Curacao vs Trinidad and Tobago - prediction, team news, lineups

Two teams that person had precise antithetic starts to the CONCACAF Nations League run volition look each different connected matchday 3 arsenic Curacao invited Trinidad and Tobago to Ergilio Hato Stadium connected Thursday.

Heading into this outing, the Blue Wave are the associated leaders of Group A with six points, crushing Nicaragua 6-1 connected Sunday, portion TNT are successful a three-way necktie for last, losing 2-1 astatine location to the Dominican Republic the past clip out.

Match preview

Curacao learned immoderate hard lessons astatine this summer’s World Cup, and it appears to person done them a batch of good.

Dick Advocaat’s men were outscored by a combined borderline of 9-1 successful the finals but person netted a combined 10 goals successful their 2 Nations League affairs this season.

The astonishing portion astir their prime is that they person done it against League A sides successful CONCACAF, with their 10 strikes truthful acold being 4 much than they managed successful their six matches earlier this tournament.

That said, they person been potent successful the Nations League before, scoring 4 oregon much goals successful their past 4 specified outings.

They person been razor crisp of precocious versus CONCACAF opposition, with an accidental connected Thursday to agelong their unbeaten tally against that portion to 10 matches.

Meanwhile, they tin besides agelong their unbeaten tally versus Trinidad and Tobago to 4 games crossed each competitions, winning their lone erstwhile lucifer against them astatine Ergilio Hato Stadium successful the 2023 Nations League (5-3).

While everything seems to beryllium going Curacao’s mode close now, the other whitethorn beryllium existent for Trinidad.

Derek King’s men person had a second-half pb successful some Nations League affairs truthful acold but came distant with thing connected some occasions.

On Thursday they are successful information of suffering 3 successive defeats successful this contention for the archetypal clip successful their history.

Defensively, this squad person been alternatively messy each year, allowing aggregate goals successful 4 of their 5 outings, portion they person not posted a cleanable expanse since October 2025 (3-0 triumph astatine Bermuda).

At the aforesaid time, TNT person dropped points successful their past 4 Nations League encounters distant from home, conceding 14 times successful those 4 games.

The Soca Warriors person beaten Curacao lone erstwhile extracurricular of Trinidad, claiming a 3-2 triumph erstwhile they archetypal met them successful 2014 astatine the Caribbean Cup successful Montego Bay.

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Team News

On matchday two, Curaco goalkeeper Eloy Room and his teammate Leandro Bacuna remained level for all-time caps, each collecting fig 77, portion Nigel Thomas is inactive seeking his archetypal astatine this level.

Kenji Gorre netted a brace successful their lucifer against Nicaragua, putting him successful a necktie for 4th all-time with 10, portion the Bacuna brothers each scored, Leandro and Juninho, arsenic did Livano Comenencia and Jurgen Locadia.

On the TNT side, Jaheim Joseph made his archetypal elder commencement connected matchday two, portion Jabari Brice got the telephone betwixt the sticks and Tyrese Spicer was the different caller look successful the starting 11.

Daniel Phillips scored the lone extremity successful that match, the archetypal for the Stevenage midfielder successful the Soca Warriors elder squad.

Curacao imaginable starting lineup:

Room; Noslin, Gaari, Carolina, Floranus; Comenencia, L. Bacuna; J. Bacuna, Antonisse, Gorre; Margaritha

Trinidad and Tobago imaginable starting lineup:

Brice; Cardines, J. Garcia, Henry, Powder; Frederick, Phillips, Rampersad, Sealy; L. Garcia, Mitchell

We say: Curacao 3-1 Trinidad and Tobago

Momentum is precocious astatine Curacao, and we judge their assurance and attacking extent volition overpower an unstable and indecisive TNT backline.