The 2021 Copa America continues this week and on the 24th of June we have a Group A meeting between Uruguay and Bolivia.
The match will take place at the Arena Pantanal, Cuiabá and Uruguay come into the game with 1 point to their name, while Bolivia are sitting bottom of the table having failed to register a point.
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Uruguay will see this game as the perfect opportunity to book their place in the knockout stages of the competition but they enter the match having been held to a 1-1 draw by Chile in their previous Copa America fixture.
Chile took the lead in the 26th minute and Uruguay were forced to rely on an own goal in the second half to claim their first point of the tournament.
That draw came on the back of a narrow 1-0 defeat at the hands of Argentina in the opening game of the group. Argentina opened the scoring after only 13 minutes and Uruguay failed to breakdown their opponents for the remainder of the match.
Trends show Uruguay have been struggling to score goals for some time and they have failed to find the back of the net in 4 of their last 5 competitive fixtures.
Uruguay have seen under 2.5 goals scored in each of their last 5 games in all competitions and have seen just 3 goals in their last 4 matches.
Bolivia come into the match having lost their 2 group games to date. They were tipped by most people to finish bottom of this group and unless they pick up something from this match, they will be left adrift of the other four teams.
Bolivia started their campaign with a match against Paraguay and this was perhaps their best opportunity to get a victory in the group.
Having opened the scoring after only 10 minutes, Bolivia were in a strong early position but that changed in the second half as Paraguay scored two goals in quick succession after the hour mark.They added a third in the 80th minute to win the game 3-1.
Into the second fixture and Bolivia faced Chile, who opened the scoring early in the first half. Neither team managed to add to the goal scoring for the remainder of the game and Bolivia lost 2-1.
Trends show Bolivia have won only one of their last 10 games, including friendly matches.
Team news and Uruguay may choose to rotate some of their players for this game. Nahitan Nández, Martin Cáceres, and Facundo Torres could come into the starting XI.
Bolivia may also opt to refresh their team, with the likes of Roberto Fernández, Danny Bejarano, Diego Wayar, and Rodrigo Ramallo coming into the starting XI.
This is a must-win game for Bolivia and we expect them to deliver the goods. A win along with a clean sheet is on the cards and that should be good enough to book a place in the knockout stages of the competition.