USA – Paraguay Prediction & Picks (28.03.2018)

United States and Paraguay meet at WakeMed Soccer Park, in a friendly. This is the 2nd friendly of the year of the United States, after the previous friendly against Bosnia-Herzegovina. In the case of Paraguay, this is their first friendly of the year. There is only record of 1 recent direct match between these two teams, on 12-06-2016, which ended with the United States victory by (1-0). In this game the home factor may be decisive, since Paraguay presents considerable differences in their results at home and as visitors.

United States:

This is the 2nd friendly match of the year of the home team, after the friendly against Bosnia-Herzegovina, which ended with the final score: United States (0-0) Bosnia-Herzegovina. This is a team that usually maintains its competitive levels in home and away matches, since in the last 30 matches they register 6 wins, 6 draws and 3 losses as a visitor. against 8 wins, 5 draws and 2 losses at their stadium. In the last 10 home matches the United States has 6 wins, 3 draws and 1 loss. Their offense has scored frequently, since they have scored goals in 8 of the last 10 matches.

The United States team played a total of 16 games, with 7 wins, 4 draws and 5 losses, with an average of 2.31 goals scored and 1 goal suffered per game, showing a good offensive performance. In these games, the best moment of the team was in the first 15 minutes of the second half, period in which he scored 9 goals, with highlight for the striker J. Altidore, with 8 goals and 4 assists. We remind you that this team did not qualify for the next World Cup, in Russia, having finished its group in the fifth position. It should also be noted that in the last 10 games, the final result was over 1.5 goals in 9 occasions.

Paraguay:

The visiting team plays their first friendly match of the year, after having played 3 in the last year, with the following markers: Mexico (2-1) Paraguay, Peru (1-0) Paraguay and France (5-0) Paraguay. This is a team that usually makes good use of the home advantage, stronger with the help of its supporters, since in the last 30 matches they register 3 wins, 2 draws and 10 losses in away matches; against 5 wins, 4 draws and 6 losses at their stadium. The team comes to this match after a home loss to Venezuela by (0-1). In the last 10 away matches Paraguay won 3 and lost 7. Defensive consistency has not been their best, as they have conceded goals in 9 of the last 10 matches. In their home matches there is a tendency for few goals, since 6 of the last 13 matches have ended with Under 1,5 goals. In 15 games, they only got 1 comeback in the 10 matches in which they suffered the first goal. There is 1 period that stands out in the last 13 away matches for all competitions: they have scored 3 of their 8 goals between minutes (76′-90 ‘).

In the qualifying phase for the World Championship of Russia, the South American zone, the Paraguayan team played 18 games, recorded 7 wins, 3 draws and 8 defeats, remaining with an average of 1.06 goals scored and 1.39 suffered per game, showing some difficulties in both sectors. In the matches that he played his best moment was in the last 15 minutes of the game, period in which he scored 5 goals, with highlight for striker D. Lezcano, with 4 goals scored. We remind you that this team will not participate in the next World Cup in Russia, since it finished in 7th place in the table, with 24 points won. The selection of Paraguay does not cross a good moment, since in the last 10 parties that disputed, for several competitions, it conquered only 3 victories and was defeated by 7 times. The final result of more than 2.5 goals in 7 occasions.