Venezuela vs Mexico Prediction & Betting Tips (27 June)

Not really expected against Ecuador, Venezuela only took advantage of its numerical superiority situation for more than an hour of play to, firstly, return to the mark, and secondly, win the game victory 1-2. In March, in two friendly matches, the Venezuelans only confirmed a very poor dynamic with a defeat against Italy 2-1 and a draw against the modest selection of Guatemala 0-0. Now, let's talk about the start of the qualifying campaign for the next World Cup with a good 4th place after six days played and only one defeat to its credit against Colombia during J1 1-0. Afterwards, Venezuela allowed itself to beat Paraguay 1-0, and Chile 3-0 and to hang Brazil 1-1, Ecuador 0-0 and Peru 1-1. Not invited for both last editions of the Copa America in Brazil, Mexico is back to play bad tricks, having never won this competition but which has two lost finals in 1993 and 2001.

In 2016, in the USA already, the Mexicans had reached the quarter-final stage of the edition. To prepare for this competition, El Tricolor took on Bolivia in a friendly 1-0 before losing twice against much more upscale nations and probably favorites for final success, Brazil 2-3 and a volley against Uruguay by Marcelo Bielsa 0-4. For their start, the Mexicans took the upper hand over Jamaica without being dashing, winning 1-0.

Before talking about the players present, let's talk about those absent, including former Lens goalkeeper Farinez, defender Rosales (95 sel), midfielders Otero (51 sel, 6 goals) and Moreno (41 sel) and striker Josef Martinez (CF Montreal, 66 selections, 14 goals) who were skipped. The Toulouse midfielder, Casseres (3 assists this season in L1) is well operational like the crucial resident of Girona, Yangel Herrera, Darwin Machis (Cadiz) and the crack of the offensive sector Soteldo (Gremio). At the forefront, Rondon (41 goals in 105 caps) should apply but it was Jhonder Cadiz (Famalicao) who, coming off the bench, restarted the debates against Ecuador before seeing, ten minutes later, Eduard Bello (15 selections) slams home the winning goal. On the Mexican side, history has been written and the pages are turning and this is the trend for the legendary goalkeeper Ochoa (150 caps) who was not called up , like in March. Note also the crucial absences of Lozano (PSV), Gallardo (98 caps), Raul Gimenez (Fulham, 104 sel, 33 goals) and Julian Araujo (loaned all season by Barcelona to Cadiz) who does not enter into the coach's plans.

Note as a bonus that West Ham resident Edson Alvarez (captain of the selection) was quickly injured during J1 and seems on track to be OUT tonight. Faced with this solid Jamaican selection, the light came from the left side, Arteaga, author of his 2nd goal for the selection. Established at the opening, Antuna (62 sels, 13 pawns), Pineda (AEK Athens), Quinones (Club America) and the prolific center forward Santiago Gimenez (Feyenoord, 23 goals in 30 appearances in the Eredivisie this season) could be returned this night. The majority of players who made up the bench did not play in Europe.