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

Group A enactment successful the CONCACAF Nations League wraps up connected Sunday arsenic Trinidad and Tobago question to debar relegation erstwhile they invited Curacao to Hasely Crawford Stadium successful Port of Spain.

Curacao's 1-0 triumph implicit the Soca Warriors connected matchday 3 secured them a spot successful the quarter-finals, portion TNT stay without a constituent successful this variation of the tournament.

Match preview

Trinidad person 1 much lucifer to effort to rescue themselves from a descent into League B, a spot they person not been successful the Nations League since the 2022-23 campaign.

It has been thing but a memorable twelvemonth for this program, and connected Sunday the men's squad tin drawback a six-match losing tally connected the planetary stage.

While a triumph mightiness not warrant them a spot successful League A adjacent season, Derek King’s men would debar going pointless successful this contention for the archetypal time.

Second half’s person perfectly killed them successful this season’s Nations League, with this squad conceding 4 of their six goals successful the last 45 minutes.

TNT could triumph their archetypal lucifer astatine Hasely Crawford Stadium this play since crushing Saint Kitts and Nevis 6-2 successful June 2025.

At the aforesaid time, the Soca Warriors won their lone different Nations League gathering with Curacao astatine that venue backmost successful 2023, 1-0, acknowledgment to a extremity a fewer minutes earlier the 90.

What a radical signifier we are seeing from Curacao, arsenic this small land federation tin bash nary incorrect successful this tourney for now.

Dick Advocaat’s men are already assured of making the knockout signifier of this tourney for the archetypal time, and, connected Sunday, tin unafraid archetypal place.

With a win, they would go conscionable the 2nd CONCACAF broadside successful League A to decorativeness with a cleanable grounds successful the radical stage, with the different 1 being Mexico successful 2019-20.

Away from home, this squad tin widen their Nations League unbeaten tally to 4 matches connected Sunday, emerging victorious successful those past 2 instances.

As the visitors, Curacao person outscored their past 2 Nations League opponents by a combined borderline of 9-3, and this play they tin triumph consecutive League A outings distant from location for the archetypal time.

The Blue Wave are unbeaten successful their past 4 internationals versus TNT and volition question their archetypal triumph against them successful Port of Spain this weekend.

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Team News

Between matchdays 2 and three, lone 4 Trinidad players maintained their spot successful that starting 11, Rio Cardines, Jaheim Joseph, Dantaye Gilbert and Levi Garcia.

Denzil Smith got the telephone betwixt the sticks the past clip retired successful spot of Jabari Brice, portion respective MLS players were unused substitutes, including Dante Sealy, Tyrese Spicer and Wayne Frederick.

At Curacao, Jurien Gaari moved to wrong 2 caps of Cuco Martina for 3rd all-time, making his 65th quality for the nationalist squad connected Thursday, portion Kenji Gorre is 1 headdress down Rangelo Janga for seventh.

Juninho Bacuna present has 16 goals for them all-time, 1 less than his member Leandro for second, with the second inactive level with Eloy Room regarding all-time caps, with the Miami FC goalkeeper collecting his archetypal cleanable expanse of the tourney connected Thursday.

Trinidad and Tobago imaginable starting lineup:

Smith; Powder, Ngwenya, Henry, De Gannes; Phillips, Gilbert; Telfer, Moore, Sealy; L. Garcia

Curacao imaginable starting lineup:

Room; Sambo, Gaari, Obispo, Floranus; Comenencia, L. Bacuna; Noslin, J. Bacuna, Thomas; Locadia

We say: Trinidad and Tobago 1-1 Curacao

It volition beryllium hopeless times for TNT, knowing what is astatine stake, though we bash not expect that urgency volition beryllium capable to gain them a triumph against Curacao, who person truthful overmuch momentum connected their side.

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