Brazil v Argentina Betting Tips – International Friendly, 16th October 7.00pm
This big clash between the two South American giants is part of a small friendly tournament being held out in Saudi Arabia. This is the highlight match of the event of course and it will be one of the most appealing games from the midweek international calendar as well. Read our predictions for Brazil v Argentina.
Brazil v Argentina Betting Odds*
Brazil 8/15
Draw 14/5
Argentina 11/2
* (Betting Odds were taken from bet365 on October 14th, 2018 at 5:28 p.m.)
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Brazil News and Form
Brazil have sent a pretty strong squad out to Saudi Arabia for this small tournament which also includes Iraq. Brazil took a 2-0 win over Saudi Arabia on Friday, the scoring being opened by Manchester City’s Gabriel Jesus. They had pretty much a full complement of players, including Neymar, Fred, Philippe Coutinho, Richarlison and Allison Becker in the squad. Neymar is the 12/5 first goalscorer favourite* (betting odds taken on October 14th, 2018 at 8:00 pm).
Brazil are now on a three-match winning streak and they took a clean sheet in each of those. So it could be a tempter to go with Brazil to win to nil at 11/8 odds* (betting odds taken on October 14th, 2018 at 8:00 pm). There is actually a trend to support that as each of their last ten wins have been with a clean sheet. That is in both competitive and friendly action. Brazil have only conceded three goals in their last thirteen games and have eleven clean sheets in that sequence.
Argentina News and Form
Argentina have not taken Lionel Messi with them, giving him and some other of their key players a break. Argentina have a W2 D1 record in their last three games but those wins were expected ones over Guatemala back at the start of September and then a 4-0 win over Iraq last Thursday. So they really haven’t been up against too much strength in opposition lately. They have also earned a clean sheet in each of their last three games and under 2.5 goals is at 21/20 odds* (betting odds taken on October 14th, 2018 at 8:00 pm).
Argentina have won three of their last six games (D1 L2). For this fixture, which at the end of the day is nothing more than a friendly, we have to have a look towards both teams not to score at 11/10 odds* (betting odds taken on October 14th, 2018 at 8:00 pm). There is enough in the recent head to head to suggest that will be the case as well.
Brazil v Argentina Head to Head
These two met last year with Argentina taking a 1-0 win on neutral soil. In the last six meetings, both competitive and friendly, Brazil are W3 D2 L1 against the Albiceleste in this fantastic rivalry. Surprisingly both teams have scored in just one of the last four meetings.
Brazil v Argentina Predictions
Brazil to win: Brazil have taken a much stronger side with them to the tournament than Argentina. They are also in much stronger form than the Albiceleste are as well. We are going to go with the win for Brazil.
