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Match Details:

Tournament: World Cup Qualifiers

Venue: Estadio Hernando Siles

Date: Friday, 15^th October 2021

Time: 1:30 AM IST

Preview:

Bolivia and Paraguay meet on Thursday evening, with both teams seeking to improve on their World Cup qualification record of only two victories. Bolivia is now 9th in the CONMEBOL qualifying table with nine points from 11 games after a 1-0 win against Peru. Paraguay, on the other side, was defeated 2-0 by Chile in their most recent encounter. With 12 points from 11 games, Paraguay are in sixth place in the table and a win here will see them go level on points with Colombia who occupy the playoff spot.

Probable starting XI:

Bolivia:

Carlos Lampe (gk); Rodrigo Ramallo, Adrian Jusino, Marc Enoumba, Jose Sagredo; Roberto Fernandez, Leonel Justiniano, Fernando Saucedo, Juan Arce; Carmelo Algaranaz, Marcelo Moreno.

Paraguay:

Antony Silva (gk); Robert Rojas, Gustavo Gomez, Fabian Balbuena, Santiago Arzamendia; Jorge Morel, Oscar Romero; Angel Romero, Miguel Almiron, Hernan Perez; Oscar Cardozo.

Fantasy breakdown:

Bolivia:

The top scorer for Bolivia, Marcelo Moreno is the best pick for attack by some distance here. Moreno has 8 goals in 10 games and no one else on the team has scored more than once. He also averages 3.8 shots per game.

Fernando Saucedo is a good midfield pick from Bolivia with one goal and one assist so far in the Qualifiers. He also averages 2.2 shots, 51.8 accurate passes, and 2 key passes per game.

Jose Sagredo is a solid pick from the Bolivian defense that kept a clean sheet last time around. He generates good returns thanks to averages of 1.9 tackles per game to go with 1.1 interceptions per game.

Paraguay:

Angel Romero is the top scorer and assist provider for Paraguay with 4 goals and 3 assists to his name. He averages 1.3 shots to go with 1.4 key passes per game and has created 2 big chances.

Oscar Romero is another good pick for the midfield. He averages a team-high 2 shots per game to go with 2.3 tackles per game and also averages 26.8 accurate passes per game.

For the defense, Santiago Arzamendia is a solid option. Arzamendia can be pivotal on both ends of the pitch as he averages 0.5 shots, 1.7 interceptions, and 2.3 tackles per game.

Top picks:

Must-haves:

• Marcelo Moreno
• Fernando Saucedo
• Jose Sagredo
• Angel Romero
• Oscar Romero
• Santiago Arzamendia

Worth a shot:

• Miguel Almiron
• Juan Arce
• Adrian Jusino

Captaincy options:

1. Marcelo Moreno: Marcelo Moreno is a great captaincy option for this match. Moreno is the top scorer for Bolivia as mentioned earlier, having scored 8 goals in 10 games and one of those goals came in the reverse fixture.
2. Angel Romero: Angel Romero is another great choice for captaincy. Romero also scored once in the reverse fixture and he also struck twice when these teams last faced off in the Copa America.

Fantasy team:

* All Statistics are collected from sofascore.com.

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