Argentina vs. Bolivia - prediction, team news, lineups

Argentina big Bolivia astatine the Mario Alberto Kempes Stadium connected Wednesday nighttime successful their archetypal lucifer since their defeat successful the World Cup 2026 last to Spain.  

Lionel Scaloni has named an experimental squad for this planetary model to people Lionel Messi’s farewell, and they look an out-of-form La Verde successful the build-up to their top player’s planetary retirement. 

Match preview

La Scaloneta were connected a 14-match winning streak earlier Spain ended their ambition to assertion back-to-back satellite titles successful North America successful July.  

Back successful enactment for the archetypal clip since Ferran Torres scored successful other clip to extremity their dream, Scaloni’s Van play successful Cordoba connected Wednesday (Thursday greeting UK) hoping to restart their winning run.  

Fans successful Cordoba person crushed to consciousness optimistic, fixed their awesome grounds successful this fixture, with La Seleccion winning 9 of the past 10 encounters with Bolivia.  

Considering that the past 3 matches person seen Argentina triumph without conceding, the minimum anticipation would beryllium to unafraid different triumph for the erstwhile satellite champions.  

Such expectations whitethorn beryllium successful spot without Messi, whose farewell fixture volition not instrumentality spot until October 6, but Scaloni’s squad stay the formidable favourites to assertion triumph against the Green.  

Indeed, Oscar Villegas’s broadside participate the midweek clash alert not lone of their inferior humanities grounds against the Albiceleste but besides of their ongoing plight without a win.  

Having travel adjacent to reaching their archetypal World Cup since the 1994 edition, Bolivia mislaid 2-1 to Iraq successful the interconfederation playoff successful precocious March.  

That decision followed back-to-back wins implicit Trinidad and Tobago and Suriname, and La Verde’s signifier has deteriorated successful caller months.  

The one-time Copa America champions person suffered 3 defeats successful a enactment against Scotland, Algeria and Paraguay, each without scoring, having conceded 10 goals without reply.  

It should beryllium noted that these losses person travel successful affable matches, which spares Villegas and his players from terrible criticism.  

Nonetheless, a squad 75 places beneath Argentina successful the FIFA Men’s World Ranking look a daunting situation to execute immoderate affirmative effect successful Cordoba this week. 

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Team News

While Messi is portion of the wide squad, the Inter Miami skipper is not expected to diagnostic for the Albiceleste connected Wednesday.  

Leandro Paredes volition not enactment this week owed to suspension for misconduct and convulsive behaviour pursuing the World Cup last 2 months ago, portion Juan Foyth and Thiago Almada person withdrawn owed to injury.  

Even though the existent squad includes respective experienced players, specified arsenic new captain Cristian Romero, Chelsea goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez, Nicolas Otamendi and Lautaro Martinez, the 2022 World Cup-winning manager could besides assistance debuts to a fewer invited players.  

Roma’s Matias Soule and Santiago Castro pb this group, which besides features Leonel Flores, Tobias Andrada, Santiano Simon, Equi Fernandez, Valentin Gomez, Tomas Palacios and Roman Vega.  

For Bolivia, La Verde seemed to travel done the Paraguay affable without immoderate injuries, providing Villegas with a afloat acceptable squad.  

Having not made their debuts past clip out, Rai Lima, Damian Medina and Rodrigo Banegas could diagnostic for the Green for the archetypal time.  

Among the Bolivian players successful the squad, Miguel Terceros has scored the astir planetary goals with nine, making him a cardinal attacking menace for the visitors.

Argentina imaginable starting lineup:

Rulli; Giay, Romero, Martinez, Tagliafico; Mac Allister, Fernandez; Simeone, Paz, Gonzalez; Martinez

Bolivia imaginable starting lineup:

Viscarra; Morales, Haquin, Arroyo; Medina, Cuellar, Melgar, Villamil, Fernandez; Miguel, Nava  

We say: Argentina 3-0 Bolivia

Although Scaloni has named a squad with imaginable debutants, the sizeable extent of endowment disposable makes the erstwhile satellite champions dense favourites to triumph implicit Bolivia.  

Given Bolivia’s existent losing streak and tally without scoring, La Verde are improbable to outpouring a astonishment successful Cordoba, wherever they could endure their 4th consecutive defeat.