This is an international friendly game between Lionel Messi's Argentina and Venezuela. Argentina will prepare for the big Copa America tournament that will take place in June, and today's game against Venezuela will be a step to regain the feeling of playing together as a team before the big events kicks-start. For this match, it is clear that the Argentine team are far superior to their opponent Venezuela and the fans are also eager to see the combination of Messi, Dybala and Icardi on the field of play. As for the Venezuelan team, they have only one purpose, and that is to learn and gain more experience against the the favorite Argentina.
ARGENTINA
Argentina national team experienced a turbulent 2018 year really worth forgetting, where the players didn't performed well as expected in the FIFA World Cup. From the likes of their Talisman Lionel Messi to Aguero, and Di Maria, the fans of the Argentine teams really wants to see their players perform so well in the countries Jersey rather than that of the club level, But unfortunately its just the opposite. However, for this year, the Argentine national team will be full of determination to regain its football position on the rankings and Copa America will be the ultimate goal that coach Scaloni and his players aim to achieve this year. Today's game against Venezuela will be their very first game in the new year, and a good result today will surely build the players confidence for their upcoming official match against Colombia. Since the World Cup, Argentina's performance has also improved a lot, as evidenced by their 4 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss in their last 6 matches. Moreover, Venezuela has never been rated "in the same category" as Argentina, the last 10 meetings between the two teams clearly showed how dominant the Argentine had been, with 7 wins, 2 draws and just 1 defeat against the guests.
VENEZUELA
The host Argentina, owns the most expensive and powerful star in the world coupled with a lot of high profiled players in the team, So the guest Venezuela is certainly not a match for the host tonight. However, what coach Dudamel and his players care about is just to accumulate more experience to prepare for the upcoming matches at Copa America. In their group, the Venezuela team will face Brazil, Peru and Bolivia, and everything will sure be very difficult for the players and the fans in general. So today's game against Messi's Argentina require the team to have the best preparation and keep the teams necessary concentration on what they need to avoid if they are to play against tournament favourite, Brazil in the Copa America. In 2018, the Venezuelan national team did not really play too much of international friendly, with only 6 friendly matches played, and they just managed to record 2 wins, 2 draws, and 2 defeats in those games.
PRE-MATCH FACT
- The Argentine has won 13, drew 2 and lost just 1 of past 16 meetings with Venezuela.
- Venezuela are unbeaten in their last 4 official international friendly matches.
- The Argentine has managed to keep a clean sheet in their last six friendly matches.
PREDICTION
In a game where that possession of the ball decides the course of this match. La Albiceleste is quite confident of winning this game with their talisman, Lionel Messi on the pitch, and also they are having a team that is far superior to their opponent Venezuela, which means that they are expected to dominate and hold a good chance to score goals today, so banking on Argentina to win is of great value and its worth it 100%.
MY PICK
- Total Goals Over 2.5 @ Odd 1.75
- Argentina Handicap -1 @ Odd 1.48
- Argentina To Win @ Odd 1.33
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