Uruguay vs Bolivia Prediction & Betting Tips (28 June)

This Uruguayan selection has something special, a new identity and clearly, Marcelo Bielsa has nothing to do with it, far from it. Winners of their first match in the competition and quite honestly against Panama 3-1, the Uruguayans are already one victory away from qualifying for the 2nd round but above all they are on a momentum which dates back to their exit from the 2022 World Cup in having lost only two of their last 15 post-world matches for a record of 9 wins, 4 draws and 2 defeats. Better yet, during the qualifiers for the next world championship, Fede Valverde's teammates are offered Argentina, world champion, at home 0-2. A few days earlier, they had allowed themselves to slam Brazil 2-0 before punctuating their run against Bolivia in November with a clear and flawless victory: 3-0. In these qualifications, Uruguay ranks 2nd behind Albiceleste.

  Bolivia is light years ahead of its overnight opponent and nations like Argentina and Brazil. It is very complicated for this nation to evolve with this type of nations and its ranking for the qualifiers for the next World Cup says a lot with only one victory to its credit, when receiving Peru 2-0 and a record of five defeats including three beatings against Brazil 5-1, against Argentina 0-3 and in Uruguay precisely 3-0. As is often the case at the bottom of the rankings, only Peru is doing worse and we seriously doubt the ability of this selection to qualify for the next major event. Obviously invited to participate in this Copa America, Bolivia, unsurprisingly, started with a defeat against the organizing country, the United States defeated 2-0, and it only recorded a 4th successive defeat after these three last in preparation friendlies against Colombia 3-0, Ecuador 3-1 and Mexico 1-0.

For this edition of the Copa America, Marcelo Bielsa decided to sideline boys like Cesar Araujo (Orlando, 1 sel), Facundo Torres (Orlando, 1 goal in 17 sel), Luciano Rodriguez (Montevideo, 0 goal in 3 sel) and Merentiel (Boca Juniors, 0 sel) while Vinas (Leon, 1 goal in 2 sel) withdrew (injured) and the former top scorer of PSG, Cavani (Boca Juniors, 58 goals in 136 sel) retired internationally. We have taken a look at the absent players section, now let's talk about those present with the probable best players in their respective positions, Araujo (Barcelona), Valverde (Real Madrid) and Nunez (Liverpool), scorer on the first day in the same capacity as Matias Vina (Flamengo) and Maximiliano Araujo (2 goals in 9 games). Note the presence of senior Luis Suarez (138 caps, 68 goals) and PSG midfielder Manuel Ugarte (17 caps). Holder during J1, Facundo Pellistri (Granada) is there like Brian Ocampo (Cadiz) who both went down to D2 with their club.  On the Bolivian side, injured midfielders Villaroel (26 sels), Vaca (20 sels) and defender Quinteros (23 sels) are OUT for this competition, the same for the non-called-up Saavedra (40 sels).

Marcelo Martins Moreno hung up his boots at the end of 2023. Announced uncertain for J1 for different reasons, defender Sagredo and midfielder Villamil were finally started. In this list, the top scorer has "only" 7 goals, in this case, Ramallo (41 caps). The majority of the group is made up of players playing in the country or in the lower divisions in Brazil, although there is still the presence of Cespedes (Yverdon, D1 Switzerland) and Jaume Cuellar (Barcelona B).