The national teams of Brazil and Argentina will play against each other on the upcoming Friday at Melbourne Cricket Ground in Australia within a friendly match. Bookmakers set the Argentine team as a slight favorite even, but in the previous head-to-head encounter, which was held at the field of the Brazilian national team at the end of 2016, Pentacampeões defeated their principal rival without any trouble with a score of 3:0.
The Brazilian national team is having a very powerful qualification campaign to the World Championship in Russia. After 14 played rounds, the team has 33 points in the asset and the first place in the peloton. A single victory within the remaining four rounds will guarantee the Brazilians participation in the forum. It is also important to note, that Tite’s team knows perfectly, how to play away, as in the last five matches it had five victories.
The Argentinian team has troubles with away matches. Within the last four games outside their native walls, Jorge Sampaoli’s men didn’t manage to win once: having two draws and two losses. The upcoming match is the first one under the management of the new coach and this is an incentive to take revenge for that humiliation, which happened in November 2016. Sampaoli knows, how to set the away model of performance for his teams. Chile and Sevilla can be brought, as the examples.
The highest motivation is on the Argentine team’s side, the Brazilians may experiment with the squad and tactics, while Sampaoli’s team does not have a right on another loss. A bet on Messi’s team looks as a decent option.
Prediction for the match: Argentina not to lose.
