Suriname vs Guatemala - prediction, team news, lineups

Top spot successful Group B of the CONCACAF Nations League is up for grabs erstwhile Suriname and Guatemala clash connected Friday, October 2, astatine the Franklin Essed Stadion.

The hosts tin widen their pb astatine the apical of the histrion if they tin unafraid maximum points against a squad they person ne'er beaten before. 

Match preview

Suriname shot has been increasing and improving incrementally, aft they made it to the World Cup inter-confederation playoffs for the archetypal clip successful their history. 

Unfortunately, the Green Guardians were dumped retired astatine their archetypal hurdle by Bolivia, but the federation is making progress. 

The state is simply a erstwhile Dutch colony, which has led to its shot administrators gravitating towards recruiting uncapped Dutch-born players, who are eligible to play for Suriname, alongside method unit from the Netherlands. 

Former Feyenoord defender Henk Fraser is the antheral starring the squad from the dugout, aft his stints with Utrecht and the Netherlands nationalist squad arsenic an adjunct successful 2021. 

The caller brag should beryllium pleased with his team's performances, arsenic they recorded back-to-back victories successful this competition, archetypal distant to Honduras, and past astatine location to Martinique. 

Victory astatine location successful this clash would astir warrant their spot successful the knockout signifier of the competition, which volition beryllium a archetypal for them successful Nations League A. 

Guatemala started their CONCACAF Nations League travel successful League C, and person gradually worked their mode up to the apical tier. 

The visitors suffered a 1-0 decision successful their archetypal crippled against Jamaica, but bounced backmost with a connection 6-0 triumph implicit El Salvador. 

Luis Fernando Tena has been successful complaint of the Chapines for adjacent to 5 years, and qualifying for the adjacent circular of this contention volition beryllium viewed arsenic progress, aft narrowly missing retired connected the quarter-finals successful the erstwhile cycle. 

To adhd spice to this fixture, it was the hosts that forced their mode into the quarter-finals connected that occasion, based purely connected extremity difference. 

Tena's men person a accidental to marque it up to their fans by winning this distant limb successful mentation for the reverse fixture adjacent Tuesday. 

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Team News

Fraser does not person immoderate wounded concerns oregon suspensions for this fixture, and tin prime his squad from a afloat disposable squad. 

Suriname volition apt diagnostic the lineup that started against Honduras, with a flimsy tweak successful formation. 

Etienne Vaessen should support the fig 1 jersey, with 4 defenders successful beforehand of him being Liam Van Gelderen, Radinio Balker, Myenty Abena and Shaquille Pinas. 

Justin Lonwijk has forced his manager's manus aft coming connected arsenic a sub to people successful their past outing, portion helium besides scored successful their archetypal game. 

Gyrano Kerk should brace up with him to signifier a two-pronged onslaught for the location side. 

Tena is apt to support what is moving for him, and the accepted 4-4-2 enactment seems to beryllium the champion for the travelling outfit. 

The Guatemalan's produced a beardown display, which is wherefore the manager whitethorn instrumentality with the aforesaid team. 

William Fajardo scored a hat-trick, portion some strikers, Rubio Rubin and Darwin Lom, got onto the scoresheet.  

Suriname imaginable starting lineup:

Vaessen; Van Gelderen, Balker, Abena, Pinas; Jubitana, Zand, Kenneth, Margaret; Lonwijk, Kerk

Guatemala imaginable starting lineup:

Hagen; Herrera, Pinto, Samayoa, Morales; Santis, Rosales, Aparicio, Fajardo; Lon, Rubin

We say: Suriname 1-2 Guatemala

The visitors conscionable ended a tally of 4 defeats connected the bounce, which could spur them connected to a winning run, considering the lucifer aft this is astatine location to Suriname. 

The hosts are successful bully nick, but they person ne'er beaten Guatemala, losing 3 of the 5 head-to-heads. 

With the erstwhile 2 meetings successful Suriname ending each square, it is apt that this 1 heads successful the aforesaid direction.