Probable Lineups
Probable Lineups Statistical Comparison
* Values in brackets (x) are overall player statistics in World Cup Qualification CONMEBOL 1st round.
Team News
Brazil
Argentina
- Neymar returns to the starting XI after missing out against Venezuela.
- Philippe Coutinho is likely to get the nod over Willian and Roberto Firmino out wide.
- Giuliano's fine club form should mean he gets in ahead of Paulinho.
- Edgardo Bauza is expected to opt for a slightly more defensive system than the one he has used in recent games.
- Enzo Pérez or even full-back Júlio Buffarini will provide support to Pablo Zabaleta on the right.
- Lucas Biglia only returned from a lay-off last week, so Guido Pizarro may be preferred.
CHUPA HERMANO DO CARALHO, AQUI É PENTA CAMPEÃO SEUS FILHOS DUMAS PUTAS!!! ETA ETA ETA MESSI NÃO TEM COPA QUEM TEM É O VAMPETA!!! 3-0 FORA O SHOW SEUS ARROMBADOS
if i were the coach of argentine, i would switch many things, but first of all masche and biglia are too much together in the midfield, 2 years ago they were 2 years younger and they were doing their roles better but right now i would only field only 1 of them to this midfield concept, or bring masche a line back as a cb where he would function better at the age of 32. against colombia i would play roncaglia over más, and i would add banega to the midfield instead of biglia or masche. i think enzo perez was playing good against brazil, it was not a good idea to sub him off for aguero, arg became too imbalanced. dybala should be also playing in the forward line, too bad he is injured right now. i dont know if gaitan is injured and that is why he is not called up now, but he has been playing excellent on the left for arg, i would definitely try him out again instead of di maria who has been giving a rhapsodical performance.
where is dyabala
@nceshNcero injured
masherano is a defensive player. eish. i wish argentina lost 7-0. so they can be awake
augero is a good player striker, he is a better striker than higuan. messi must play his original position like he does in barca. Di maria has vision to supply ball to the attackers. ever benega ls a good cm player. This new coach has no time to explor player and lossing games. seriously. hell find himself out of the world cup.
what the hell was that performance from argentine ? i have been following them since quite a long time, and nowadays they perform like when maradona was their coach around 2009-2010, damn. 5 players are below 6.0 rating are you kidding me, this is unaccaptable, this game could have been ended worse than 3-0. argentine is way too much depend on messi, and that wont go well versus top sides like brasil, spain, germany etc. if things doesnt change even their qualification is in danger. i think with 24 or 25 points the 5th place of the group can be reached, which would take them to intercontinental play off which would they won but for that too they need to be improved.
no no no no. This is bad. really bad. tata matino was a better coach. no no no. what formation is this?. no no no.. did they really try everyone? why dnt people want to coach argentina?
Perez is one of the best players for Argentina in the first half, but the ball is not coming to Higuaín. So what Baza does? Takes him off and put another striker to do nothing together with Higuaín! Genius!
@MrNemobody cowardly formation.
*Bauza
@MrNemobody messi should have been a strike and di maria an attacking middle fielder
Neymar 12 successful dribbles and won 9 free kicks. Lmao. Goal and assist too obviously. Neymar has 50 international goals now at 24 years of age. He gets plenty of assists too. His individual numbers are going to be incredible by the end of his career.
argentina have no identity at all, it is a shame. brazil executed there game plan to perfection. thoroughly deserved the win
Lol Bauza just put out 11 players and said "do your best", absolutely no tactical setup here whatsoever, every player just wandering around cluelessly. Should've ended 6-0, embarrassing performance from Argentina.
neymar destroyed argentina i think neymar right know so much better than messi
@mahmoudnory put neymar in argentina surrounded by brazil defenders. A player cant win alone.
@mahmoudnory if you think about it...if 1 player can destroy a team it just shows how much the other team arent a team
3-0 is quite flattering for Argentina, could be easily 5-0 or 6-0 by now .
*can't
Argentina's roster is a joke For Argentina. You can if you have only Messi-Higuain-Aguero .
Argentina plays like each player is 50 years old, the worst performance I have seen in years ...
Argentina should have went for Sampaoli..
@ksaviauk ?they went for eveyone but all declined and bauzza was their last choice
Argentina so pathetic...
Neymar with the most dribbles of all players ...
Of course clear victory for Brazil. Argentina has only Messi and Maria ...
@neumi17 wait di maria is playing in this game??
обе забьют можно ставить, а лучше Аргентина забьет !
G. Jesus is going to have a a big impact in this game, him a Neymar together will win it for Brazil 3-1
argentina to win. The return Bilgia would thing in argentina favour
Argentina to win 2-1. Messi to score twice.
@SoccerCeo I think your sport is cricket, in football you haven`t figured out the flow yet. But don`t worry ...
Argentina to win 2-1 this match. Messi to score twice.
Argentina @3.30 WINWIN
It's very tough to predict these kind of games as there are a lot of decisive players. For me, Argentina performs much better against those teams who don't defend deep.
@CirdomAkul yesssss totally agree! always obtained better performances against teams that tried to have the possession of the ball.. anyway, it's an unpredictable match.
draw 1-1
Not sure about this team selection. Is Caio in the squad? Fernandinho seems to be the only runner in midfield whilst the formation is very attacking. Giuliano, however does a great job in CM for club. The return of Messi is huge for Argentina so i wouldn't write them off just yet. The front 3 of neymar, jesus and coutinho have been a revelation for brazil though and can see a 3-1.
@mason1996 It's quite difficult to find best working team in international games as the team that looks best in paper isn't always the best option. Augusto and Giuliano aren't really familiar to me, they seem to be in good form but are rather attacking options for this match. Maybe Brazil should play more defensive minded midfielder alongside Fernandinho as you suggested. That would make possible to play Coutinho in the middle and put Willian out wide. Firmino leading the line and Neymar and Coutiho combining with him, it would be very dangerous team. It's hard to say if it really works, particularly in a match this calibre, but that would be worth trying at some point.
@Castle- You probably know Augusto as "Renato". He is playing in the Chinese league atm and tends to play deeper for Brazil than you'd expect given he is essentially an attacking midfielder. Giuliano plays for Zenit. I've only ever seen him this season in the Europa cup this season. It's difficult to gauge much from that competition but he has scored 5 and assisted 5 in 4 games (against M. Tel Aviv, Alkmaar and Dundalk twice). I suppose you can only do well against who is in front of you. Either way I wouldn't play both he and Renato Augusto.
This game will be played on the defense line by Argentina. So I don't see Brazil nicking more than 1 goals. 1 at most. 1 at best. Brazil has a great defense. And Argentina still will have to work harder to get a goal.
Still not sure if it's Brazil win or Draw. But Argentina lost thier last game to Paraguay at Argentina . But there's always that relax. I feel Brazil kinda will relax in this game. Argentina can't afford to loose this game. 2 consecutive losses would sound.-. Brazil can afford to relax now that they're on top. But Honestly Brazil has been formidable in this World Cup qualification games. If they can just transform that formality into today they could just win easily. But I see this game going on the draw.
expect an argentina win here. i think they will perform well under pressure and attempt many attacking chances. hopefully there will be goals from both sides.
I think the team above is too attacking. If it's to be a 3-man midfield, I'd expect a more defensively minded CM to play instead of 1 of Augusto or Giuliano. I'm not a fan of Paulinho but Fernandinho isn't a good enough DM to be the only one. The only tough choice up front will be Firmino or Jesus. Coutinho and Neymar will start out wide because Neymar is their best player and Coutinho is playing far better than Willian (albeit when starting on the opposite side of the pitch as he will here). 3-1 Brazil.
I would like to see Neymar, Coultinho, Firmino and D. Costa, playing together
Brazil is still too dann stacked and argentina just looks like a sorry ass team atm
Stupid lines up when Casemiro has still been injured !!