Comments and predictions for Uruguay vs Paraguay: Overwhelming odds

Latest Uruguay vs Paraguay team information

Uruguay's all-time leading goalscorer Luis Suarez has announced that he is retiring from international football, with the match against Paraguay set to be his final for the national team, and he is likely to start.

Darwin Nunez, Rodrigo Bentancur, Ronald Araujo, Jose Maria Gimenez and Mathias Olivera have all been banned for the next five international matches after being involved in an altercation with fans during the Copa America semi-final against Colombia.

Matias Vina, Giorgian de Arrascaeta, Federico Vinas and Nicolas de la Cruz are also absent from the squad due to injury problems.

For Paraguay, Antonio Sanabria is the only player to score for the team in six World Cup qualifiers so far, and he is expected to lead the attack in this match.

Brighton & Hove Albion's Julio Enciso is also likely to feature in an attacking midfield role alongside Miguel Almiron and Ramon Sosa.

Latest expected lineup Uruguay vs Paraguay

Uruguay:

Rochet; Nandez, Caceres, Bueno, Saracchi; Valverde, Ugarte; Pellistri, Torres, Araujo; Suarez

Paraguay:

Morinigo; Velazquez, Balbuena, Alderete, Espinoza; Villasanti, Bobadilla; Almiron, Enciso, Sosa; Sanabria

Latest Uruguay vs Paraguay football prediction

After the utter disappointment of being eliminated in the group stage of the 2022 World Cup, something that had not happened since 2002, Uruguay fired coach Diego Alonso and eventually appointed Marcelo Bielsa in May 2023.

Bielsa has had a fantastic impact on Uruguay, losing just five of his 19 games in all competitions and leading the team to third place at the 2024 Copa America.

Uruguay won all three of their group stage matches and notably beat Brazil on penalties in the quarter-finals, but despite having 62% of possession in the semi-final, they failed to capitalise and lost 1–0 to Colombia.

They edged out Canada on penalties in the third-place play-off after Luis Suarez scored a 92nd-minute equaliser to send the match into a penalty shootout, which Uruguay won 4–2.

Ahead of the seventh and eighth rounds of South American World Cup qualifiers, Bielsa's side sit firmly in second place with 13 points from six games, and they will be aiming to consolidate their position with two positive results during this international break.

Their opponents, Paraguay, will likely be low on confidence heading into Saturday's game following a poor Copa America, which saw them exit at the group stage for the first time since 2016.

They were beaten 2–1 by Colombia, 4–1 by Brazil and 2–1 by Costa Rica, leaving them bottom of the group without a point, leading to the sacking of coach Daniel Oscar Garnero.

Gustavo Alfaro has taken charge of the team and will take charge of his first game in charge against Uruguay on Saturday. The Argentine will be hoping to guide Paraguay to their first win in this fixture since 2007. The hosts will want a strong performance to give Suarez the perfect send-off in his final international match, and should ease past a weak Paraguay side.

Uruguay vs Paraguay score prediction

Based on the above football comments, we and the world's leading football sites have given the results of the match.Uruguay vs Paraguayas follows:

• Sportsmole:Uruguay 3-0 Paraguay

• WhoScore:Uruguay 2-0 Paraguay
• Our newspaper predicts:Uruguay 3-0 Paraguay

When and where to watch Uruguay vs Paraguay live?

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