Comments and predictions for Venezuela vs Bolivia: Fueling the fire at home

Latest Venezuela vs Bolivia team information

Lazio youngster Alessandro Milani could make his debut for Venezuela, with the 19-year-old opting to play for La Vinotinto instead of Italy.

Yeferson Soteldo is set to make his 50th appearance for the national team, while Tomas Rincon – the record-holder for most caps – could reach 142 appearances if he continues to captain the side.

The host's most notable star will be Salomon Rondon - who has scored 5 goals in the last 2 confrontations with Bolivia, including a hat-trick in the home match in the 2022 World Cup qualifiers.

Bolivia will be without defenders Jose Sagredo and Luis Paz, while Ramiro Vaca and Boris Cespedes are also absent from midfield.

With an inexperienced squad, with no player other than the goalkeeper reaching the 50-cap mark, they still possess one of the standout names in the South American qualifiers – Miguelito.

The Santos forward – currently on loan at America Mineiro in Brazil’s Serie B – has been in impressive form, scoring and assisting in his last club game, and netting his fifth goal of the qualifiers in the win over Peru in March.

Latest expected lineup Venezuela vs Bolivia

Venezuela:
Romo; Gonzalez, Ferraresi, Angel, Aramburu; Savarino, Herrera, Casseres, Soteldo; Josef Martinez, Rondon

Bolivia:
Viscarra; Medina, Haquin, Morales, R Fernandez; Villamil, Cuellar, E Vaca, Robson Matheus; Miguelito, Algaranaz

Latest football commentary Venezuela vs Bolivia

Venezuela will take to the field in Maturin on Friday without knowing the outcome of sixth-placed Colombia's match against Peru, and coach Fernando Batista's team will certainly need a "gift" from the Peruvian team in this round of 15.

La Vinotinto have never qualified for a World Cup, the only team from the South American region (CONMEBOL) never to have appeared. However, the tournament's new expanded format is giving them their biggest chance yet.

Venezuela started this month in a play-off position, one point ahead of their next opponents Bolivia, but five behind Colombia – the final automatic spot holder.

This was arguably one of Venezuela's most impressive qualifying campaigns, especially with their unbeaten home record, having picked up 13 points from seven games at Maturin.

However, the lack of wins has cost them, with a 1-0 win over Peru in March being their first in 10 games. Most worrying is their poor away form.

Batista’s men have lost to both Bolivia and Chile – the two teams below them – and conceded four goals in each game. Venezuela have only picked up two points away from home, even fewer than Bolivia (three) – a team notoriously poor away from home.

However, Venezuela has an overwhelming head-to-head record when hosting Bolivia at home, with six wins in World Cup qualifying in the 21st century.

This makes Venezuela the favorites in this match, besides the fact that Bolivia has lost 6/7 away matches in this qualifying round. The shocking 2-1 victory in Chile – the first away win in 67 qualifying matches – is just a rare bright spot.

Bolivia’s hopes of progressing could be dashed if they lose this game, as they would fall four points behind Venezuela. Since the win in Chile, Oscar Villegas’s side have conceded 13 goals in their next three away games – all of them defeats.

If they lose again, Bolivia will have to beat both Chile and Brazil in their final two home games in El Alto – where they remain unbeaten after four games – and even if they do that, they will still be far from guaranteed a play-off spot.

Latest Venezuela vs Bolivia score prediction

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

• Sportsmole:Venezuela 2-1 Bolivia

• WhoScore:Venezuela 2-0 Bolivia
• Our newspaper predicts:Venezuela 2-0 Bolivia

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