Bolivia vs. Venezuela 6/3/21 South American World Cup Qualifications Soccer Pick, Odds, and Prediction

Bolivia is hosting Venezuela at Estadio Hernando Siles in round 7 of the South American World Cup qualifications.

Bolivia is not a good team, and their form is even worse. Bolivia hasn’t won any of their last 6 games while winning only 1 of their last 19 games. In their 4 games in these qualifications, Bolivia has scored only 5 goals while conceding 12 goals, and they are in the last place with only 1 point. In their last game against Ecuador on the road, Bolivia was actually decent, but they have conceded 1 goal in each half, while they were able to score one goal, but it was a late one. Bolivia has lost this match 2-1. Moreno is the leading goalscorer for Bolivia with 3 goals, while Arce and Cespedes added 1 goal each. Overall, Bolivia is just a bad team, but most of the teams struggle against them when Bolivia is the home team because their stadium is at a high altitude, but unfortunately for Bolivia, not even that is helping that anymore. There is no way we will be seeing Bolivia at the World Cup, but they are still hoping to have a good result in the upcoming Copa America.

Venezuela isn’t much better than Bolivia, but they do have a win in these qualifications, and it was against Chile at home. Venezuela has had 35% of ball possession in that game, 5 shots on goal, 9 corner kicks, 4 big chances created, and 79% of the correct passes. It’s not that Venezuela was the better team in this game, but Chile was worse. Venezuela has scored 2 goals, one in each half, and they have won this game 2-1. Before this win, Venezuela was on a 3-game losing streak, and they are now in 8^th place with 3 points, 2 scored goals, and 6 conceded goals, and they are 3 points away from the World Cup spot. Rondon and Del Pino are the leading goalscorers for Venezuela with 1 goal each. Venezuela has some fantastic players like Machis, Martinez, Cordova, and Rincon, but they will be without Rondon in these qualifications, and that is a problem for Venezuela. There are still a lot of games left in these qualifications, which means Venezuela has some time to get their act together and keep winning to qualify for the World Cup, but I’m just not sure if they have what it takes.

When playing at home, Bolivia has not lost to Venezuela in their last 3 games, but their form is just awful. We usually see a lot of goals in this matchup, and with Bolivia’s terrible defense, I wouldn’t be surprised if the same happened here, but I will side with Venezuela.