Chile vs. Bolivia Predictions and Preview

This Friday June 18 the Copa America that is being played in Brazil continues in a duel that can be crucial for the Chilean team that comes from three consecutive draws in what were the qualifying rounds that just passed where coincidentally the two qualifying matches coincide with the first two games in this Copa America Bolivia will face again the Bolivian team led by the Venezuelan coach Cesar Farias who has his top player Marcelo Martins out for testing positive for COVID 19 so now the Altiplano team will have to look for the heroic deed without its top scorer against La Roja This duel between Chile vs Bolivia will be this Friday June 18 from 1600 ET the same will be broadcast by Directv Sports signal

Lets review five interesting facts about the duels between Chile and Bolivia

1 Bolivia managed to draw with Chile 1 1 in their last match which turned out to be the last game before the Cup on June 9

2 In recent years Chile has won 10 of the 13 confrontations with Bolivia lost 1 and drawn 2

3 Their last two meetings in the Copa América also resulted in victories for Chile 2 1 in 2016 and 5 0 in 2015

4 Chile has won four of the five most recent meetings that have not been played at altitude by an average margin of two goals each

5 Bolivia has scored in its last seven international matches two of them against Chile

Lets review the current performance of each team ahead of what will be the second match for both during this Copa América

Chile Chile has only 2 wins in its last 8 matches in all competitions one of them in a friendly at home against Bolivia at the same time it is difficult to win against them as they have only suffered 2 defeats in this period both away from home an interesting fact is that La Roja has scored in every match since international soccer returned from the Covid 19 break Now the national team will try to correct the course and get revenge against César Farías team whom they faced in the eighth round of the South American qualifiers sealing a draw by the minimum difference despite the superiority shown by the Team of All It should be noted that the Altiplano team has not won in the continental tournament since June 15 2015 against Ecuador by 3 2

Bolivia The Altiplano side surprised with a 3 1 victory over Venezuela at the beginning of June but this remains their only win in 9 matches Although they managed to score in all but one of them the number of defeats in this period is 6 with 21 goals conceded and La Verde is coming off a 3 1 loss to Paraguay at the Estadio Olímpico Pedro Ludovico Teixeira so now they will be looking to repeat the result achieved in the qualifiers to steal an important point against the team coached by Martín Lasarte

Betting line

Chile 837 416 Goals 336 Best OU u2½+121

Bolivia 84 +1000 Goals 056 Best OU o2½ 169

Draw 79 +480