Online sports betting favors Argentina on Wednesday in their match against Paraguay in what is really a must-win. Argentina has lost three of their last four World Cup qualifying games and is in danger of missing the World Cup for the first time since 1970. Sportsbetting numbers have them as a -160 favorite on Wednesday in their match against Paraguay.
Online sports betting at the sportsbook also has a three-way line on the game with Argentina at +115, Paraguay at +175 and the Draw at +215. Argentina lost 3-1 to Brazil on Saturday in a game that coach Diego Maradona said they had to have. Now he is talking up the team again in preparation for Paraguay. “We’ll go (to Paraguay) with the same confidence as always,” said Maradona. If Argentina loses to Paraguay they could drop to sixth place in the 10-team South American qualifying group. They would have just two matches remaining and might not make the World Cup. The top four teams advance automatically and the fifth place team goes into a playoff game to see if they make it.
Argentina does not look strong for Wednesday’s sportsbetting match. Striker Carlos Tevez is out with a right knee injury and midfielder Maxi Rodriguez is also out with a right-leg injury. “We’ve got to lift out heads quickly,” Argentina midfielder Javier Zanetti said. “Football doesn’t give you much time. It will all depend on us being able to show the best of ourselves against Paraguay, which would get us closer to South Africa.”
Brazil is one of seven teams that have made the World Cup and they are home against Chile on Wednesday in online sports betting. Also it is Uruguay vs. Colombia; Venezuela vs. Peru; and Bolivia vs. Ecuador in sportsbetting. Brazil leads the South American standings with 30 points, followed by Chile and Paraguay with 27 each, Argentina with 22, Colombia and Ecuador with 20, and Uruguay and Venezuela with 18. Bolivia and Peru have been eliminated as online sports betting stats show.
Paraguay can guarantee a spot in the World Cup if they defeat Argentina and they might guarantee a spot with a draw depending upon other online sports betting results.
Chile can clinch a spot in the World Cup with a win against Brazil and they might have a good shot considering the online sports betting match is meaningless to Brazil since they have already clinched a spot. Ecuador and Colombia have winnable sportsbetting games and could move ahead of Argentina. Online sports betting at the sports book has Colombia at Uruguay and Ecuador at Bolivia.