64 internationals.

Chile Form

Chile has a terrible Copa America campaign where they failed to score a goal and exited in the group stage.

Ricardo Gareca saw his side draw 0-0 against Peru after creating one shot on target. They had 39% possession and 3-22 shots in a 1-0 defeat to Argentina.

Chile’s tournament ended after a 0-0 draw against Canada after Gabriel Suazo was sent off in the 27th minute.

Chile Squad & Team News

Goalkeepers: Gabriel Arias, Brayan Cortés, Lawrence Vigouroux

Defenders: Mauricio Isla, Eugenio Mena, Guillermo Maripán, Paulo Díaz, Gabriel Suazo, Benjamín Kuscevic, Matías Catalán, Felipe Loyola, Thomas Galdames

Midfielders: Erick Pulgar, Marcelino Núñez, Claudio Baeza, Rodrigo Echeverría, Esteban Pavez, Darío Osorio, Carlos Palacios, Williams Alarcón, Vicente Pizarro

Forwards: Eduardo Vargas, Ben Brereton Díaz, Jean Meneses, Víctor Dávila, Gonzalo Tapia

Igor Lichnovsky, Nicolás Fernández, César Pérez, Alexis Sánchez, Marcos Bolados, Cristián Zavala and Maximiliano Guerrero were not called up after being at Copa America.

Juan Delgado, Nayel Mehssatou, Diego Valdés, Bruno Barticciotto and Damián Pizarro are injured.

Matías Fernández withdrew and Claudio Bravo has retired.

Eduardo Vargas has scored 42 goals in 112 appearances.

Verdict

Argentina v Chile

Argentina won Copa America where they conceded one goal in six games. Chile couldn’t score and exited in the group stage, Lautaro Martinez send La Albiceleste to a comfortable victory in Buenos Aires.

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