Paraguay
Line-up
- 1Silva, Antony
- 19Arzamendia, Santiago
- 3Alderete, Omar
- 6Júnior Alonso
- 15Gustavo Gómez
- 10Almiron, Miguel
- 13Espinola, Alberto
- 21Romero, Oscar
- 20Bareiro, Antonio
- 18B. Samudio
- 9G. Ávalos
- 2Rojas, Robert
- 16Cardozo Lucena, Angel
- 5G. Giménez
- 23Villasanti, Mathias
- 11Angel Romero
Subs
- 12Aguilar, Alfredo
- 22G. Ortiz
- 4Fabián Balbuena
- 17H. Martínez
- 14Cubas, Adrian
- 7Piris, Robert
- 8Kaku
Brazil
Line-up
- 23Ederson Moraes
- 6Alex Sandro
- 4Marquinhos
- 14Militao, Eder
- 2Danilo
- 5Casemiro
- 10Neymar
- 17Lucas Paquetá
- 3Douglas Luiz
- 21Gabriel Barbosa
- 19Everton
- 8Fred
- 7Richarlison
- 9Gabriel Jesus
- 20Roberto Firmino
Subs
- 1Alisson
- 12Weverton
- 13Emerson
- 16Lodi, Renan
- 22Felipe
- 15Fabinho
- 11Everton Ribeiro
- 18Vinicius Junior
When Brazil click in attack, they’re a brilliantly balanced team. They are able to keep the ball when they need, the only quality they miss is the cutting edge up top. They showed that in a 5-0 win over a hapless Peru side in the group stage, but Brazil do struggle against teams who pack the defence. Given that Paraguay restricted Argentina and Colombia to a single goal, we have faith in their defence here.
I see the outsiders keeping the score down, while I don’t expect Paraguay to be the side to break Brazil’s resolve. With that in mind, I'm backing the hosts to win with under 3.5 goals in the game.